BLACKBIRCH / EX HARVEST

Blackbirch / ex Harvest biography
Formed as HARVEST, March 2011, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

BLACKBIRCH is an Italian progressive metal band formed by lead vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Cesare Augusto GIORGINI as HARVEST in March 2011. Together with Roberto PALMIERI on lead guitar/backing vocals, drummer Marco GARBIN and his brother Fungo on bass, the band began to work on their first material.

Fungo GARBIN left the band in the summer of 2012, thus leaving HARVEST without a bass player. Francesco PINI took over the bass duties as the band released their first album, "Rain/The Cold Sunrise", on November 28th 2012. The debut album features a very eclectic approach to progressive metal as the band encompasses many different styles, such as atmospheric rock, Jazz Rock/Fusion and Rock Progressivo Italiano.

A single called "Promise" and a second album called "Sparks" were released as HARVEST in 2014 before the name of the band was changed to BLACKBIRCH in April 2015, with the addition of Emanuele TOGNOLI on bass, thereby releasing Francesco PINI from the role to enable him to contribute guitar and keyboards to the band instead.

A further album called "Neapolis" (February 2019) was the first band's release under the name BLACKBIRCH.

========== Updated by David (yam yam) and NotAProghead in February 2023 =================