kshatriya

Biography

Kshatriya was founded in 1997 in Pozzallo, a small town on the Southern Sicilian Coast with the purpose of spreading a personal and unique vision of music.

In 1998 the founder Massimo Sapienza leaves the island to enroll at the University of Music in Bologna, looking for musicians to join his band named after the Indian Caste of the Truth Guardians. In 2002, the decisive encounter with Marco Zichitella, who soon joins the band as singer, keyboard player, and composer.

In 2003 Kshatriya participates in the Emergenza Rock Festival presenting their first progressive rock work called “The Inner Journey". The band reaches the final of the competition and performs at the Arena Parco Nord in Bologna. After that, the band embarks on a tour throughout the main Sicilian cities.

Back in Bologna, the band plays live in many venues all over Northern Italy. From 2004 until 2006, Kshatriya ventures into extemporaneous live music gigs.

In 2007, after a new lineup with Nicolasi Luca (bass guitar) and Tancredi Edoardo (drums), Kshatriya returns to their progressive musical roots and gives birth to their latest work named “The Dream”.

Right now, the band is in session recording their third work named “Dodecaphonic”.