L.O.S.T.

The band L.O.S.T. formed in March 2004, after one of the rehearsals of the band Abigail where three from the members were activating for many years (Vlad, Dragoș, George). After a short period of time, BB Hanneman, also former colleague with the other members, joined the band. From that time, the line-up was: BB Hanneman - guitars, vocals (ex Adrenaline, Cronos, Abigail, Icon of Sin, Magma), Vlad Bușcă - bass, vocals (ex Abigail, Tornado, Cronos), Dragoș Hălmagi - keyb (ex Abigail), George Angel Tudor - drums, vocals (ex Abigail, Dust). Starting with September 2006, a new member joins the band: Dorin Costea, a drummer that also played with bands like Kendo, Brainstrip and Deadeye Dick. He was eventually replaced in June 2011 by Victor Stoica (ex Dies Irae / Warganism), then in 2015 by Mihai Tanasescu (ex Kratos, Avskild, Deviant, Shesdead) and Alex “Gomez” Dăscăloiu (9.7 Richter, ex Gothic, Tiarra, An Theos). As a second guitarist they had Daniel Tudosie (ex Spectral), which was eventually replaced in 2013 by Victor Manescu (Armies Of Enlil, ex-Avatar), Adrian Dumitrescu in 2012/2015 (Icon of Sin) and Damian Batista in 2015 (ex Mutilation Death, Nemesis). With members having a vast experience on the Romanian scene, of more than 20 years, which contained several festival awards, radio and tv appearances and 4 albums recorded with Abigail, Cronos, Dies Irae and Warganism, L.O.S.T. succeeded with its main objective, a fast impact on the underground scene, with excellent live shows and with a growing mass of devoted fans. With the occasion of the debut show in Bucharest on November 5th, 2004, it was also released the first promo cd, of a great sound quality and artwork. The promo material is entitled “Ziua ce vine” and consists in 2 tracks (“Ziua ce vine” and “Last Breath”), recorded at Recreate Studio from Bucharest between October-November 2004. The band recorded a total of 5 tracks, which were released by Meta4 Productions as an MCD named “Last Breath” on March 4th 2005 and it had nationwide and international distribution. Other shows in 2005-2015 were with Obituary, Behemoth, Dismember, Rage, Orphaned Land, Aborted, SepticFlesh, The Haunted, Destruction, Helloween, Testament, Kreator, Sepultura, In Flames, Sodom, Hammerfall, Moonspell, Lake of Tears, Hypocrisy, Amorphis or Cannibal Corpse. L.O.S.T. released the cd "Remains of Pain" on December 4th 2010., produced by Răzvan Alexandru from Abigail, recorded in several locations (including Musitech Production Studios and Taine Multimedia Studio), mixed at Moon Studio and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, New York, engineer that also worked with Six Feet Under, Hatebreed, Cattle Decapitation, Cannibal Corpse, Kataklysm and many others. The most recent album is a live one (a premiere for the Romanian scene), “L.O.S.T. Live at Metalhead Meeting”, released in February 2014 and promoted through a series of shows in Romania and Bulgaria, when also celebrating 10 years of activity of the band. In July 2016 the band released a new single and video, “World War Cup”, song taken from the short animated movie with the same title that will have the premiere later in the year. Melodic death metal band.