"Who can tell about this ,better than those who can narrate about gods "

                                                                                                                                                ( Hymiskvidha , 38 )

                          The story so far

In the far 1988 , at the end of the metal age , among mist of  the barbaric heath of north Italy rose the project of a band ....... 

Inspired by the Norse gods , Vanni (vocals) and Marco (guitar) joined their swords to fight for epic metal ..... so Wotan was born .

 Soon an old sword brother ,  Sal  ( bass ),  join  the horde with his axe , some years ago he fought  with Vanni in a classic metal band called " Shiver "   but they both left it to continue the fight for the true metal . after two years of quest ,Tony, the drummer , came to fight under Wotan's flag so in 1991 they did the first  live concert, it was one of many in Northern Italy 

 In 1993 Wotan forged their first demo tape "Thunderstorm" with seven songs , all copies were sold out soon and the name of Wotan resounded among the crowds.  But the journey to glory was still long so, the following year , Marco and Tony, laid down their weapons and left the band so for four long years the swords of Wotan remained in their  scabbards  but in meanwhile "thunderstorm" reached the mythical land of Greece, .......nobody knows how it happened , but they conquered the heart of the greek brave 

 In 1988 Mario , after his leaving from the  group Warhammer , decided to brandish his guitar beside Wotan , no much time  passed when they met Lorenzo ( drums ) on their way and  finally the quest was over , they were ready for the battle .  A new millennium rose and Wotan saluted it forging a new creation , their four tracks cd " Under The Sign Of Odin's Crows", and soon the echo was large in Hellas , then , called  by the Hellenic  warriors they sailed towards the greek shores for their first date in the  millenary city of Athens ( January 2002),  oh !,what a memorable night , they played under a great snowfall . In September of the same year they came back bringing their tribute to  their greek brothers , a song for them: Thermopiles , played for the first time at the" Heavy Metal Assault" .

 2003 was the year of the ride to the land of the barbarians , Germany , for the glorious night of the warm up at "Keep It True III ". But the time to strike was came , so , in June their first official cd " Carmina Barbarica " was  gave to the world and  the response was great from everywhere , Europe , Japan , South America States ...   

After this  debut, in February 05 Wotan  come back to  Germany for the Swordbrothers  Festival in Andernach and was an unforgettable  night ! In June  they  were on the stage of the  Tradate Iron Fest , a festival with a lot of  important bands as Saxon , Dio , Rage , Riot , Candlemass , Domine and many others. After few days , in the same month ,the flag  of Wotan was hoisted in Holland , they came there  for the Ragnarock Festival in Goes and there  they had the honor to play with some immortal  band such as Virgin Steele and Demon , but the the 8th of April 06 was the most glorious day in Wotan Life :  ROSS THE BOSS  the great  ex Manowar guitar player , join the band to play together his epic masterwork REVELATION, The memory of that deed will be eternal in Wotan hearts. September came and Wotan was called to go in the land of the true Vikings : Norway, so they  sailed to Oslo for a show . After this Journey they continued to work to forge their second  cd EPOS  and the echo of new deeds will resound through the world , but this is another tale......