Raintime

Raintime
Origin	Pordenone, Italy
Genres	Melodic death metal, power metal, progressive metal
Years active	1999–2012
Labels	Arise, Soundholic, Replica, Lifeforce, Bieler Bros.
Members	Claudio Coassin Matteo Di Bon Luca Michael Martina Michele Colussi Enrico Fabris Andrea Corona
Past members	Matteo Barzan Francesco Rossi Giovanni Buora Carlo Nadalin

Raintime was an Italian melodic death metal / power metal band founded in 1999. The band was initially significantly inspired by Dream Theater, and as such also leaned towards progressive metal.

History

The band originally recorded an instrumental demo entitled Jump in the Past. After its release, original drummer quit and Enrico Fabris replaced him. Also, Claudio Coassin, who played keyboards, switched to vocals, leaving keyboards to Andrea Corona. Their sound evolved into a new hybrid and borrows elements both from extreme metal, such as death growls and lower tuning of their instruments, and from more melodic genres, especially in regard to keyboards and vocals. With this new direction, the band recorded their debut album Tales from Sadness in 2005 with Arise Records. The second "official" chapter of the band, Flies & Lies (Lifeforce), released in 2007 and produced by Tommy Handsen, gave Raintime the possibility to perform live at ProgPower USA with bands like After Forever, Virgin Steele and Sonata Arctica. Their latest album, entitled Psychromatic, was released in 2010.

Raintime stated on their Facebook on 27 May 2012 that the band would be disbanding due to "too many new members". Claudio, Enrico and Ivan have since worked on a side project called Fake Idols.

Members

• Claudio Coassin – vocals
• Daniele "Acido" Bressa – lead guitar
• Ivan Odorico – guitar
• Dario Battiston – bass
• Andrea Corona – keyboards
• Enrico Fabris – drums
• Parham Amini – bass (studio)

Discography

• Jump in the Past (demo, self-produced, 2000)
• Tales from Sadness (album, Arise, 2005)
• Flies & Lies (album, Lifeforce, 2007)
• Psychromatic (album, Lifeforce, 2010)

External links

• Raintime's official website
• Raintime at AllMusic