Vanadium

Milanese five-piece Vanadium were one of Italy's first successful heavy metal bands, releasing a string of very popular LPs during the early '80s, before being outpaced by a quickly evolving national scene as the decade wore on. In fact, the second half of their career saw a creatively weakened Vanadium rudely subjected to both ridicule and scorn by the next generation of more extreme Italian heavy metal bands -- most of whom failed to recognize their pioneering efforts in the face of unimaginable challenges. Vanadium was founded in 1979 by guitarist Steve Tessarin, who, alon...