About the band…

Defying Plague was born in septemer 2021, after several training changes the line up stabilises with Jean Edifizi (Extinction, A Reason to Begin) on guitars, Elena Ferla (Dead & Breakfast, Blood inc) on drum, Francesco Marenghi (Bloodline Rebellion) on bass and Howling Star (Extinction, ex Silenti Luna) on vox.

In April 2022 tha band recorded the first two singles that will be released between June and July, waiting for the album scheduled on October 2022.

Jean Edifizi

Guitars

Instrumentation

  • Ibanez RGIXL7-BKF
  • Solar A2.7TBR
  • Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
  • Engl PowerballI
  • Engl Fireball 100
  • Dragoon Cabinets

Favorite bands

  • Slayer
  • Pantera
  • Sepultura
  • Exodus
  • Metallica
  • At the Gates
  • … and many others!

Favorite movies

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Favorite books

  • Moby Dick

Final words…

  • Peace, Love and Death Metal
Jean - guitars
Elena - drums

Elena Ferla

Drums

Instrumentation

  • Tama Starclassic
  • Ludwig Supra Phonic
  • Vic Firth 5a
  • Paiste Cymbals
  • Pearl Eliminator

Favorite bands

  • Wednesday 13
  • Murderdolls
  • Garbage
  • Alice Cooper
  • Fear Factory
  • Obscura
  • … and many others!

Favorite movies

  • Someone Like it Hot

Favorite books

  • Stephen King – 11/22/63

Final words

  • Do or do not. There is no try.

Mare

(Francesco Marenghi)

Bass

Instrumentation

  • Spector NS Pulse 5
  • Helix Stomp

Favorite bands

  • Benighted
  • Cattle Decapitation
  • Cripple Bastards
  • Deftones
  • Fulci
  • Archspire
  • … and many others!

Favorite movies

  • L’Aldilà – Lucio Fulci
  • The Thing – Carpenter
  • Evil Dead – Sam Raimi
  • … and many others!

Favorite books

  • Anything written by Lovecraft
  • Dune – Frank Herbert
  • Berserk – Kentaro Miura

Final words

  • Omae wa mou shindeiru
Mare - bass
Dave - guitars

Dave Arri

Guitars

Instrumentation

  • Ibanez RG series 7Str
  • Mooer mini preamp 005
  • Baby Bomb 30W pre

Favorite bands

  • Megadeth
  • Cannibal Corpse
  • Atheist
  • Death
  • Kreator
  • Revocation

Favorite movies

  • Back to the Future
  • Ghostbusters, Gremlins
  • Gremlins
  • Indiana Jones

Favorite books

  • Band biographies

Final words

  • Belin!

Howling SStar

(Filippo Collaro)

Vocals

Instrumentation

  • Heil Sound PR 35 dynamic cardioid microphone

Favorite bands

  • Manowar
  • Death SS
  • Dark Tranquillity
  • Deathstars
  • Rob Zombie

Favorite movies

  • Frankenstein Junior
  • Star Wars saga
  • Conan the Barbarian
  • Nirvana

Favorite books

  • All Lovecraft works
  • Stormbringer saga
  • The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
  • D. Buzzati works
  • Tolkien works

Final words

  • Blow up your mind!
Howling SStar - vocals