The Chronicles of Israfel is a progressive, experimental metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Canada

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, and the title of the debut solo album of Dominic Cifarelli, the former guitar player for Pulse Ultra

Pulse Ultra

-History:Pulse Ultra was initially formed as Head Space in 1997 by guitarist Dominic Cifarelli and bassist Jeff Feldman. Drummer Maxx Zinno was added that same year, followed by vocalist Zo Vizza two years later....

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It is based on a fictional story written by Cifarelli, during a very uncertain and difficult period in his music career which eventually led to the breakup of Pulse Ultra. It was influenced by the viewing of violent Japanese anime movies.

It was released in July 2007 after a year of production and writing. The first part "Starborn, Tome I", follows Israfel

Israfel

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, the main character, in his search for a new home and the self discovery of his superior inner design.

Starborn was released in March 2007 through Bridge of Hands Entertainment, an independent arts label dedicated to the development and the distribution of original art not limited to music. It was expected to be the first of three albums to be released, along with older brother/band member Vincent Cifarelli's debut ambient record "Dream Method".

Since the release of Starborn, Dom has become bass player for Scars on Broadway (as of June 2008). Dominic has now returned to writing the second album in The Chronicles Of Israfel series and has re-launched his Myspace page (www.myspace.com/israfelworld)

Current members

• Israfel (Dominic Cifarelli
  Dominic Cifarelli
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  ): composer
  Composer
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  , producer
  Record producer
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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  s, bass
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vox
  Backing vocalist
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  , additional keyboard
  Musical keyboard
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  s, string
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   arrangement
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  s, sound design & percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Veloel (Vincent Cifarelli): piano
  Piano
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  , keyboards, string arrangements, sound design, samples
  Sampling (music)
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   & programming
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• Rico Antonucci - Vocals

Discography

Studio Albums

Album information
Starborn, Tome I Released: 2007 (U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )

External links

• The Chronicles of Israfel on MySpace
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• The Chronicles Of Israfel - Band Profile on Metal Hammer