With a career spanning over 20 years, four full-length albums released so far and hundreds of live gigs performed worldwide, Stormlord is one of Italy's most celebrated extreme metal bands. The style of the band, classified as Extreme Epic Metal, blends influences from black metal, death metal, Mediterranean folk music and symphonic music, creating an unique and recognizable sound supported by legions of loyal fans since 1991. Their fourth and most successful album so far, Mare Nostrum, was released in 2008 for the Spanish label Locomotive Records and was enthusiastically welcomed both from the magazines and the crowd. The new album, entitled Hesperia, is the first concept album of their career and its inspired by Aeneid, the Latin epic poem written by ancient Roman poet Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) between 29 and 19 BC.