Raintime is an Italian melodic death metal band which was originally assembled in 1999. The band was initially significantly inspired by Dream Theater, and as such composed songs which leaned towards the progressive metal genre. They then recorded an instrumental demo entitled Jump In the Past. Subsequent to the release of "Jump in the Past", the band's original drummer quit, and Enrico Fabris joined the band to replace him. Also, Claudio Coassin, who had previously been on keyboards, switched to vocals, leaving keyboards to Andrea Corona. They evolved their sound into a new hybrid of Swedish melodic death metal and Finnish extreme power metal (bands like In Flames, Children of Bodom, Soilwork) and more power-influenced melodies, with some elements of thrash and metalcore. Their musical style borrows elements both from extreme metal, such as death growls and lower tuning of their instruments, and from more melodic genres, especially for what regards keyboards and vocals. With this new focus, the band recorded their debut album Tales from Sadness in 2005 with Arise Records. The album was pretty successful. The second "official" chapter of the band, Flies & Lies (Lifeforce), released in 2007 and produced by Tommy Handsen, gave Raintime the possibility to perform live at ProgPower USA with bands like After Forever, Virgin Steele and Sonata Arctica.

Raintime is a band from Pordenone, Italy, formed in 1999. Their style is a mixture of Progressive Metal and Extreme Metal genres such as Death and Black. They’re similar to bands like Skyfire, Norther or Children of Bodom, but at the same time they’re slightly different in many ways. They released “Tales from Sadness” in 2004 and “Flies & Lies” in 2007. Official website: http://www.r