5RANd and the shaman
In a summer night in his hometown Pierluigi met a strange man, who revealed himself as a shaman...this guy gave him a 5rand coin from south africa as a lucky charm and said: "if you make sure that every step is in the direction of the mountain you'll get there".
5RAND is a Metal Band from Italy, Female Fronted with both clean and growling vocals, who plays a modern metal, distinguished by the combination of melody with heavy, aggressive riffing. The bands’ sound can lead you into a dark, disturbing and violent atmosphere, whose result may recall bands like Slipknot, Fear Factory and Dark Tranquillity.
5RAND debuts in 2017 with the album “Sacred/Scared” described by critics as “a monster debut album capable of providing endless moments of head-banging glory”. Their first release is supported by a strong live activity and with various shows throughout Europe and Italy. 5RAND joins some European tours and festivals (supporting band like Vader, Immolation, Behemoth and Sepultura).
Then, in 2018, the band tours again around Europe supporting Dark Tranquillity and Equilibrium and plays various headliner shows all around Italy.
In 2019 the band release “Dark Mother”, their second studio work, where the band confirms its prowess in combining melody with heavy, aggressive riffing, clean vocals and growling. The album discloses a mature and modern metal songwriting that brings to life a dark, disturbing and violent, and yet captivating atmosphere.
Pierluigi Carocci
Pierluigi Carocci was born in Rome in 1979. He’s an Italian guitarist who fell in love with heavy metal music during his childhood. He is the founder, lead guitarist, and main songwriter of the band 5RAND. He’s a full time guitar teacher (metal – focused) in Rome.
He is a Solar Guitar Featured Artist.
Andrea De Carolis
Andrea De Carolis is a Metal Drummer born in Rome in 1986. He began playing the drums at the age of 10, under the attentions of his father. He continued his studies focusing on Extreme Metal music.
In his career he had the pleasure to play with great musicians from whom to steal with the eyes and had private lessons (John Macaluso, Peter Wildoer, Hannes Grosmann, etc.)
Daniel Mastrangelo
Daniel Mastrangelo was born in Rome in 1990. He started playing the electric bass when he was 14, motivated by his passion for progressive metal.
A few years later, after finishing his musical studies, Daniel started to play at professional level on tour across Italy and Europe. Alongside his performing activities, he also devoted himself to teaching bass to many students.