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BIO

CHAPTER ONE 

Malacoda started as a recording project based out of Oakville, Ontario in 2014, by multi-instrumentalist and music producer Lucas Di Mascio. Early-lineups consisted of some great local musicians from the Greater Toronto Area. The self-titled debut was hailed as a dark modern melodic metal take on popular music trends. As each new record progressed into different territory, the lineups shifted to meet the demands of the specific sound Lucas was trying to achieve- for Ritualis Aeterna- a heavier and more symphonic take on their dark and melodic sound, musicians known for their extreme heavy metal credits were brought into the fold to create a truly visceral listening experience. This release in 2016 saw the first official Malacoda music video for “Penny Dreadful”, and it set the bar for what the band’s conceptual visuals would be. 

CHAPTER TWO 

The band would get signed by Rockshots Records in 2017 and would re-release Ritualis Aeterna in 2018. The next record, Restless Dreams, would then be put out through Rockshots in 2018. Restless Dreams was a concept album that played on the boundaries of Gothic, Progressive, and contemporary rock elements. The album was produced and recorded entirely at Lucas Di Mascio’s Old Haunt Records in Oakville, and masterfully mixed by Jon Howard of Threat Signal and Imonolith fame. Restless Dreams is a love letter to the classic Konami horror game Silent Hill 2, and the music reflects on the dark journey of the main character as well as the way the band interprets its many deep themes of loss, guilt, abuse and the occult. 

CHAPTER THREE 

In the fall of 2018 the band embarked on The Northern Laments Tour and got to meet some of their fans across Ontario and Quebec. Shortly after this, the band would go into hibernation as new material was developed by Lucas for another project. That project never saw the light of day, and after much deliberation on how to grow the band’s live show and marketing, it was decided that the search for dedicated band members was needed. Early 2019 was spent mostly figuring out who the lineup would consist of. Not wanting to rush this crucial aspect of the band’s development, it would take quite some time for the lineup to coalesce into a solid foundation. 

CHAPTER FOUR 

Zak Stulla would join in the spring of 2019, and after a long search for the right guitarist for the band, Wes MacDonald would join as a permanent member. The summer of 2019 was spent preparing for a final run of live shows in support of Restless Dreams. The band would then head into the studio and take a look at the songs that Lucas had written that never got released. After some fine tuning and writing a few more, the band would enter Old Haunt to begin production. A great group of session drummers lent their skills to the recordings but it would be during the winter of 2020 that the band would meet Victor Boechat. Joining the band in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lineup was at long last finalized. The band is currently working behind the scenes on new material, waiting for the day when the world has gone back to normal.

BAND MEMBERS

Lucas Di Mascio

Lead Vocals

Date of Birth: October 27th 1989
Instrument: Vocals with a bit of guitar, bass and keyboards
Gear List: Vocal Chords, Shure In-Ears, Shure SM58
Biggest Influences: Tommy Karevik, Oliver Palotai, Nick Holmes, Peter Steele, Jonas Renkse, Anders Nystrom
Fave Bands: Katatonia, Type O Negative, Paradise Lost, Kamelot
Fave Albums: The Great Cold Distance - Katatonia, Delusions - To-Mera, The Silent Enigma - Anathema
Fave Malacoda Song: I Got A Letter
Fave Food & Drink: Fusili Pasta with Bolognese sauce and Smokehead Whiskey.
Fave Movies: Alien, Goodfellas, The Thing, It Follows, the original Universal Monster films, Brazil, any James Bond movie
Fave TV Show: Spawn: The Animated Series, Seinfeld, Penny Dreadful, Archer, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Favorite Books: Dante's Inferno - Dante Alighieri, Neuromancer - William Gibson, Annotated HP Lovecraft
Fave Color: Black
Pets Owned: Used to have a hedgehog, a lizard and birds
If I Had a Billion Dollars I Would: Buy my own volcano lair
The Coolest Thing I Own Is: My recording studio
Instagram: @old_haunt_recording_studio
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oldhauntstudio/

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Wes MacDonald

Guitar

Date of Birth: June 17th, 1985
Instrument: Guitar
Gear List: Guerilla Guitars Custom 7, Guerilla Guitars M-7
Fave Bands: Strapping Young Lad, Sacrifice,  Cannibal Corpse, Revocation, Venom, Razor, Opeth
Fave Albums: Strapping Young Lad - City, Sacrifice - Torment in Fire, Opeth - Damnation/Blackwater Park
Fave Malacoda Song: Penny Dreadful
Fave Food & Drink: Ribs / Coffee
Fave Movies: Friday the 13th Part 2 - 3, Nightmare on elm Street, The Exorcist , Jaws
Fave TV Show: Friends, Dexter, Breaking Bad.
Fave Books: The Shining
Fave Color: Green
Pets Owned: Louis and Abby (Shi-poo and Boxer ), Tarot - Siamese Cat
If I Had a Billion Dollars I Would: buy you a fur coat (but not a real fur coat that's cruel)
The Coolest Thing I Own Is: Signed Doug Bradley Hellraiser Original poster.
Instagram: @wesmacd

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Zak Stulla

Bass

Date of Birth: September 5th, 2000
Instrument: Bass
Gear List: Hudson Project Bass PB6-CB, Shure In-Ears, Sansamp RBI
Biggest Influences: John Paul Jones, Les Claypool, Cliff Burton, Paul Gray
Fave Bands: Slipknot, Gojira, Behemoth, Black Sabbath, I Prevail, Beartooth, Lamb of God, Kreator
Fave Albums: Magma - Gojira, Iowa - Slipknot, Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer, Slipknot - Slipknot, Dirt - Alice in Chains
Fave Malacoda Song: Phantom Pain
Fave Food & Drink: Chicken Wings, Iced Tea
Fave Movies: Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, Spinal Tap
Fave TV Show: Trailer Park Boys
Fave Books: The Art Of War
Fave Color: Blue
Pets Owned: A dog and a few fish
If I Had a Billion Dollars I Would: Organize my own music festival.
The Coolest Thing I Own Is: My soul, haven’t sold it yet
Instagram: @zak.stulla

 

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