FABIO 'AMON 418' BARTOLINI Quits OPPOSITE SIDES

November 20, 2009

Fabio "Amon 418" Bartolini of OPPOSITE SIDES and HATE PROFILE has issued the following update:

"I'm sad to announce that after nine years of efforts, victories, disasters and vibrant music, I'm no longer part of OPPOSITE SIDES. The reason being that I'll need at least a couple months to fully recover from an ugly painful problem in my back. The band finally has a stable lineup and planned gigs, unfortunately (?!) making it impossible to stop the activity on the fly. Marco 'Karnal' from the brutal death metal band CARNALITY will be the new band's guitarist — the best possible option, being Marco both a long time friend and a skilled guitarist.

"Best of luck to OPPOSITE SIDES and a sincere thank you to Massimo for sharing this exciting adventure with me for all of these years, giving me the chance to play guitars, bass and synth as well as trusting me as a sound engineer and co-producer. We'll drink to this soon.

"As for HATE PROFILE, the new album won't be profoundly affected by this and I expect to get it mixed for the end of 2009. The last months spent working on 'Opus II' brought in some new energies and ideas, while working with m:A Fog promoted a new approach to the writing process: the aim for 2010 is to have 'Opus III' fully written.

"As HATE PROFILE is presently my only project, I'll have much more time to get back on the professional sound engineering track; primarily mixing and producing in my own studio, but I'm open to further development."

OPPOSITE SIDES's debut album, "Soul Mechanics", was released through Mondongo Canibale Records. According to a press release, the LP "stands out as modern-sounding extreme metal loaded with elecronic / industrial sounds and prog rock/fusion arrangements. Recorded in one of Italy's finest recording studios, the album also feature a stunning cover artwork from Niklas Sundin (DARK TRANQUILLITY) of Cabin Fever Media, the perfect complement to a personal and mature album."

"Soul Mechanics" recording lineup:

* Massimo Arke - Guitars, Clean Vocals, Songwriter, Producer
* Fabio "Amon 418" Bartolini (HATE PROFILE) - Bass, Synth, Co-Producer
* Martyr Lucifer (HORTUS ANIMAE, SPACE MIRRORS) - Throat, Programming
* Diego "GroM" Meraviglia (ANCIENT, DOOMSWORD, PSYCHOFAGIST, HATE PROFILE, HORTUS ANIMAE...) - Session Drums

For more information, visit www.oppositesides.com.

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