Vision Divine

Vision Divine Is An Italian Power/progressive Metal Band Formed In 1998. Originally A Solo Project From Olaf Thörsen Born Carlo Andrea Magnani . Soon Fabio Lione Rejoined Him After The First Labyrinth Period "No Limits" And Then What Was Supposed To Be A Solo Project Quickly Turns Into A Band Taking Its New Name From Labyrinth's Previous Name "Vision" And From The Title That Was Supposed To Be Given To Olaf's First Solo Album "Divine" . Completing The Line Up Mat Stancioiu Drums Andrew McPauls Keyboards And Andrea "Tower" Torricini Bass . In Its First Three Years The Band Released Two Albums And Started Touring South American Tour In December 2000 Where For The First Time An Italian Heavy Metal Band Got The Chance To Play And Sold-Out In Countries Like Argentina Chile Brazil Panama And Mexico. In 2001 The Band Started Writing And Recording The New Album Titled "Send Me An Angel" That Was Released In January 2002. At The End Of The Same Year Olaf Decided To Leave Labyrinth To Focus Just On Vision And Also Deciding To Stop Any Rumours From Some Magazine Pretending To Consider Vision As Nothing But A "side Project". For The Same Reason Andrew And Mat Split From The Band And Were Replaced By Oleg Smirnoff At Keyboards Ex Eldritch And Matteo Amoroso At Drums Ex Athena . In 2003 The Band Started The Songwriting For The Third Album When Fabio Started Having Some Problem Regarding The Co-Existence Of His Career And Vision Divine Related Duties. After A Few Months They Mutually Agreed To Split. They Then Proceeded To Add New Singer Michele Luppi A Vocalist With A Previous Experience In Live Performances. With This New Line-Up They Completed The Final Songs For The Album That Was To Be Titled "Stream Of Consciousness". The Album Was Released In April 2004. With A Brand New Line-Up And With Renewed Ambitions The Band Canceled Any Previous Deal Deciding To Join Scarlet Records For The Italian Territory King Records For The Japanese Territory And Metal Blade For The Rest Of The World. In 2005 The Band Released "The Perfect Machine" Which Was Recorded At Goldenworks Mixing Suite Studio And Produced By Stratovarius' Leader Timo Tolkki. In 2006 Andrea "Tower" Torricini Left The Band For Not Being Able To Guarantee Full-Time Dedication To The Band Citation Needed And Cristiano Bertocchi Replaced Him. By September "The Perfect Machine" According To Their Website "was Immediately Described As One Of The Best Italian Metal Releases Ever Becoming One Of Scarlet's All Time Best-Sellers". A New Digipack Was Released Containing Four Bonus Tracks. Also Riccardo "Ricky" Quaggliatto Left The Band Due To Personal Problems Replaced By New Drummer Alessandro Bissa. In 2007 Vision Divine Recorded Their Album "The 25th Hour" Along With Timo Tolkki And Alessandro Bissa In New Sin Studios. It Was Released On June 29 2007. In April 2008 Vision Divine Announced Michele Luppi Is No Longer Singing With Vision Divine And In May 2008 Olaf Thörsen Announced That Fabio Lione Rejoined The Band As A Full-Time Vocalist. Vision Divine Released Their Sixth Album "9 Degrees West Of The Moon" On January 23 2009 The First With Lione On Vocals After Michele Luppi's Departure. In 2012 Vision Divine Signed With EarMusic/Edel Group Records And Released Their Seventh Studio Album Entitled "Destination Set To Nowhere" On September 14 2012. In 2016 The Band Announced Drummer Alessandro Bissa Decided To Peacefully Part Ways And Announced Mike Terrana As The New Member. On April 28 2018 Fabio Had Announced His Second Departure From The Band. In December 2018 The Band Hired Formed Derdian Singer Ivan Giannini As New Lead Vocalist. They Released Their First Single Called "Angel Of Revenge" On 9 December 2018. Discography Albums
1999 - Vision Divine
2002 - Send Me An Angel
2004 - Stream Of Consciousness
2005 - The Perfect Machine
2007 - The 25th Hour
2009 - 9 Degrees West Of The Moon
2012 - Destination Set To Nowhere
2019 - When All The Heroes Are Dead Demos
1999 - Symmetry - The Official Demo Series Vol 3
2002- Colours Of My World Members Current Members
Olaf Thörsen - Guitar 1998–present Andrea "Tower" Torricini - Bass 1999-2006 2012–present Federico Puleri - Guitar 2002–present Alessio "Tom" Lucatti - Keyboard 2006–present Mike Terrana - Drums 2016–present Ivan Giannini - Vocals 2018 - Present Former Members
Fabio Lione - Vocals 1998-2003 2008–2018 Alessandro "Bix" Bissa - Drums 2006-2016 Michele Luppi - Vocals 2003-2008 Cristiano Bertocchi - Bass 2006-2012 Andrew Mc Pauls - Keyboard 1999-2002 Oleg Smirnoff - Keyboard 2002-2005 Mat Stancioiu - Drums 1999-2002 Matteo Amoroso - Drums 2003-2005 Ricky Quagliato - Drums 2005-2006 Danil Morini - Drums 2005 Session Music read less