Big Tuna Records recently announced the acquisition in its roster of one of the most promising and active formations of the Hard Rock / Heavy Metal scene, the Italian SISKA, band of the six-string virtuoso Mattia Sisca, guitarist who played with Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden) in Brazil and Europe, Dennis Stratton (Iron Maiden), Michael Angelo Batio (US shredder), Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson).
A musical project, Siska, that made a tour in South America together with Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens (Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen), and played as shoulder group of the legend of world rock Skid Row.
Siska’s album, titled Romantic Dark & Violent, has now worldwide distribution in vinyls and CDs and is available starting now in stores and on all the most important digital platforms. Check it out below!
We caught up with Siska before the album release as the band talked about the album and more!
How pumped are you for the release of Romantic, Dark & Violence?
We’re really excited. We’ll have a release party with a lot of our team on july 20 and it’ll be very fun. We’ll start to pick out what we’re gonna do.
What is your favourite track from the album?
We really love the full album, of course. But, probably, our favourite track is “Nothing left to say”. It’s the first song we usually play in concerts and it’s our first single. People seems to like it a lot so… it’s definitely our favourite!
How have the people at Big Tuna Records helped you become the band you are today?
We really want to thank all Bug Tuna staff. They believed in us from the first moment and we are a great team together. Big Tuna work was very important especially in worldwide distribution of the album.
If you could work with any band in the world, who would it be and why?
Iron Maiden! Working with them is a dream for every metal band I think!
How pumped are you for your gig in Bucharest?
We’re really excited! We’ll share the stage with historic bands as Epica, Sonata Arctica and Children Of Bodom and we’ll play in front of many many metalheads!
Can you tell us something about the experience with Skid Row?
As you know, Siska have played as support band for legendary Skid Row in Italy during their United World Rebellion Tour. We were really honoured of it because we grew up with their music and it was like to realize a dream. We are very glad that Skid Row appreciated our music and chose us to support them during their italian dates. We really want to thank them again for that opportunity.
And how about Metalhead Meeting in Bucharest?
Only one week has passed. We can’t believe it. It was an amazing experience. The Metalhead Meeting staff was perfect. We felt like at home. And Romanian metalheads were fantastic! It was great to play in front of that audience. We share the stage with legendary bands as Sonata Arctica, Epica, Soulfly and Children Of Bodom, what a great choice for us. We hope to come back soon to Romania, it was simply fantastic.