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HistoryThe Frozen Autumn started life as the solo project of Diego Merletto, founded after several years of involvement with various darkwave groups in Turin.
The singer, keyboardist and synth programmer employed the talents of guitarist Claudio Brosio during early studio sessions and live performances, then in 1995 the first album, Pale Awakening, was released under the German Weisser Herbst Produktion label.
The album was well received by gothic-wave/dark-romantic fans across Europe, and in 1997 the follow-up was released, Fragments of Memories, this time by Milan-based Eibon Records.In 1998 Merletto co-founded a side-project called Static Movement with Arianna, who provided guest vocals on the title-track from Fragments of Memories.
The duo composed together for six months and in March 1999 the album Visionary Landscapes was released.
The musical style of Static Movement was not dissimilar to The Frozen Autumn, however with only electronic instruments being used, the result was a more synthetic coldwave sound.
The partnership proved fruitful for both parties and so Arianna became a permanent fixture in The Frozen Autumn line-up, Static Movement remaining their "concept research project".After 18 months working on The Frozen Autumn's third album, Emotional Screening Device was released in April 2002 and hailed as the group's best album to date [1\].
They decided to leave Eibon Records in 2003 and, while contemplating offers coming in from both Italian and foreign labels, spent over two years on the next album.
Is Anybody There? was finally released in September 2005 by the Argentinean label Twilight Records and German label Pandaimonium through Xymox Control.Merletto has since been working on his video art which has in recent years become an integral part of the band's live shows, while in addition to playing concerts all over Europe and collaborating with various artists, the duo have (as of October 2006 [2\]) begun the process of reprinting The Frozen Autumn's back catalogue.
In 2009, "Pale Awakening", "Fragments of Memories" and "Visionary Landscapes" were re-printed through Twilight Records.
At the same, The Frozen Autumn announced that Ashes is no longer their official fan club.
In September 2009, a new official forum was created.In December 2009, The Frozen Autumn published in their Facebook a "Manifesto against music killers", stating their position on music sharing over the Internet.
In the same article they pointed out that they were exploited by someone who they thought as a good friend.
[3\].At the end of 2010, a new 10" single: "Rallentears" was released.
The song is on their new label, Calembour Records, as a forerunner of their next album, called Chirality, which was released in November 2011.Many fans of the successful band ask one another, which is the musical genre that more brand The Frozen Autumn, as the band works in various styles as "Darkwave, Cold Wave, Gothic Wave, New Wave and many others" Arianna Froxeanne and Diego Merletto because of his talent and atmosphere that characterize the band call their style as "Frozen Wave".The Frozen Autumn are soon to embark on their first visit to America, occurring on the West Coast in Autumn of 2013.InspirationThe Frozen Autumn have stated that labelmates Clan of Xymox have been their main source of inspiration over the years [4\].
In 2000 Diego and Arianna were invited by Clan of Xymox founder Ronny Moorings to do a remix of his new track, There's No Tomorrow, which was included on the single.
They collaborated a second time when Moorings remixed Ashes, which featured as a bonus track on the 2005 album Is Anybody There?.
Other favourite bands and artists of the duo include Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, The Sisters of Mercy, Xmal Deutschland, David Sylvian and Depeche Mode.