BIOGRAPHY

2007-05-28T02:25:00.000-07:00

Everything begins in winter 2004/2005 from a Sergio’s idea. He had some old songs he never used before and, with Marco's (Töc) help, he decided to record them for himself, not excluding to develop them further on supported from a band.

Later Stephan joins the band and he doesn't have many troubles to enter the project, taking some interesting ideas with him, but this time for the creation of new pieces. Soon we decided to form a band and the quest for the name lasted long. At the end we accord ourselves for a name that wouldn’t have directly to do with something musical, rather it should reflect our three’s other common interests. In summer 2005 finally begins the adventure of LOST EMPIRE.

In Summer 2007, we finally found Nadine, female vocalist. She joined the Band, bringing a good understanding of the genre and in general of music. The feeling in the band growed every time stronger and, in autumn 2007 we decided to take part to a challenge for newcomer bands in Lugano (Palco ai Giovani).

For this performance we asked Paul "The Hammer" Bürgi to join us playing the bass, he agreed and made this adventure possible. Paul found himself by Lost Empire well and he agreed the challenge, already short after the performance at the 2008 Palco ai Giovani's qualifications, to have a fix role in the Band.

--- 2008 ---

With Paul on the bass guitar, we were finally ready to perform live. In august 2008, we fortunately met Jacopo "Jack the Ripper" Carettoni, a young studied drummer, who took with him a strong will to play his instrument. Together with Jack, it begins a new era in the story of Lost Empire. Töc returned to the bass-guitar, his original strument, and Paul went to the Guitar.

In our music, we try to offer original performances; the music is filled with feelings and life experiences and gives therefore special emotions listening to it.

The band has now a new 6 members line-up:

- Nadine Carina: Lead Vocals & Additional Keyboards

- Sergio "Lord of Wasteland" Baruscotti: Guitar & Backing Vocals

- Stephan "The Keys" Bürgi: Piano & Keyboards

- Marco "Töc" Titocci: Bass Guitar

- Paul "The Hammer" Bürgi: Guitar & Backing Vocals

- Jacopo "Jack the Ripper" Carettoni: Drums

The musical genre is variegated, from us hardly defined as “Melodic Gothic Metal”. In the proposed songs it’s possible to discover Rock, Gothic, Melodic, Progressive and Heavy Metal influences, while the lyrics are exclusively in english.