Davide Tiso (born 21 June 1979) is a guitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He originates from

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, in Italy, but currently resides in

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. He is a member of extreme metal band Ephel Duath, a band he started in 1998. Outside of Ephel Duath, he has recorded with The ''Karyn Crisis Band'' (of whom the two were married) and with guitarist Eraldo Bernocchi on the Parched project, releasing a CD of music of "long, barren, pensive, delicate, touching, harrowing road open to only those who know what they should say, yet decide to mutter no word at all". He more recently recorded as a project called 'Manuscripts Don't Burn', a solo project using material written from the ''Karyn Crisis Band''. as well as collaborating with Karyn on an

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album. Davide continued writing and recording with Ephel Duath in 2012 as a complete band, after signing the band with Agonia Records, and released ''Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness'' in late 2013. In March 2015, he collaborated with Karyn Crysis to release the album ''Gospel Of The Witches''., and to date, he is a member of ''Niō'' and ''Howling Sycamore'', with

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vocalist Jason McMaster, who released their debut album in December 2017. In mid 2018, Davide became a member of the San Francisco metal band

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Discography

with Ephel Duath ;Demo * ''

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'' (1998) ;Studio albums * '' Phormula'' (2000) * '' Rephormula'' (2002) * ''

The Painter's Palette ''The Painter's Palette'' is the second album by Italian avant-garde metal / jazz band Ephel Duath. Track listing # "The Passage (Pearl Grey)" - 4:11 # "The Unpoetic Circle (Bottle Green)" - 4:54 # "Labyrinthine (Crimson)" - 5:21 # "Praha (A ...

'' (2003) * ''

Pain Necessary to Know ''Pain Necessary to Know'' is the third studio album by the Italian avant-garde metal Avant-garde metal (also known as avant-metal, experimental metal, and experimental) is a subgenre of heavy metal music loosely defined by use of experimentati ...

'' (2005) * ''

Through My Dog's Eyes ''Through My Dog's Eyes'' is the fourth studio album by the Italian avant-garde metal band Ephel Duath. The album's concept was conceived by guitarist and founding member Davide Tiso, in which the whole album is from the viewpoint of a dog. The ...

'' (2009) * '' Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness'' (2013) ;EP * '' On Death and Cosmos'' (2012) ;Remix albums * '' Pain Remixes the Known'' (2007, electro-dub version of "Pain Necessary To Know" produced by Eraldo Bernocchi with Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari) with

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* ''Arc'' (2009) with Manuscripts Don't Burn * ''The Breathing House'' (2010) with Karyn Crysis * ''Gospel Of The Witches'' (2015) with Howling Sycamore * '' Howling Sycamore'' (2017) Other appearances * Sigillum S – 23/20 (2007) * Nio

References

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