
Azeroth’s history begins in 1995 in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, when Fernando Ricciardulli (bass and
keyboards) and María Eugenia Ricciardulli (drums) decide to create
the band together with the guitar player Juan Manuel Villagra. Their
idea is to make a heavy metal where the melody and strength should
be the main elements. Different musicians made part of the history
of the band.
In 1998, Azeroth starts to move through all the underground circuit.
In the same year, they record a demo of 3 songs used to show their
music to the media and record companies. It is in this way that Nems
Enterprises becomes interested in the project and contacts them.
During the second half of 1999, they record the material that was to
make part of the first album, simply called “Azeroth”, which has the
participation of Christian Bertoncelli (Imperio, Renacer) and Adrián
Barilari (Rata Blanca) as main voices.
The material is mixed by the German producer Charlie Bauerfeind in
Hamburg (Germany), who has worked with bands of the importance of
Helloween, Blind Guardian, Hammerfall and Primal Fear, among others.
The CD cover is made by the Belgian Eric Phillippe, who has worked
in the first albums of Rhapsody and Sonata Ártica.
Azeroth have several live shows after the exit to the market of the
album, and they participate as invited band of important bands such
as Helloween, Nightwish, in the Metal Rock Festival (together with
Barón Rojo) and the Progressive Power Festival (together with Vision
Divine and Labyrinth). Then, they participate in the “Campaña al
Desierto Tour", where they visit different cities in Argentina and
Uruguay. Meanwhile, the material is well accepted by the national
specialized media and also by foreign countries, and so the album is
licensed in Spain and Japan.
During 2001, Azeroth records a version of “Rompe el hechizo” for the
tribute album to Rata Blanca, also mastered by Nems Enterprises, and
mixed by the German producer and guitarist of Iron Savior, Piet
Sielck.
In 2002, while the composition and production of the second album is
being finished, the band members decide to continue their musical
career in Europe, more precisely in Spain. Towards the end of that
year, they start recording the new album and they finish about the
half of 2003. This new album, called “II”, has the participation of
Hansi Kursch (singer of Blind Guardian) making chorus as invited
musician. The CD cover is made by Daniel Trajtemberg, who has
previously worked with Rata Blanca, among others.
The mixing of this material is one of the main reasons why this
album exit to the market almost 5 years after, because the producers
who were to work in the album were busy and it was also necessary to
work more than wanted with certain technical problems (not regarding
the band at all). Finally, who mixes the material is the Finish
Kimmo Ahola and it is mastered in Mastering Noise Master Lab, Sweden.
Nowadays, Fernando Ricciardulli lives in Mexico and he’s already
working with Mexican musicians in the songs that will make part of
the third album of the band. As a steady member of Azeroth, there is
Christian Bertoncelli (Renacer, Imperio), who sang as invited
musician in the first production together with Adrián Barilari (Rata
Blanca).
Duskwood Records aims to a professional production and the
importance of the great European bands, giving support to Azeroth in
this new stage believing in their huge potential and professionalism
and diffusing music in a moment so delicate to the record industry.

