Francesco Marras
Born in Sassari, Sardinia, he studied classical guitar at the Conservatory of Music with Maestro Armando Marrosu and electric guitar in private.
In 1998, he founded the metal band Screaming Shadows with which he made the albums Behind The Mask (2003), In The Name of God (MGP 2006), New Era of Shadows (MGP 2009), Night Keeper (JRR 2011), Legacy of Stone (FTV 2021); with whom he performed several concerts in Sardinia, Italy and abroad, as headliner and support band for artists such as Labyrinth, Piero Pelù, Bambole di pezza, etc. taking part in the 2003 and 2004 editions of the Tim Tour (in the cities of Alghero, Cagliari and Milan) and taking part in the Rock TV broadcasts: Database, On The Road, and Salaprove. Musicians from the Italian scene have collaborated with the band such as: Mattia Stancioiu (ex-Labyrinth), Alessandro Del Vecchio, Gianluigi Girardi, Pier Gonella, etc.
He collaborated with the singer of Tristania Mariangela Demurtas, playing several acoustic concerts together, creating a mini EP of covers, several videos for YouTube and an album of original songs, unfortunately never released.
He collaborated with the Italian band Verde Lauro, with whom he created the albums Sono Animali Al Mondo and 6 Aprile and several videos for YouTube.
Photo courtesy of Francesco Marras
Since 2011, he has collaborated with the singer, keyboardist and producer Alessandro Del Vecchio, taking part in the albums Revolution Road (Avenue of Allies 2013), Moonland ft. Lenna Kuurmaa (Frontiers Records 2014), Resurrection Kings (as co-composer on the song “Wash Away” –Frontiers 2016), Alessandro Del Vecchio and friends…with Toby Hithcock Live at Frontiers XX Anniversary (Frontiers Records 2016) , Terry Brock Face In The Crowd – Live at Frontiers Rock Festival 2016 (Frontiers Records 2016), Robledo Wanted Man (Frontiers Records 2021).
As a solo artist, he released the instrumental records Black Sheep (2011) featuring the American drummer John Macaluso, Time Flies (2018) with guests such as Jason Rullo (Symphony X), Daniel Flores, Mattia Stancioiu, Nicola Mazzucconi, etc.
He has made several records with his side studio projects Black Demons (Eternal Return) and Francesco Marras‘ Stone Circles Project.
As a session musician, he played live with musicians and bands such as Bonfire, Purpendicular, Terry Brock (Strangeways), Toby Hitchcock (Pride of Lions), Angelica (The Murder of My Sweet), Tarald Lie Jr. (Tristania), Ricardo Amorim (Moonspell), Yossi Sassi (ex-Orphaned Land), Steven Magenay (Crystal Ball), etc.
As a session man, he has also participated in the albums of musicians such as Viana (in the albums Viana released in 2017 for the Street Symphony label and Forever Free released in 2019 for Escape Records), Il Bepi (in the albums Dadi e cime, Nof both from 2017, T11 from 2018). He appears as a guest on the albums of artists such as: Last Signal One Step Over The Line (produced by Daniel Flores, released for Frontiers Records in 2016 and sung by Harry Hess, singer of Harem Scarem), Cry of Dawn ft. Goran Edman (Frontiers Records 2016), Icy Steel, Rodeo Clown, etc.
In 2019, he moved to Germany where he began the collaboration with bassist Martin Engelien (bassist of the Klaus Lage band, very famous in Germany in the 80s) with whom he plays around Germany together with his project Go Music. He is present in the albums One Earth and Hope (both released in 2020 for the German label A1 Records) of the Go Music project with two songs recorded live.
Since October 2020, he has been the guitarist of the English band Tygers Of Pan Tang, icon of the NWOBHM, with which he published, for the Danish record label Mighty Music, the EP A New Heartbeat in 2022, the studio album Bloodlines in 2023 and the live album Live Blood in 2024.
Tygers of Pan Tang and Screaming Shadows guitarist Francesco Marras has just released his new solo album Out of The City today (on February 21, 2025).
In 1998, he founded the metal band Screaming Shadows with which he made the albums Behind The Mask (2003), In The Name of God (MGP 2006), New Era of Shadows (MGP 2009), Night Keeper (JRR 2011), Legacy of Stone (FTV 2021); with whom he performed several concerts in Sardinia, Italy and abroad, as headliner and support band for artists such as Labyrinth, Piero Pelù, Bambole di pezza, etc. taking part in the 2003 and 2004 editions of the Tim Tour (in the cities of Alghero, Cagliari and Milan) and taking part in the Rock TV broadcasts: Database, On The Road, and Salaprove. Musicians from the Italian scene have collaborated with the band such as: Mattia Stancioiu (ex-Labyrinth), Alessandro Del Vecchio, Gianluigi Girardi, Pier Gonella, etc.
He collaborated with the singer of Tristania Mariangela Demurtas, playing several acoustic concerts together, creating a mini EP of covers, several videos for YouTube and an album of original songs, unfortunately never released.
He collaborated with the Italian band Verde Lauro, with whom he created the albums Sono Animali Al Mondo and 6 Aprile and several videos for YouTube.
Photo courtesy of Francesco Marras
Since 2011, he has collaborated with the singer, keyboardist and producer Alessandro Del Vecchio, taking part in the albums Revolution Road (Avenue of Allies 2013), Moonland ft. Lenna Kuurmaa (Frontiers Records 2014), Resurrection Kings (as co-composer on the song “Wash Away” –Frontiers 2016), Alessandro Del Vecchio and friends…with Toby Hithcock Live at Frontiers XX Anniversary (Frontiers Records 2016) , Terry Brock Face In The Crowd – Live at Frontiers Rock Festival 2016 (Frontiers Records 2016), Robledo Wanted Man (Frontiers Records 2021).
As a solo artist, he released the instrumental records Black Sheep (2011) featuring the American drummer John Macaluso, Time Flies (2018) with guests such as Jason Rullo (Symphony X), Daniel Flores, Mattia Stancioiu, Nicola Mazzucconi, etc.
He has made several records with his side studio projects Black Demons (Eternal Return) and Francesco Marras‘ Stone Circles Project.
As a session musician, he played live with musicians and bands such as Bonfire, Purpendicular, Terry Brock (Strangeways), Toby Hitchcock (Pride of Lions), Angelica (The Murder of My Sweet), Tarald Lie Jr. (Tristania), Ricardo Amorim (Moonspell), Yossi Sassi (ex-Orphaned Land), Steven Magenay (Crystal Ball), etc.
As a session man, he has also participated in the albums of musicians such as Viana (in the albums Viana released in 2017 for the Street Symphony label and Forever Free released in 2019 for Escape Records), Il Bepi (in the albums Dadi e cime, Nof both from 2017, T11 from 2018). He appears as a guest on the albums of artists such as: Last Signal One Step Over The Line (produced by Daniel Flores, released for Frontiers Records in 2016 and sung by Harry Hess, singer of Harem Scarem), Cry of Dawn ft. Goran Edman (Frontiers Records 2016), Icy Steel, Rodeo Clown, etc.
In 2019, he moved to Germany where he began the collaboration with bassist Martin Engelien (bassist of the Klaus Lage band, very famous in Germany in the 80s) with whom he plays around Germany together with his project Go Music. He is present in the albums One Earth and Hope (both released in 2020 for the German label A1 Records) of the Go Music project with two songs recorded live.
Since October 2020, he has been the guitarist of the English band Tygers Of Pan Tang, icon of the NWOBHM, with which he published, for the Danish record label Mighty Music, the EP A New Heartbeat in 2022, the studio album Bloodlines in 2023 and the live album Live Blood in 2024.
Tygers of Pan Tang and Screaming Shadows guitarist Francesco Marras has just released his new solo album Out of The City today (on February 21, 2025).
