Despite Exile: Jacopo ‘Jei’ Durisotti – Vocals, Giacomo ‘Sanchez’ Santini – Guitar, CarloAndrea Ferraro – Guitar, Giovanni Minozzi – Bass, and Aleksandar Sasha Veselinovic – Drums.

Hometown: Udine, Italy

Genre: Metal/Deathcore

Label: N/A

The thunderous and punishing sounds of music coming from Italy these day could very well be those of Despite Exile, our Voodoo Music Artist of the Week. The Despite gang has garnered much praise for their critically-acclaimed debut EP Scarlet Reverie and their three song teaser with Re.Evolve. I caught up with lead singer Jei on what the band was up to.

Joey: Hello Jei!! Thank so much for your time. Why don’t you quickly introduce yourself and tell us how long the bands been together?

Jei: Hi guys! My name is Jei, I’m the vocalist. Despite Exile is a project that we started a year and a half ago. We are five guys who just want to play metal and have a great time.

Joey: You recently released a new EP Re.Evolve. Tell us more about the EP. What fans can expect? [Read more...]