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== Vanexa ==

Vanexa are Italian heavy metal band, born in 1978.

Born in Savona in 1978, thanks to the founding members Sergio Pagnacco (bassist) and Silvano Bottari (drums), the band's style is based on typically Anglo-Saxon sounds, typical of the NWOBHM. the Vanexa were part of the new wave of heavy metal band made in Italy in the late 70s early 80s, such as Vanadium, the Sabotage and Strana Officina. They participated as the headliner at Rock in a Hard Place Festival held in Certaldo in the province of Florence, May 21, 1983.

In their careers they participated in compilation metal, such as Mountain of Metal, output in the United States, with the song "Hanged Man" Metal and Italy with the song "It's Over". In 2007 they have been reissued on CD their first album Vanexa with 3 unreleased tracks, and their second album "Back From The Ruins" with five live tracks taken from a concert in 1984.

The first training mold 'the first demo, besides the presence of Pagnacco and Bottari, saw the presence of Fabrizio Cruciani on vocals and Roberto Merlone on guitar. The first album titled the same name, was released in 1983 on the label Durium and the item was Marco Spinelli, also in the second disc Back From The Ruins of Minotaur published in 1988.

After several years of silence, it comes time to Against The Sun, the third disc of the group that comes out March 6, 1994 still on Minotaur. This time the voice is Roberto Tie rods, which will boast collaborations between its militancy in the Labyrinth and in particular in New Trolls (later New Trolls's Legend).

In 2010 it was printed on CD and on vinyl in a limited edition 1979/1980, a compilation of songs sung in Italian of the period 1979 - 1980. In 2011 he released the first official live album from the band, titled Metal City Live, recorded at heavy metal festival Play It Loud III of 2009.

In 2012 he joined the group the guitarist Pier Gonella, member Necrodeath and Mastercastle [1]. In 2015 the band released a single of two songs ( "Too Heavy to Fly" and "Paradox") as a preview of the new album "Too Heavy to Fly" [2]. Subsequently, the good responses of the individual (first place in the Hard & Heavy section of Amazon), leading in 2016 to the decision to record the whole album "Too Heavy to Fly" with the label Punishment 18 Records on CD and with the Black Widow Records on vinyl (3 different editions).

Original lineup Merlone Roberto - guitar Marco Spinelli - voice Sergio Pagnacco - electric bass Silvano Bottari - Battery

Last training Andrea "Ranfa" Ranfagni - voice Artan Selishta - guitar Sergio Pagnacco - bass (ex-Labyrinth) Silvano Bottari - Battery Pier Gonella - guitar (ex-Labyrinth - Mastercastle - Necrodeath)

Other components Roberto Links - voice Roberto Merlone - guitar Alfio Vitanza - voice Fabrizio Cruciani - voice Marco Spinelli - voice Giorgio Pagnacco - keyboards Alex Graziano - guitar

Discography 1983 - Vanexa 1988 - Back from the Ruins 1994 - Against the Sun 2010 - 1979-1980 2011 - Metal City Live 2016 - Too Heavy To Fly

compilation 1986 - Metal Italy 1992 - Mountain of Metal 1994 - Lucretia International Sampler 1995 - Tribu 'to Mostar 2016 - Too Heavy to Fly [3]