BIO
Enemynside were founded in Rome in 1994 under the
name Scapegoat. After the release of the demo-tape Scars (awarded “Top Demo of
the Month” in all major Italian metal magazines), the band changed its name to
Enemynside in 1999. That same year, the demo-CD From The Cradle To The Way led
them to sign with Modern Music (a branch of Noise Records) for the internet
project Sonicattack. In 2001 the band released the promo-CD Violent Beats, and
two years later their debut full-length Let The Madness Begin… (2003) came out
via Temple Of Noise/Frontiers Records. The track Hatestone was later featured
in Rock Hard magazine (Germany, July 2005). To promote the album, Enemynside
toured Italy and abroad, supporting bands such as Dismember, Enthroned,
Tankard, and Konkhra.
In 2006, the band entered 16th Cellar Studio
(Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour Of Penance) to record their second album In The
Middle Of Nowhere, released in 2007 by Sleazy Rider Records and reissued in
2008 by Hatestone Records/New Model Label. During this period, Enemynside
performed in clubs and festivals with Paul Di’Anno, Evergrey, All Ends, and
Sabaton, and in 2009 they toured Scandinavia with Blaze Bayley. In 2012, they
played their first U.S. show as part of Freedom To Rock (Loretta Palacios &
Raymond Herrera – Fear Factory). The same year, the video for Withering
introduced their third studio album Whatever Comes (Mighty Music/Target
Distribution), featuring a guest solo by Richie Kotzen.
After a hiatus between 2013 and 2016, the band
returned in 2018 with the old-school thrash EP Dead Nation Army, which was
promoted through extensive European touring, both as headliners and supporting
acts such as Destruction, Behemoth, Necrodeath, and Flotsam and Jetsam. In
February 2019, Enemynside recorded their fourth album Chaos Machine at 16th
Cellar Studio, released in October the same year by Rockshots Records.
Following the pandemic break, they returned to Kick Recording Studio in
December 2021 to record the This Is War EP, released in May 2022 by Ad Noctem Records.
In 2023, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their
debut, the band released Medusa, an EP featuring four re-recorded tracks from
Let The Madness Begin…. Drums were recorded at Kick Recording Studio, while
guitars, bass, and vocals were tracked at Temple Of Gravity Studios, with
mastering handled at Parlour Studio UK (The Haunted, At The Gates).
The band's latest release featuring unreleased
material is the EP titled 'In The Shadows Of Unrest', once again
recorded between Kick Recording Studios (drums, bass, mixing, and mastering)
and Temple Of Gravity (guitars and vocals). The EP was released on November 14,
2025. In May
2026, the band had the opportunity to tour their new EP live in Finland,
playing dates alongside local bands.