Davide Tiso

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Davide Tiso (born 21 June 1979) is a guitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He originates from Padova, in Italy, but currently resides in San Francisco, California. He is a member of extreme metal band Ephel Duath, a band he started in 1998.^[1]

Outside of Ephel Duath, he has recorded with The Karyn Crisis Band (of whom the two were married) and with guitarist Eraldo Bernocchi on the Parched project, releasing a CD of music of "long, barren, pensive, delicate, touching, harrowing road open to only those who know what they should say, yet decide to mutter no word at all".^[2] He more recently recorded as a project called 'Manuscripts Don't Burn', a solo project using material written from the Karyn Crisis Band.^[3] as well as collaborating with Karyn on an Aborym album. Davide continued writing and recording with Ephel Duath in 2012 as a complete band, after signing the band with Agonia Records,^[4] and released Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness in late 2013.

In March 2015, he collaborated with Karyn Crysis to release the album Gospel Of The Witches.,^[5] and to date, he is a member of Niō and Howling Sycamore, with Watchtower vocalist Jason McMaster, who released their debut album in December 2017. In mid 2018, Davide became a member of the San Francisco metal band Botanist.