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2007-2008

Biography

Hypersonic was born in 2006, the idea of Salvo Grasso and Emanuele Gangemi. The line-up was established with Maria Rita Randazzo on vocals, Francesco Testai on keyboards and Giuseppe Carciotto on bass. When Maria Rita and Giuseppe left, the band welcomed Vera Romeo and Francesco Caruso. In 2007, Hypersonic released its first demo (Demo 2007, with the first tracks composed by drummer Salvo Grasso and guitarist Emanuele Gangemi. A new singer, Alessia Rapisarda, joined the band in 2008 and her beautiful and powerful voice was welcomed with enthusiasm. At the beginning of 2008 the band released their first EP, entitled Inspiration Is Transpiration; it was acclaimed with positive feedback from magazines and various radio promotions. In the following months, Francesco Testai left the band for personal reasons, so Dario Caruso, Francesco Caruso's brother, became the new keyboardist; the line-up was finally complete. During these years the band took part in numerous live shows and rock and metal festivals. In March 2009, Hypersonic entered at Tower Hill Studio (Belpasso / Catania-Italy) to record their first album, Fallen Melodies, mixed by Luigi Scuderi and Salvo Grasso and mastered by Riccardo Samperi at TRP MUSIC STUDIO (Tremestieri Etneo / Catania-Italy). In December 2010, Hypersonic released online a single, "Rebirth," from the new album. In January 2011, the band signed a record deal with Underground Symphony to release the debut album, Fallen Melodies, scheduled for a January 31st release. Fallen Melodies had great success in the following months, receiving great reviews and interviews from heavy metal zines and webzines worldwide. Hypersonic played in different European and Italian festivals like Elements Of Rock (Switzerland), Femetal Fest and We Rock Fest (Italy). In January 2016 the band signed a record deal with Revalve Records for the releasing of the new album, entitled Existentia. The new album is a concept based on the existence of man and the spiritual affairs of the afterlife, and was released in May 2016. On the album there are some special guests, like Michele Luppi (Secret Sphere, ex-Vision Divine, Killing Touch, Los Angeles), Tommy "ReinXeed" Johansson (ReinXeed, Golden Resurrection), Jo Lombardo (Metatrone, Ancestral), Roberta Pappalardo (Black Roses), and more. Mixing and mastering were handled by Riccardo Samperi at TRP MUSIC STUDIO (Tremestieri Etneo / Catania-Italy).