Ephel Duath adds new drummer

Ephel Duath has officially announced the addition of Sergio Ponti to their line-up on drums. Ponti will make his live debut with the band this week. Here's a statement from the band: "Sergio have a finest and fresh talend and he's pushing our sound to new exciting rhythmical perspective. Some more infos: he studied with Mokhtar Samba (Yousson N'Dour,Salif Keita, Richard Bona, Jean Luc Ponty) and Jay Dittamo (Band From Utopia, Junoon). He have played with Mike Keneally (solo artist, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Robert Fripp), Arthur Barrow (Zappa, Giorgio Moroder, Diana Ross, Joe Cocker), Ian Anderson, SFOM Orchestra, Bernardo Lanzetti (PFM) and many others. He played in two editions of the Los Angeles's NAMM show. He organized clinic tours for Ellade Bandini, Marco Minnemann, Clive Bunker and Horacio Hernandez... thanks [to] the live drummer Andrea Rabuini for the months together."