The Xipe Totec project was born in spring 2008 by initiative of bassist Mirko Monti, who was looking for valid musicians to start an original death metal band. The drummer was immediately found in Matteo Nanni, who was already playing in Will Of The Forsaken with Mirko. After a short time, they found a guitarist in Federico Bandini, former member of Northern Sky. The last member to join the line-up was the vocalist Luca Emiliani, already known for his guttural voice and the astounding screams. The band started playing some covers of Nile,Origin, Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse, and soon started writing its own material. The first Xipe Totec’s song is “Cosmic Sacrifice”; it is characterized by strong and powerful riffs and esotheric atmospheres. The lyrics are about the massive human sacrifices perpetrated by the Aztecs in honour of the Sun. After that song the band develops into a more brutal and technical sound with “Sarpasattra”, a song about Hindu divinities, and “The Heretic Of Tenochticlan”, mantaining the melodic and atmospheric parts. Now the band is looking for more and more technicality and power, along with new kinds of atmospheres, with the insertion of ethnic instruments and sounds. Our 4th work is called Ipalnemoani. We have now finished our 5th song. This material is going to be released in our first EP. In fact, ‘REBIRTH INTO ESSENCE’ has now seen the light! After 5 months of brain-racking, pain-causing work we have done it. We did it all on our own apart from the drum takes, picked up at HDL Studios. We are really proud of what we’ve done, we are the first fan of our music but we want always to do better. The new material we are composing will sound more orchestral, more personal and also more powerful! We can’t wait to record it! We are working hard to be able to record a full lenght in the beginning of the next year!