Exlia is a heavy metal band from Milan, Italy that formed in 1998.
Exilia formed in 1998 in Milan (Italy), when Masha met the guitarist Elio Alien.
In 2000, after nearly two years spent playing in clubs and open air, Exilia released their debut album "Rightside Up". The album was distributed by Universal in Italy and Pangg in Germany. The release of the album was followed by appearances on Music TV programs and more than 120 concerts a year in Italy, Switzerland and Austria.
In October 2001, they played several gigs in Germany & the Netherlands as a supporting act of Mambo Kurt.
In August 2002, they won the “MTV New Comers Award” at the Gun Records Birthday Bash in Koln, Germany. Headliners at the Bash were H-Blockx, Skin-Dredd, Paradise Lost, and Guano Apes.
In May 2003, they took part as special guests in some Festivals and Open Air (such as: "Taubertal Festival", "Forestglade Festival”, "MTV Campus Invasion”) playing with bands such as HIM, Within Temptation, Therapy?, Rollins' band, Underwater Circle, Cardigans, SEEED, and Guano Apes. After the publication of their EP "Underdog", in September 2003 (GUN Records; distributed by BMG in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and by Audioglobe in Italy), they got good reviews from the specialized magazines in Germany (Rock Hard 8/10, M. Hammer 5/7, etc.) and Italy (M. Hammer 6/7, Rock Sound 7/10, Metal Shock 7/10, Flash 75/100).
Exilia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ptychatractidae.
Species within the genus Exilia include:
I'm not awake
I'm sleeping in my head
I'm so far away
I can not hear you anymore
Ï'm running through the fields
Never running out of breath
I feel the grain beneath my hands
I'm whispering to the wind
If i had wings I would try to fly
Where the angels lie
where the love will never die
where I'll see you again
and the light will always shine
where the storm is gone
where the dawn will kiss the sun
where we'll meet again