Bio

HUMANITY ECLIPSE was born in May 1997 from an idea of the singer RICCARDO SQUILLACI and ALFONZETTI brothers, MAX (guitar) and DAVIDE (bass). In the summer of same year unite them the drummer SALVATORE M. TESTA and GIUSEPPE VIRGILLITO on lead guitar. In September 1998 the band record a demo tape, called THE KILLER TAPE. The Killer Tape came released in limited edition (only 1000 copies sold-out at once). In March 1999 Humanity Eclipse enter at Tower Hill Studio for recording their first Demo-Mcd SOMETHING IS REALLY HARD under the guide of Luigi Scuderi (known for his job in two Italian metal masterpieces like Above The Light of Sadist and Sounds Of Coming Darkness of Schizo), with the supervision of Alberto Penzin (ex leader of Schizo/Hit & Run Prod. and today in Camera Obscura Two [CO2]. Something is Really Hard came mixed and mastered at Fear Studio in Alfonzine (Ra) by Gabriele Ravaglia. Something Is Really Hard obtain very good responses by several fanzines and metal magazines, and the band have the opportunity to play at the greatest festivals of Sud Italy. So in December 1999 Humanity Eclipse take part at The Ultimate Xmas/Pluvia Metalli Day in Giovinazzo (Ba) together with Novembre, Undertakers, Penis Leech, Requiem, Mutala and many more, and in August 2000 at the VI Agglutination Metal Festival in Chiaromonte (Pt) with Vision Divine, Domine, Undertakers, Stormlord and Art Inferno. After a mini tour with the melodic deathsters Memories Of A Lost Soul and the gig at Brutal Symphony Fest, in November 2001 Humanity Eclipse split-off because of musical and professional divergences. THE ECLIPSE REDUX In Autumn 2014 Riccardo, Giuseppe and Salvatore back to play together as KAOSKVLT and in November 2015, after 14 years from the split, decide to come back with the old and glorious monicker of HUMANITY ECLIPSE with RICCARDO COSTANTINO from death/black metal band Krigere Wolf) on bass guitar. 2017 – After the appearance at the 3rd edition of well-known Purulent DeathFestival in Rozzano (Milan), in April the band enter at Morning View Studio for recording the new album SI VIS TERE, PARA BELLUM. In November they are contacted by Polish label Goressimo Records and which offers them a deal for the release of Si Vis Tere, Para Bellum.

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