After nearly ten years of sonic aberrations, a self-produced album and different tours in Italy and in all Europe (Pepsi Sziget Festival), finally Ossian are ready to write a new fundamental chapter of its musical production : “The slow fade of loving things”. Eleven tracks produced by Frank Andiver (Ex Labyrinth, Wonderland, Mandragora Scream) at Zenith Studio in Lucca, a real powerful production, a killer and melodic sound up to date it can break your neck in a nanosecond and then lull you in its arms
1995: Ossian start playing in a small session room based in their home town Putignano (Ba), in the boring, far away South of Italy. 1997: After two years of hard sessions the band produces two promotional - tapes of heavy/thrash kind: "Surreal Masterpeace"(Jan97) and "Mythomania"(Jul97) that meet good success in the underground metal scene and receive optimal reviews on the national and international press. Always in the same year Ossian perform two consecutive times to PEPSI SZIGET (International rock festival in Budapest) with artists like: Slash, Iggy Pop, Faith No More, Therapy? Prodigy, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, meeting great success among the numerous international crowd. 1999: In April a third promo - tape sees the light and the sound evolves toward the original melting pot performed today by the band. After a positive welcome by the metal press and some changes in line up the band self-releases a master giving life to its debut - CD: "Ecforia (Mental Hallucination Device)”. 2001: Out in September 2000, the full-length meets positive welcomes by labels, press and insiders receiving excellent reviews. The band works to the promotion of this full-length CD through a strong live activity in Italy obtaining good success. 2004: After the production of the new promotional CD “:M:O:L:E:C:U:L:E:S: Promo(tion) a. D. **03/**04”, only addressed to labels and insiders, the band finally signs a prestigious deal with the Italian label "XTREME-RISING RECORDS", a "RISINGWORKS RECORDS" subsidiary (Anger, Atman, Labyrinth, Wonderland, Kink), for the production of a new album “THE SLOW FADE OF LOVING THINGS” scheduled in September 2005 e distributed in Italy by “SELF”. 2005: Finally the new Album is ready to be released. Actually the band is working with Frank Andiver on the last mixdown details and on the mastering. All songs will be edited by “Tabloid”. The band obtains a sponsorship agreement with “Frozen” and “Mofu” Clothing, a prestigious street - wear brand from Italy, with “Level 27 Clothing” and "Full - on Clothings" , new wear brands based in U.S. Stay tuned!
Deftones, Sevendust, Orgy, Korn, Meshuggah, Devin Townsend, Amen, Voivod,The Cure, Depeche Mode, Killing Joke, Anathema, Katatonia, Paradise Lost, Rammstein, Linkin Park...
