Artist History Skylark’s Biography The Skylark project starts in 1994 following an idea of his leader Eddy Antonini who wanted to create a band where his favourite musical tastes, neo-classic and power metal, could combine together in a open-minded mix. After having chosen some of the most able musicians from the northern Italian underground scene ( Fabio Dozzo- voice, Roberto “Brodo” Potenti- Bass, Nico Tordini- guitar and Federico Ria- drum ) Eddy starts to write the material that some months later, in Spring 1995, will appear in the first self-produced CD “The Horizon and the Storm”. This opera attracts the attention of some of the most famous metal magazines in Italy ( Flash 85/100, Metal Shock 4/5…) and in Germany ( Rock Hard 8,5/10…)and the Japanese audience also, so that the independent label Underground symphony decides to offer a contract to them. After the maxi-CD “Waiting for the Princess” out in November 1996 including a cover of W.A. Mozart ( Eine Kleine NachtMusik K525) the next step, the full-length concept album “Dragon’s Secrets” ( April 1997 ), gives to Skylark the chance to join the real heavy metal world. The album gets excellent reviews ( Flash 100/100 Metal Shock 5/5 Rock Hard 9/10….) even if the production quality is not so brilliant and Eddy keeps on considering its composition among the best he have ever written up to now. In May 1997 Skylark open the Milan concert for the Danish band Royal Hunt and, after a quick tour in Italy, they take a period-off. This is the right moment for Eddy to prepare his first solo-project “When Water Became Ice” that will be published in March 1998 always under Underground Symphony. This record is very close to Skylark music but, obviously, a little bit more keyboards- oriented, and many musicians such as Olaf Thorsen and Folco Orlandini, besides the others Skylark members, play in. Anyway, in this period, Eddy find the right time to lead Skylark on the stage of “Italian Gods of Metal” in Milan where 1000 kids seem to appreciate the show a lot. In this concert the band presents his new guitar player Fabrizio Romani. Three months later the album “Dragon’s Secrets” is printed in Japan by Meldac while the band opens in Bergamo for the Portuguese band Moonspell. After this concert Eddy and his Skylark start to write and arrange the double concept “The Divine Gates”, a fantasy story that is nothing more than the prelude of “Dragon’s Secrets” (!!!), telling about the same eternal fight between Good and Evil. The first chapter “Gate of Hell” comes out in September 1999 for Underground Symphony, after Eddy played as a special guest in a progressive Italian band called Time Machine in their tour supporting Angra in Greece and Italy, besides the Gods of Metal of the June 2000 in Milan ( It’s was exiting- says Eddy- playing on the same keys of the great Andr� Matos but it was also quite hard to be engaged in a band that plays a so different music from what I feel in my heart.).“Gate of Hell”, where appear some guests like the super-technical guitar player Vic Mazzoni or the wonderful voice of Rob Tyrant, pushes Skylark ahead even in countries such as Chile, Taiwan or Spain, where Skylark, in July 2000, opened the first edition of “Rock Machina” with an exiting and powerful concert ( with the new drummer Carlos who received many credits from the audience ) on the same stage of Running Wild, Virgin Steele, Edguy and Labyrinth and, at the moment, about 10.000 copies of that record are sold. So, now, everything is ready to open “Gate of Heaven”.

Group Members Fabio Dozzo -voice- Fabrizio "Pota" Romani -guitar- Eddy Antonini -piano, keys and harpsicord- Roberto "Brodo" Potenti -bass- Carlos -drums-

Location Milan, Italy - Italy

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