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Drastique
Origin	Venice, Italy Wroclaw, Poland
Genre(s)	Gothic metal, black metal
Years active	1995–present
Label(s)	Beyond Productions CD Maximum
Website	www.drastique.com
Members
Chris Buchman Fay Mahavira
Former members
Alessia De Boni Chiara Donaggio

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1 Biography
2 Discography
3 Members
- 3.1 Current line up
- 3.2 Former members
4 External links
5 References

Biography

Drastique was originally founded as a one-man band in 1995 by Chris Buchman with the name Drastic. A one-man band is a musician who plays a number of Musical instruments simultaneously using their hands feet limbs and various mechanical contraptions The first and only demo of the band, Creator of Feelings, was released in September 1995 in 200 copies with a black and white cover and then reissued in 1996 by Beyond Productions with a color cover. The demo featured Chiara Donaggio on female vocals and was produced by Marco Biolcati, vocalist and guitar player of the bands Wrest and Blackburn. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder ^[1] Creator of Feelings was selected as "best demo" by Metal Hammer magazine, Metal Shock magazine and Flash magazine. Metal Hammer (sometimes MetalHammer) is a monthly heavy metal magazine in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in Germany ^[2] In 1998 Drastic released on Beyond Productions its debut album titled Thieves of Kisses, featuring Alessia De Boni and Chiara Donaggio on female vocals. The album was recorded at Nadir Studios in Genoa, Italy and was produced by Tommy Talamanca, guitar and keyboard player of the band Sadist. Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. Sadist is a progressive death metal band from Genoa, Italy founded in 1991 Thieves of Kisses was selected by a journalist of the popular music magazine Metal Hammer as “Best Italian Album of the Year”^[3] and can be considered one of the first Italian avant-garde metal releases. Metal Hammer (sometimes MetalHammer) is a monthly heavy metal magazine in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in Germany Avant-garde metal or experimental metal is a subgenre of Heavy metal music characterised by the use of innovative Avant-garde elements large-scale In 2000 Drastic rearranged and performed the song “Black Mass” by Death SS: the song was featured on the tribute album Beyond the realms of Death SS, published by Black Widow Records. Death SS is an Italian heavy metal band Throughout their career they have played Thrash metal, early Black metal, and on more recent albums Industrial In 2003 Drastic changed the name into Drastique and released (once again on Beyond Productions, the label of such bands as Sadist and Theatres des Vampires) the album Pleasureligion featuring the female vocalist Fay and the male vocalist Mahavira (formerly of Ensoph), even if some male parts were performed by Chris Buchman, who has written and performed the instrumental parts and is the author of the lyrics, written in English, Polish, Latin and Italian, with numerous poetic and philosophical quotations. Sadist is a progressive death metal band from Genoa, Italy founded in 1991 Theatres des Vampires is an Italian Extreme gothic metal / Gothic rock band with strong black metal influences mostly noted for the predominant theme of English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. The album was released in a limited digipak version and in a jewel case version. Digipak is a patented style of Compact disc or DVD packaging and is a registered Trademark of AGI Media a MeadWestvaco Inc The CD is distributed by Masterpiece Distribution in Italy and by Adipocere, Relapse and Century Media worldwide. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Adipocere or grave wax or mortuary wax is the water-insoluble material consisting mostly of saturated Fatty acids It is formed by the slow Hydrolysis Relapse Records is a Philadelphia Pennsylvania based independent metal Record label. Century Media Records (CMR is an independent rock Record label with offices in the United States, Brazil, Germany, In 2004 the album has been licenced to CD Maximum for Russia and Eastern Europe. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. ^[4]

Discography

Studio albums

Thieves of Kisses (1998)
Pleasureligion (2003)

Demo

Creator of Feelings (1995)

Compilations

Screams from Italy Vol. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 II (1996)^[5]
Black Tears of Death Vol. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) I (1996)^[6]
Florilegium Insanie (1999)^[7]
Beyond the Realms of Death SS (2000)^[8]
Metallian Sampler n. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. 29 (2003)^[9]
Loud Souds n. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 11 – Rock Hard Magazine (2003)^[10]

Members

Current line up

Chris Buchman – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, drums (1995–present)
Fay – female vocals (2002–present)
Mahavira – male vocals (2002–present)

Former members

Chiara Donaggio – female vocals (1995–2001)
Alessia De Boni – female vocals (1997–2001)

External links

References

Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Encyclopaedia Metallum The Metal Archives (commonly known as Metal Archives per the URL or just MA) is a Website which lists bands from various forms Discogs, short for discographies, is a Website and Database of information about Music Recordings including commercial releases promotional MusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an Open content Music database

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