Unreal City was founded in 2008 by pianist/keyboardist Emanuele Tarasconi and guitarist Francesca Zanetta.
Consequently to the release of the first self titled EP in 2012, the band began an insense live activity in Northern Italy music venues, thus drawing attention from both critics and music industry operators.
In January 2013 the band signed with AMS Records and joined Hilary Studios in Genoa to start the recording sessions for “La Crudeltà Di Aprile”, Unreal City debut album, that was released on 24th April 2013 amd immediately followed by the airing of a videoclip for “Dove La Luce E’ Più Intensa”, single extracted from the album.
“La Crudeltà Di Aprile” gained unexpected astonishing attention from both Italian and International critics and Unreal City decided to embark in an international promotion tour during 2014, playing on stages like the Terra Incognita Progressif Festival in Québec City (Canada), MetaRock festival with Banco Del Mutuo Socorso in Pisa, the Cre.Sta Festival and the FIM Festival in Genoa and the Il Giardino Club in Verona, Italy.
On 15th December 2014 the band preaired a videoclip for “Lo Schermo Di Pietra”, first single to be extracted from “Il Paese Del Tramonto”, second album by Unreal City, which has been released on 15th January 2015 for AMS Records.
Unreal City spent most of 2015 and 2016 touring across continental Europe and America, leading stages in The Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Belgium, France, Switerland, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Canada.
At the beginning of 2017 the band renewed its contract with AMS Records and joined Studio2 in Padua to record tracks for a new album, which will be published on 10th September 2017.
The band is now planning an international promotional tour starting from September 2017.