Exilia

Exlia is a heavy metal band from Milan, Italy that formed in 1998.

History

Start, Unleashed (1998-2002)

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.

On Tour, Can't Break Me Down (2003-2006)

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 (gastropod)

Exilia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ptychatractidae.

Species

Species within the genus Exilia include:

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Star seed

Starseed or star seed may refer to:

Starseed (song)

"Starseed" is the second single from Our Lady Peace's first album Naveed, released in 1994. It was remixed and released on the soundtrack to Armageddon. Also, a live version from the 2003 Live album was released as a single. The song was also planned to be included on the soundtrack for Drew Barrymore's 1995 film Mad Love but was left off. Art model Saul Fox makes a brief appearance in the music video as well as being on the cover of the promotional single.

Origins

According to Maida in an interview with the Winnipeg Free Press: "Starseed was written in five minutes. Chris [Eacrett] came up with the bass line and the vibe was so heavy we just wrote it." It only took the band twenty more minutes to record the song.

Versions

The mix of "Starseed" released in the United States as well as on the Armageddon soundtrack varies from the version released on Naveed. The ending of the song, which on Naveed ended cold after the last lyric was extended to a fadeout and stretching the song from its original 4 minutes, 7 seconds to 4 minutes and 19 seconds. This version is known as the "Armageddon Remix".

Starseed (band)

Starseed is a melodic hard rock band originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, now based in London, United Kingdom formed in 2000. Starseed's latest release "Peace Machine" has seen a significant rise in the band's UK popularity with the album receiving rave reviews and acclaim from the UK music industry from Kerrang Magazine to XFM.

Starseed had a successful 2010 playing an XFM Live Session in Feb 2010 as well as playing Download Festival 2010, Maesteg Metal Festival and Hard Rock Hell IV.

Starseed also supported Senser on their O2 Academy tour in June 2010.

2011 has seen the band share the stage with Senser once again on a national tour, support Ill Nino at Kick Out The Jams Festival 2011 and have been confirmed to play the Pepsi Max stage on Sunday 12 June at Download Festival 2011.

The band will be releasing a second single from Peace Machine, "See Through Your Lies" on 6 June 2011 via digital release, followed by national and European tour dates.

Since 2009 drummer, "Animal Andy" has worked at the internet rock and metal station, TotalRock, as a stand in DJ.