Strings 24

Gianluca Ferro's Bands

STRINGS 24
TIME MACHINE
HEART OF SUN
SOLO SESSION

Gianluca Ferro is active as a session man with many important italian metal bands.

Visit his personal website or myspace for more details

Official web site:
http://www.gianlucaferro.com/



myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/gianlucaferroguitar

Biography

Gianluca Ferro started his musical path playing Beatles's songs in the clubs of his town. In 1997, at 19, he joined the progressive-metal band Arkhè.
This experience marked deeply his musical growth and his future artistic choices. He recorded with Arkhè the homonym album, which was followed by an intense live activity. Between 1998 and 2000 he took part in the recording of many works in the metal area; in 1999 he played in the album "Chaospower" with the band Fiurach; in 2000 he was called to play during "Gods of Metal Y2K" with the band Khali. Here Gianluca played side by side with bands such as Iron Maiden, Slayer, Slipknot, Sentenced, Dark Tranquillity, Edguy, Testament. In 2001 he joined Time Machine with whom he recorded the albums "Evil" and "Revivescence". With Time Machine he performed at "Gods of Metal 2002", playing with Slayer, Rammstein, Halford, Manowar, Simphony X, Running Wilde, My dying Bride. He collaborated with the band Doomsword, playing two solos in the homonym album (1998); then he enterd steadily the line-up of the band and he recorded the two albums "Resound the horn" (2000) and "Let the battle commence" (2002). During the summer of 2003 Gianluca performed with Doomsword in famous European live festivals, "Headbanger" in Hamburg, "Keep it true" in Wurzburg, "Skeleton Bash" in Innsbruck and in Athens in March 2003. This co-operations placed side by side to his activity as a guitar teacher for the Music Academy in Villa Pomini (Castellanza) and by carrying out clinics with Alberto Bollati (Wine Spirits). The standing out collaboration with Andrè Matos (Angra, Shaman) during some live shows in Italy in 2002 (Gods of Metal 2002); Kiko Loureiro and Rafael Bittencourt (Angra); Scott McGill (Michael Manring, Vic Stevens) are important steps that marked his professional career. In 2005 Lucretia Records released "Involution" , Gianluca's debut solo album worldwide distributed by Century Media group. In 2007 Gianluca recorded a track for the prestigious English label Liquid Note on the compilation "Alchemist 2", with internationally known guitar players such as Brett Garsed, Bumblefoot, Richard Hallebeek, Wiliam Stravato, Doug Doppler and many others . In the meantime Galileo Records and Nightmare records released "Heart of Sun", the debut CD of the homonym progmetal band. At the moment Gianluca performs with his band K2 in many clubs in Switzerland and North Italy; besides, he is devoting himself to the drawing up of his second solo project.

GUITARS:
Ibanez Universe UV-777
Ibanez 7 strings RG 1527
Ibanez 8 strings RG 2228
Ibanez RG 550
Custom Tele by Granata Guitars
ESP ltd MH 301 with EMG pickups

Amplification
ENGL Powerball
Peavey 5150 I
Orange Tiny Terror
2 Speaker Brunetti 4 x 12

Gianluca Ferro Uses Ibanez Guitar
and Line 6 amp & effects