The project Ephel Duath was created in February 1998 with the intent to experiment in the sphere of extreme music. At the root of the group's name lies the concept of a dark and fleeting sound: Ephel Duath is the mountain range that defends the kingdom of evil in Tolkiens masterpiece. The band's sound is a mixtures of jazz colours, rock-metal thorns and experimental landscapes. Discography : Opera, demo tape, 1998 (Giuliano Mogicato - guitar, vocals, synths, Davide Tiso - guitar ). Phormula, Code666 Records, 2000 (Giuliano Mogicato guitar, vocals, synths - Davide Tiso guitar, synths). Rephormula, the reprinted version of the debut album Elitist/Earache Records, 2001 The Painters Palette, Elitist/Earache Records, 2003 (Luciano Lorusso George vocals, Fabio Fecchio bass, Davide Tiso guitar, Davide Piovesan drums, Davide Tolomei vocals). Pain Necessary to Know, Elitist/Earache Records, 2005 (Luciano Lorusso George vocals, Fabio Fecchio bass, Davide Tiso guitar, Davide Piovesan drums). Pain Remixes the Known, Earache Records, 2007 (electro-dub version of PNTK produced by Eraldo Bernocchi with Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari). Tour history: Ephel Duath have shared the stage with The Fantomas Melvins Big Band, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, Neurosis, Poison The Well, Locust, Zu, Entombed, Cult of Luna, Red Sparowes, Katatonia, Lacuna Coil, Enter Shikary, Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum, Novembre, Napalm Death, Mayhem, Morbid Angel, Red Harvest, Nasum, Chimaira, L'Enfance Rouge, Necrophagist, Biomechanical, Sieges Even, Extol, Mistress, Beecher and many more. Festivals: Quart and Motstoy in Norway, Brutal Assault in Czech Republic (2003 and 2006 editions), Headway, Progpower and Eurosonic in Holland, Hellfest, Jazz Off and Printemps de Bourges in France, Damnation in England, Sherwood, So Rock and Ephebia in Italy. Headlining shows in England, Wales, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium. In 2002 Earache/Elitist decided to add a few bonus tracks to “Phormula”; change the title to “Rephormula” and reprinted, this gave Davide Tiso the chance to assemble a new line-up and start from zero on a new album.