GODIVA is a
heavy metalHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States...
band from
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
.
Sammy Lasagni (Guitar), Mitch Koontz (Bass), Peter Gander (Drums) and former member Anthony de Angelis (Vox), had already gained a reputation as a fabulous liveband in Switzerland when in 2001 they recorded their first 3-track-demo on their own under the name of
GODIVA and performed at a lot of festivals during the following year.
The first record of the Swiss with its simple title "GODIVA" was recorded at a renowned studio in Germany near Stuttgart with successful producers Tom Naumann and Achim Köhler at the knobs.
GODIVA is a
heavy metalHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States...
band from
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
.
Sammy Lasagni (Guitar), Mitch Koontz (Bass), Peter Gander (Drums) and former member Anthony de Angelis (Vox), had already gained a reputation as a fabulous liveband in Switzerland when in 2001 they recorded their first 3-track-demo on their own under the name of
GODIVA and performed at a lot of festivals during the following year.
The first record of the Swiss with its simple title "GODIVA" was recorded at a renowned studio in Germany near Stuttgart with successful producers Tom Naumann and Achim Köhler at the knobs. Shortly after finishing the debut album,
GODIVA recruited first-class guitar player Moses B. Fernandez and started opening for bands such as
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, Shakra,
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,
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and
Y&TY&T is an American hard rock/heavy metal band formed in 1974. They hail from the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area...
. Top of that they played two stadion-shows in Greece in summer 2006 with the
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and
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and the audience went wild for the Swiss.
Due to the high quality of the band,
GODIVA was able to place itself at the helm of the Swiss Metal scene and soon after got well recognised within the European Metal Scene.
After vocalist Anthony de Angelis left the band during the recordings of the second album, the guys were able to hire no less than ex-Victory shouter Fernando Garcia as their new singer. Being still extremely young in the late 80's and early 90's, Fernando was then considered, together with Sebastian Bach, one of the big vocal talents of the Metal scene, and had worldwide success with his former band Victory (from Hanover). With the new line-up, GODIVA's second album “call me under 666” was well accepted by the media as well as the fans and even made it into the FMQB retail charts in the USA.
Their third album “destruction” was produced by no one less than Dennis Ward and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland . Through this collaboration with Dennis and Mika,
GODIVA again has recorded a metal album, which will bear comparison to renowned bands and sure is another milestone for
GODIVA.
The new front man's great, distinctive voice and years of routine provided the band with an additional spark of originality and freshness. Their hard modern riffing by the guitarists Sammy Lasagni and the outstanding new Greek guitarist Steve “El Greco” Papacharitos, relentlessly driving groove by the rhythm-section Mitch Koontz and Peter Gander as well as Fernando “El Toro” Garcia's years of live experience as well as his charismatic appearance on stage helped
GODIVA to enter the top ranking of heavy metal live acts
Current members
- Fernando Garcia - Vocals
- Sammy Lasagni - Guitars
- Steve Papacharitos - Guitars
- Mitch Koontz - Bass & Backing vocals
- Peter Gander - Drums
Discography
Godiva (S/T)Godiva is the debut album by Godiva, released September 22, 2003. The album is produced by Tom Naumann, who is most famous for his work with Primal Fear.-Track listing:#"The Gate" #"Razorblade Romantic"...
(2003)
Call Me Under 666Call me Under 666 is the second album by Godiva, which was released June 7, 2005.-Track listing:#"Headache Machine"#"Hellraiser"#"Call Me Under 666"#"My Fate"#"When Lightning Strikes"#"Only Heaven Knows"#"The Flight Of The Dragon"#"Maneater"...
(2005)
Destruction (2007)
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