the history so far...

Rest in Darkness was formed at the end of 1996 by three friends with a common passion for extreme metal: Sandro Capellini (guitar/vocals), Daniele Torelli (bass) and Cristian Minonne (drums). The band’s early sound retained a classic death metal style influenced by the major bands of the genre (Obituary, Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, et al). After two years R.I.D. began adding melodic and somewhat epic riffs to the speed and heaviness of death metal, thus developing its music into a hybrid of death and black metal. Rest in Darkness pairs its deep musical roots with introspective and personal lyrics in order to recreate in musical form the darkest feelings of the human mind. Due to various reasons Rest in Darkness never entered a studio in its first decade. Only in November 2007, after persistent rehearsals and live shows (most notably in 2005 as support for legendary Italian act Necrodeath) was the first demo recorded! The title Abyss of Death is taken from the eponymous track, which became quite famous in the underground thanks to a highly acclaimed live-recorded mp3 of the song posted on the band’s website. The other tracks — “The Blood of My Enemies” and “The Dark Rest” — complete this brief aural portrait of the band.

 

Our purpose is to recreate in music
the darkest feelings of a human mind...

...feel the darkness!

 

 

Hereunder you'll find old news from the early years that we want to keep...
just to remember the (dark) past...

 

  • 05/25/2005
    Confirmed the show of the 27th of May at the Transilvania Live of Reggio Emilia in support of Necrodeath and Dark Lunacy. Check it out here! And remember to contact us for any info!

 

  • 05/23/2005
    The Show in Motteggiana didn't take place due to f***kin rain
    We probably play there on the 28th of May with other bands...

 

  • 04/02/2005
    We are still alive and well... after 3 years of non posting news on the website... things changed, time passes fast but the darkness remains!
    This news to inform all of you that we will play a show on the 16th of april with Mind Snare and Confusion Gods. You can see the flyer of the show by clicking here. For info you can send us an email by clicking the logos on the top of the page or you can use the guestbook!

 

  • 04/26/2002
    Added a page with the pictures taken from the live show at Corallo.
    We probably play another show in Scandiano in the beginning of May... stay tuned for news!

 

  • 04/14/2002
    Quite good show at Corallo last week with Necrosis (black/death metal band from Reggio Emilia) and another rock band.
    The tracklist:
    - Intro
    - The Blood Of My Enemies
    - Kingdom Of Darkness
    - The Dark Rest
    - Sodomy & Lust (Sodom Cover)
    - Abyss Of Death
    - Elisabeth Bathory (Tormentor Cover)
    - The Emptiness Of Light
    I will put the pictures of the show soon.

 

  • 03/31/2002
    On april 7th we will play our live show at the Corallo discotheque.

 

  • 03/02/2002
    Probably R.I.D. will play a live show in Scandiano (RE) at the Corallo rock discotheque, e-mail us if you are interested.

 

  • 02/26/2002
    Added an entire page dedicated to the IMA (Italian Metal Alliance) with links to a lot of italian metal bands. Enjoy it!

 

  • 10/25/2001
    Added some links to our link page.
    Unfortunately we have not yet recorded a studio demo but we are rehearsing very hard 
    to find out the best  from our songs. The lyrics for the last song (entitled "The Dark Rest")
    were finished some months ago and in the meantime we have wrote new material that will
    be probably turned into a new song.

 

  • 07/22/2001
    Added some pictures of the Live show in Campagnola.

 

  • 03/18/2001
    Live show in Campagnola (RE) after more than one year of silence. This was the tracklist:
    - Kingdom of Darkness
    - Abyss of Death
    - The Blood of My Enemies
    - Elisabeth Bathory (Tormentor Cover)
    - The Emptiness of Light
    Some photos of this show will be available soon.
    Thanks a lot to our friends In Disparte for giving us the chance to play there!

 

  • 02/28/2001
    Waiting for the lyrics, we have finished the instrumental parts of the new song.

 

  • 01/18/2001
    We are now trying to record some materials in our own mini-studio, but we are not really satisfied. So we are planning to go to the TMB Rock House studio in Modena to record the demo.

 

  • 12/15/2000
    Added new pictures in the Members section.

 

  • 11/21/2000
    Unfortunately our bass-player Daniele change its residence and this cause a big delay in the preparation of the songs.

 

  • 10/10/2000
    Thanks to the rehearsals a new song was born. We decide to complete it and include it in the demo.

 

  • 09/15/2000
    Rest In Darkness are working hard to complete the songs (probably 4) that will be released in their first demo.

 

  • 08/04/2000
    Singer Sandro had a fantastic ten days trip in the beautiful Norway. In the Elm. Street Pub (Oslo) he met Frost of Satyricon and Fenriz of Darkthrone.

 

  • 07/29/2000
    Unfortunately we cannot play with Dominance & Hateful  at the live show in Modena.

 

 


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