Jan 24 2010 - Great gig at Rock'n'Roll in Rho! PICS Thanks to our supportive fans, concert #144 at the Rock'n'Roll in Rho (MI, Italy) was another hell of a night with lots of sweat, energy and fun! This was the tracklist, with some new songs added: 2.0.3.6, Princess Of The Wolves, King Of Terror, Skin Of My Teeth (Megadeth), It Happened Tomorrow, One Door Away, Wheels Of Fire (Manowar), Within Without, The Burn, Revelations (Iron Maiden), Hellbound, Bitter Crop, Promises (The Cranberries), The Werewolf, Ragnarök. Jul 29 2009 - Another fantastic show tonight! PICS This was what a real Mesmerize gig is supposed to be! Wonderful concert #143 tonight in Cornaredo (MI, Italy), leaving us craving for more live dates like this... unfortunately we had to cut a couple songs from the setlist due to time limits but we really rocked our ass off! A big thank-you to the organization, to Tino & staff for the wonderful sound and lights on stage and of course to everyone who came and supported us; we got also quite a bunch of great photos (thanks Mauro!) which you can admire in the Live Pics section. Here's the final track list, we included four covers for everyone's fun (this means us too!): It Happened Tomorrow, King Of Terror, Princess Of The Wolves, Promises (The Cranberries), Within Without, Skin Of My Teeth (Megadeth), The Burn, Revelations (Iron Maiden), The Werewolf, Hail And Kill (Manowar). Enjoy your holidays and stay tuned for more gigs coming after the summer! Jul 08 2009 - Concert in Melzo tonight PICS Concert #142 took place in Melzo (MI, Italy)... tracklist: It Happened Tomorrow, King Of Terror, Princess Of The Wolves, Promises (The Cranberries), Within Without, Skin Of My Teeth (Megadeth), One Door Away, The Burn, Revelations (Iron Maiden), Bitter Crop, Hail And Kill (Manowar), The Werewolf. See you on July 29th for the last chance to see Mesmerize live before the summer vacation and possibly for a few months! May 31 2009 - Great gig tonight... Rho can Roll! PICS Fucking great show #141 tonight at the Rock'n'Roll in Rho, super warm audience, great sound and a lot of energy! Thanks to everybody for coming and supporting us in an unforgettable way! Here's the tracklist including some new songs(*) and covers: It Happened Tomorrow (*), King Of Terror, Princes Of The Wolves, Skin O'My Teeth (Megadeth), Within Without (*), Revelations (Iron Maiden), One Door Away (*), The Burn, Promises (The Cranberries), Shadows On The Edge Of Perception (*), Hellbound (*), Bitter Crop, Hail And Kill (Manowar), The Werewolf. May 17 2009 - King Of Terror DVD presented at the Diabolik Club meeting with an acoustic mini-gig We were honoured to be guests at the annual Diabolik Club meeting, where we presented the new edition of the King Of Terror DVD+CD featuring the videoclip enriched with pics from the set and 3 audio versions of the song (the new 2008 version, the original from 2002 and a previously unreleased live take from 2002). We had the very pleasant surprise of receving an engraved metal plate form the club and seeing our faces on the cake too! For the occasion, we played a short acoustic set (something we had never done before), let's call it #140, with "King of Terror" (of course!), the new song "Within Without" and, to entertain everyone, a cover of "Promises" by The Cranberries... it was a lot of fun and we'd like to thank again the club for the warm and fantastic welcome they gave us! May 08 2009 - Gig tonight at the Warriors of Rock Like old bears, we are just out of our winter hibernation! This was the first of this year's summer gigs, for those who like counting it was #139 and took place at the Warriors of Rock festival in Ponzana (NO, Italy), were Mesmerize shared the stage with Bejelit, Alltheniko and Crasher; here's the setlist, featuring new songs, old classics and a couple of covers: It Happened Tomorrow, King Of Terror, Princess Of The Wolves, Skin O'My Teeth (Megadeth), One Door Away, Within Without, The Burn, Promises (The Cranberries), Bitter Crop, Hail And Kill (Manowar) and The Werewolf. Our next appearances will be at the Diabolik club's meeting on Sunday May 17th where we will present the brand new "King Of Terror" DVD+CD edition (more news in a week), then a full Mesmerize gig at Rock'n'Roll in Rho (MI , Italy)... see you there! Oct 18 2008 - And the video is here!!! The wait is over and the "King Of Terror" video is finally available! You have surely read all the details in the other piece of news below, so we'll just add here the fancy cover of the dvd that was given away during the festival. We are currently planning to release a deluxe edition of the dvd with bonus features at almost price cost, so be sure to check back if you want to have a copy! In the meantime, as you should have notice, we have rearranged the home page a bit so to include the video and a player for some samples, courtesly provided by ReverbNation; you can also join our mailing list using the tool on the home page. Sep 18 2008 - Mesmerize + Diabolik: the video of King Of Terror!!! PICS We are extremely happy to announce that we have just shot our first videoclip for the song "King Of Terror"! The video, just as the song, originally featured on the OFF THE BEATEN PATH album and now re-arranged and re-recorded for the occasion, is dedicated to Diabolik, one of the most famous and long-lived Italian comic characters, of which Folco is a great fan and collector. This was made possible by the collaboration with Astorina publishing house and Creative Comics studio, and the funding from the town of Vercelli (VC, Italy) where the action takes place: during a Mesmerize gig, Diabolik's girlfriend Eva Kant sneaks backstage to steal a mysterious object, then flees back to their Jaguar where he's waiting for her and her precious loot... If you look closely at Diabolik's eyes in this picture you may be able to guess who played him... Folco himself! The videoclip will be presented at the Vercelli Fra Le Nuvole comics festival, whose theme this year is "Music and Comics", and will play continuously for all the festival duration from October 4th to 12th 2008 in the Salone Dugentesco hall; the limited-edition DVD will be given for free on October 12th to the first 150 visitors. Videoclip credits: screenplay by Mario Gomboli (Astorina's director and Diabolik's historical mastermind) - directed by Alessia Di Giovanni (writer and director) and Daniele Statella (comics writer and illustrator) - video shooting and editing by Davide Celoria - photography by Michele Trecate. After the festival, the video will be made available through Mesmerize website and YouTube... in the meantime you can see some photos from the set in the Pics section! May 22 2008 - New songs uploaded... and some news at last! SAMPLES Wondered what we were during during this long radio silence? We wrote a bunch of new songs, of course! We headed for a new direction, as we didn't want to just repeat ourselves and do a "Stainless pt. 2" (I can think to at least three bands too much that used such a trick recently hehehe)... we wanted to build up a more aggressive and thrashy sound, incorporating new features and influences, while retaining the distinctive melody in Folco's vocals, so we worked a lot on our playing and songwriting and ended up with about 14 new songs as of now, some of which stills need some final touch and revision. In 2007 we released a promo-CD with the first three new songs, "One Door Away", "Hellbound" and "It Happened Tomorrow", which was recorded in almost demo-mode and printed in a very limited edition for promotional use. The time has come to let you hear this new material too, so the samples of these songs are now available for download! In the meantime we are looking for a new contract, as the deal with Dragonheart is over, but we are also considering some alternatives to the traditional label approach, better fitting in these turbulent times. That's all for the time being, except that we look forward to hearing your comments on the new songs so please flood our mailbox and our comments space on MySpace, where you can find also streaming samples. Stay metal, we'll be just One Door Away!