Fallingice

Fallingice are an Italian powerful and energetic rock trio born in late 1999 on initiative of the singer and guitarist Vice. The name of the band derives from the mysterious phenomenon of large chunks of ice falling down on the ground out of the blue sky, which is known collectively as "Falling Ice", connected to the UFOs phenomena. Alex Henderson, American journalist for Billboard, Spin and All Music Guide, wrote that Fallingice "can be relevant to both alternative hard rock and alternative metal, although 90% of the time their debut album Meatsuit is post-grunge rather than alt-metal."

History

First achievements

In 2001 Fallingice won the well-known Italian musical contest Coop for music with the song "Another day", printed in 15.000 copies and sold together with the magazine Rockstar and in big stores all over Italy. Shortly afterwards they played at M.E.I. in Faenza, one of the most important events dedicated to the new Italian music scene. In the following years Fallingice performed shows throughout Italy and topped the Rock charts of Vitaminic.com in America, Germany, England, France and other European countries.

Lymph EP and new formation

In early 2006 they entered the studio to record their first EP Lymph, co-produced by Red House Recordings (Steve Albini, Michael Davis, Josh Klinghoffer, Rob Ellis, Charlotte Hatherley, Linea 77). After the recording, while they were looking for a record label to publish their work, long time bassist Gabriele Barone had a serious health problem and therefore was forced to leave the band. A few months later followed the departure of then-drummer Calabria.

In 2007 singer-songwriter Vice, after many auditions, recruited Bem on bass and Fab on drums, who had been playing with other bands of the Italian underground scene. The band that had already changed its line-up various times during the years, took its current shape.