Formed by the two young guitarists Alessio Garavello and Fabio Cavallaro during May 1996, the thrash metal band called Deluge started to perform some of the most famous bay-area thrash metal hits of the '80 written by Metallica and Megadeth. Between 1996 and 2002 the band line-up has changed many times trying to reach the perfect alchemy and during the summer of 2002 the italian thrash metal band GROUND CONTROL was finally formed.
GROUND CONTROL started to write some original stuff by the end of 2002 following the path of some of the most important bands of the bay-area thrash metal scene (Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Testament) and mixing this powerful style with the U.s.a. hard rock melodies.
During November 2004, GC have recorded the first demo called "Demo 2k5" at Remaster Studio (Vi) Italy and then decided to return Remaster Studio during October 2005, to give life to the first full-length entitled "Insanity" that included 10 tracks.
Unfortunately, in November 2007, Alessio has decided to leave the band for personal reasons and the group auditioned some musicians to fill this void.
After long and hard audutions, on July 2008, GC announces the new line-up directly from hell: Marco Vighini (Lead Vocals), Fabio Cavallaro (Guitars & Backing Vocals), Giovanni Scardoni (Guitars), Giovanni Raddi (Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals) and Fabio Perini (Drums).
Again, after a few live concerts giving fresh lifeblood and consolidation to this new crew, the band decided to write some brand new material that finally took them to record it at Remaster Studios, as for “Insanity” album, giving life to the successor of the previous work. The new album called “Dragged” includes 10 tracks and it will be released from Punishment 18 Records.
Be prepared for our extreme assault!!!