How would you classify your music. ?

If you want to classify our music I can tell you that it could be a kind of progressive-melodic metal.

Do you all have day jobs and if so what do you do. ?

Yes, Giovanni, Dennis, Marco, and Christian are all still students, Daniele is a computer programmer, and Stefano is a worker.

How did the band get together ?

The band was born in 1994, but we reached this definitive line-up in late 1995.

What are your musical backgrounds ?

Our origins are very different, they go from Deep Purple to Dream Theater, through Racer X to early Metallica, Rush.....

What kind of music do you like to listen to when your not playing ?

In general we listen to music like Dream Theater. (until Awake!), Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Pink Floyd, Angra(a bit), Elio E Le Storie Tese, Iron Maiden.....

What do you do to relax ?

We always play music 'cos it's our reason to live!

If you had the chance to jam with any band, who would that be ?

It would be nice, we are ever open to new musical experiences!.

Whats the best thing that has ever happened to you ?

Until now I think that is to can reach every day a little aim we find towards us.

Whats the worst thing that has ever happened to you ?

Fortunately no real bad things has been happened to us!

Who writes the songs ?

We write the songs all together starting from a free improvisation during our rehearsals...
then we continue to work only on better ideas.

Where do you get your Inspiration from ?

Well I think we get our inspiration from everything we see everyday, every single thing can be inspiration.

Who thought of the bands name and how did you choose it ?

The idea came to Dennis when he read an opera from Seneca that was about the receding of the human race that has become the general story of our album.

What is your view of the music scene in (whereever you live) ?

The local music scene is really poor at the moment here, because we have this big wave of hip-hop and hardcore music.

What are your plans for the future ?

Our plan for the future is keeping on to play our music at the best.

Website : http://www.akros.it/emptytremor/