Jumpscare Band

About

Founded in November 2015 by the drummer Graziano Ciccarelli, after only 6 months, in April 2016, the band enters the studio for recording its first demo: “Three Marks Of Dreams” recorded and mixed at B-Side Music Recording Studio (Salerno, Italy).In June 2016 the band signed with the label B-SIDE Music.”Three Marks Of Dreams” was out on 29th September 2016 via B-SIDE Music and distributed worldwide by Believe Digital Music, it was classified bestseller for Amazon Music Italy in October 2016.

Between the end of 2016 and the first months of 2017, the band was involved in the composition of their forthcoming release, in March 2017 the band enters again in studio for recording its first official Ep called “Sowing Storms” mixed at Cluster Studio (Naples, Italy) by Stefano Formato and mastered by Steve Corrao of SAGE AUDIO (Nashville, Tennessee, United States). In June 2017 Jumpscare enters officially in the roster of Volcano Records and Promotion and they released their latest work: Sowing Storms. At the end of May 2017, Andrea Di Martino joined as the second guitarist of the band. They got chance to share the stage with Edu Falaschi (Angra/Almah), Giacomo Voli (Rhapsody Of Fire), Dreamshade, DGM, Secretsphere, Arthemis, Despite Exile and many more

In January of 2018, they joined the force of Impatto Rock and Vault Lab. In October 2018 Lorenzo Gallo left the band due to artistic divergences and also for his decision to end his music career. After some weeks Ciro “Kirion” Silvano joined the band and started to working hard with the guys for their first album. In January 2019 they were involved in the recording session of their first album: “Don’t Close Your Eyes” in Crema, north of Italy at Sonitus Studio. Their album will be mixed, mastered and produced by Tommaso Monticelli (Genus Ordinis Dei).

“Don’t Close Your Eyes” was released in October 2019, and it gained lots of positive responses both from fans and to insiders of the music industry. It was released under an exclusive license with Vault Lab Recordings and it was promoted both via Dying Frontier Promotion (Asia, Middle East), Vault Lab PR (Europe) and Grand Sounds Promotion (Eu/Oceania/Worldwide) that worked bands like Batushka, Vader, Hecate Enthroned, Overkill (tour pr), Incantation (tour pr), to name a few, the album was considered as the top album of the year from many webzines and fans ranking it between bands like Arch Enemy, Amon Amarth, In Flames, Aephanemer, Cattle Decapitation just to name few.

They are official endorsers and collaborators of the brands: Trick Drums USa Pedals & Accessories, Diril Cymbals, Janara Drums & Distribution, Code drumheads, Hugin & Munin, Interemodeus Clothing, Skull Strings, Kingdom Guitars, Roll’em Drumsticks, New Drum Percussion, Lombardi Custom, Endless Fire,

Through the label “REBORN THROUGH TAPE RECORDS” on 7/11/2020 the limited edition of 100 copies in cassette of “Don’t Close Your Eyes” is announced sharing the roster with bands like Kreator, Discharge, Bulldozer and many more. In April 2020 started a partnership with Italian Championship Wrestling I.C.W. becoming part of the official soundtrack of the federation. At the end of 2020 they signed a contract with north american media, management and booking company Death By Metal STL.

In 2021, they have planned to tour all over Italy, in support of bands like Venom Inc and Ancient, and they also collaborated with Rock Tour Agency for a mini-tour as headliner in Europe touching countries such as Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia. In September 2021, Vic Mussolino left the band for personal reasons, while the band started to tour a lot both in Italy and Europe to promote their album “Don’t Close Your Eyes” and their special compilation called “Enjoy The Scare” both out via Vault Lab Recordings.

We are Jumpscare!