Vanadium

Heavy Metal

1979

Studio Album

Metal Rock *1982*

Side A

1. We Want Live with Rock 'n' Roll

2. I Never Lost Control

3. Heavy Metal

4. Make Me Feel Better

Side B

5. Looking for Love

6. On Fire

7. Running on the Road

8. Queen of the Night

Line-up

Domenico "Mimmo" Prantera  #  Bass

Lio Mascheroni  #  Drums

Ruggero Zanolini  #  Keyboards

Pino Scotto  #  Vocals

Claudio Asquini  #  Guitars

Guest Musicians

Gigi D'Ermes  #  Guitars (8)

Fabio Amodio  #  Drums

Gianni Uboldi  #  Bass

A Race with the Devil *1983*

Side A

1. Get Up, Shake Up

2. I Gotta Clash with You

3. Don't Be Looking Back

4. A Race with the Devil

Side B

5. Running Wild

6. Fire Trails

7. Outside of Society

8. Russian Roulette

Line-up

Pino Scotto  #  Vocals

Stefano Tessarin  #  Guitars

Ruggero Zanolini  #  Keyboards

Domenico "Mimmo" Prantera  #  Bass

Lio Mascheroni  #  Drums

Guest Musicians

Max Legnani  #  Vocals (additional) (4)

Game Over *1984*

Side A

1. Streets of Danger

2. I'm Leaving You

3. Wartrains

4. Too Young to Die

Side B

5. Pretty Heartbreaker

6. The Hunter

7. Don't Let Your Master Down

8. Game Over

Line-up

Domenico "Mimmo" Prantera  #  Bass

Lio Mascheroni  #  Drums

Stefano Tessarin  #  Guitars

Ruggero Zanolini  #  Keyboards

Pino Scotto  #  Vocals

Born to Fight *1986*

Side A

1. Run Too Fast

2. Still Got Time

3. Before It's Too Late

4. Easy Way to Love

Side B

5. I Was Born to Rock

6. Never Before (Deep Purple cover)

7. Ridge Farm

8. Arms in the Air

Line-up

Domenico "Mimmo" Prantera  #  Bass

Lio Mascheroni  #  Drums

Stefano Tessarin  #  Guitars

Ruggero Zanolini  #  Keyboards

Pino Scotto  #  Vocals

Corruption of Innocence *1987*

Side A

1. Backbone of Society

2. Down 'n Out

3. Gimme So Much

4. Corrupted Innocence

Side B

5. Winds of Destruction

6. Talk of the Town

7. Images

8. Dangerous Game

9. Over the Limit

Line-up

Domenico "Mimmo" Prantera  #  Bass

Lio Mascheroni  #  Drums

Stefano Tessarin  #  Guitars

Ruggero Zanolini  #  Keyboards

Pino Scotto  #  Vocals

Guest Musicians

Jim Faraci  #  Vocals (backing)

Seventheaven *1989*

Side A

1. Italian Girl

2. Natural Born Loner

3. Take My Blues Away

4. Seventh Heaven (Ruggiero's Themes)

5. Bad Attitude

Side B

6. One Way Ride

7. Kill the Killer

8. Step Ahead of Time

9. To Be Number One

10. Warriors

Line-up

Domenico "Mimmo" Prantera  #  Bass

Lio Mascheroni  #  Drums

Stefano Tessarin  #  Guitars

Ruggero Zanolini  #  Keyboards

Pino Scotto  #  Vocals

Guest Musicians

Rossella Tacco  #  Vocals (choirs)

Naimy Hacket  #  Vocals (backing)

Giulia Fasolino  #  Vocals (backing)

Silvio Pozzoli  #  Vocals (backing)

Malcom McDonald  #  Vocals (backing)

Nel cuore del caos *1995*

1. Nel cuore del caos

2. Nero sogno grunge

3. Stivali con le ali

4. Come il piombo (Game Over)

5. Il mondo di Lù

6. Sono sotto shock

7. Piazza san rock

8. Vodka e luna

9. Ancora on the Road

10. Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams cover)

Line-up

Domenico "Mimmo" Prantera  #  Bass

Lio Mascheroni  #  Drums

Stefano Tessarin  #  Guitars

Ruggero Zanolini  #  Keyboards

Pino Scotto  #  Vocals

Guest Musicians

Max Prandi  #  Harmonica (7)

Live Album

On Streets of Danger *1985*

Side A

1. You Can't Stop the Music

2. Streets of Danger

3. Get Up, Shake Up

4. Wartrains

5. We Want Live Rock'n'Roll

Side B

6. On Fire

7. Fire Trails

8. Pretty Heartbreaker

9. Don't Be Lookin' Back

10. A Race with the Devil

11. The Hunter

Line-up

Domenico "Mimmo" Prantera  #  Bass

Lio Mascheroni  #  Drums

Stefano Tessarin  #  Guitars

Ruggero Zanolini  #  Keyboards

Pino Scotto  #  Vocals

Single

We Want Live Rock'n'Roll / Heavy Metal *1981*

Take My Blues Away *1989*

Vanadium were founded in Milan in 1980 by Stefano Tessarin (guitar), Ruggero Zanolini (keyboards), Domenico Prantera (bass), Lio Mascheroni (drums) and Pino Scotto (vocals). Musically influenced by bands like Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, they had a difficult start due to scarce popularity of the metal genre in Italy, but managed to obtain a reasonable degree of success abroad. Following the break through of their first single We Want to Live with Rock 'n' Roll (Durium, 1981), they went on to record seven studio albums and the live On Streets of Danger (1985). Their third album, Game Over (1984), is possibly their most successful, with figure sales of about 54,000 copies.

Following the collapse of their label Durium in 1988, Vanadium recorded their last album Seventheaven with GreenLine before breaking up in 1990. They temporarily reformed in 1995 and released their only album entirely sang in Italian, Nel cuore del caos. Despite showing good form, the album wasn't commercially successful, and the band split up again and for good after a final tour.

After the demise of Vanadium, the band members pursued solo projects. Stefano Tessarin, with Ruggero Zanolini and Lio Mascheroni formed the band Rustless. Pino Scotto went on to start a solo career and recorded eight albums. Domenico Prantera retired from playing music professionally and started managing emerging bands.

On 11 May 2014, the Italian publisher Crac Edizioni published the official Vanadium biography authored by music journalist Luca Fassina.