1997 - Michele Epifani, a classical composer and keyboards player, founds with Simone Antonini (drums) and Alessandro Del Conte (bass) a trio named Lentofumo. The musicians meet regularly at the Lentofumo Studios to experiment with vintage sounds (Michele's Hammond organ) and heavy dark atmospheres: they record a few demo tracks where Michele's visions, through Simone's powerful drumming and Alessandro eclectism, become an original mixture of hard rock, doom metal and 70's progressive rock. Read more on Last.fm