Michael Vescera

Michael Vescera (born June 13, 1962) is an American heavy metal singer for various bands and projects like Loudness (Soldier of Fortune, On the Prowl, Live at the Budokan), Obsession (Marshall Law, Scarred for Life, Methods of Madness, Carnival of Lies, Order of Chaos), Yngwie Malmsteen (The Seventh Sign, Magnum Opus), Dr. Sin (Dr. Sin II), Roland Grapow (Kaleidoscope) or his own band MVP (Mike Vescera Project).

Mike Vescera
Birth nameMichael Anthony Vescera
Born (1962-06-13) June 13, 1962
Connecticut, U.S.
GenresRock, hard rock, heavy metal
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer
Instrument(s)Vocals, keyboards
Years active1984–present
WebsiteFacebook Official

Besides being a vocalist, Vescera also works as a record producer: his recent collaborations include artists such as Metal Mike Chlasiak and Bobby Jarzombek (Halford, Sebastian Bach, Fates Warning) and their soon to be released Pain Museum album, Bobby Blotzer's (Ratt) & John Corabi's (Mötley Crüe, The Scream) Twenty4Seven CD, Magnitude Nine's forthcoming album Decoding the Soul, Reign of Terror (featuring Joe Stump) and Killing Machine (featuring Stet Howland and Mike Duda of W.A.S.P.). Michael has his studio "The Toy Room" in Nashville Tennessee as well as a satellite studio "Toy Room North" in Milford, Connecticut.

Vescera covered "Get a Life" by Siam Shade for the 2010 tribute album, Siam Shade Tribute. In mid-2011, while also continuing with his band OBSESSION, Mike joined (ANIMETAL USA) (Sony Music), playing heavy metal versions of Japanese Anime theme songs. (Following in the steps of the Japanese project Animetal.) This project features Rudy Sarzo on bass, Scott Travis on drums (Later Jon Dette on Drums), and Chris Impelliterri on guitar. In 2012, he collaborated with Sovereign's guitar player Samir Mhamdi performing all the vocals on the album Warring Heaven.

In mid 2016, in a spin off of the Animetal USA project, Vescera with Rudy Sarzo on bass, John Bruno (Obsession) on guitar, and BJ Zampa (House of Lords) on drums, recorded a new project. This project D-Metal Stars "Metal Disney" was released in October 2016 on Walt Disney Records in the Japanese market. It reached No. 3 on the Amazon Japan Hard Rock / Metal Best Sellers chart, and No. 2 on the Children's Chart. The album was then released for the US Market on March 31, 2017, by UMG, Universal Music Group landing on the Billboard, iTunes, and Amazon charts.

In 2018, Vescera produced, arranged, and played keyboards for a rock guitar project called "Disney Super Guitar" (titled "Super Guitar Disney" in Japanese market). Along with D-Metal Stars bandmates John Bruno (guitar) and BJ Zampa (drums), Vescera brought in his brother Chris Vescera to play Bass for the project. This is an instrumental release featuring a guest lead guitarist on each song. Featuring Zakk Wylde, Paul Gilbert, George Lynch, Richie Kotzen, Orianthi, Ron Thal, Mike Orlando, Phil X, Jeff Watson, and Tak Matsumoto. Super Guitar Disney became a No. 1 Best Seller on the Amazon Japan Anime Chart, and No. 3 Best Seller on Amazon Japan Rock Chart.

Mid-2018, Michael launched a new project called "AniMaze X". This is a project started by the members of D-Metal Stars that encompasses a wider variety of music themes such as superheros, popular cartoons, Broadway musicals and movie soundtracks all played in the Metal style. Live Metal performance with a theatrical style production.

In october 2023, Sovereign's guitar player Samir MHAMDI released a new album titled BATTLE IN SUMERIA with Mike performing for the second time all the vocals.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrq--C4VNAY&ab channel=SamirMHAMDI

Discography

    Year Band Title Note
    1984 Obsession Marshall Law Studio
    1986 Scarred for Life Studio
    1987 Methods of Madness Studio
    1988 Theatre Theatre Demo
    1989 Loudness Soldier of Fortune Studio
    1991 On the Prowl Studio
    1991 Slap in the Face EP
    2009 Live Loudest at the Budokan '91 Live
    1994 Yngwie Malmsteen The Seventh Sign Studio
    1994 Live at Budokan Live, VHS/DVD
    1994 I Can't Wait EP
    1995 Magnum Opus Studio
    1997 MVP (Mike Vescera Project) Windows Studio
    1999 Animation Studio
    1999 Roland Grapow Kaleidoscope Studio
    2000 Killing Machine Killing Machine Studio
    2000 Dr. Sin Dr. Sin II Studio
    2002 Shadows of Light (American and European version of Dr. Sin II) Studio
    2001 The Reign of Terror Sacred Ground Studio
    2002 Conquer and Divide Studio
    2002 Palace of Black Palace of Black Studio
    2003 MVP (Mike Vescera Project) The Altar Studio
    2004 Crossing the Line Studio
    2004 Safe Haven Safe Haven Studio
    2005 Dr. Sin Insinity Guest Vocal, Track 8
    2006 Obsession Carnival of Lies Studio
    2007 Stygia Stygia Demo
    2008 Obsession Obsession Compilation
    2008 Michael Vescera A Sign of Things to Come Studio
    2010 Empires of Eden Reborn in Fire Guest Vocal, Track 1
    2011 Animetal USA Animetal USA Studio
    2012 Animetal USA W Studio
    2012 Soulspell Act III: Hollow's Gathering Guest Vocal
    2012 Obsession Order of Chaos Studio
    2012 Fatal Force Unholy Rites Studio
    2012 Sovereign Warring Heaven Studio
    2012 Chris Bickley Tapestry of souls Guest Vocal
    2013 Signum Regis Exodus Guest Vocal, Track 3
    2013 Warrion Awakening the Hydra Studio
    2013 Nergard Memorial for a Wish Guest Vocal, Track 4
    2013 Silent Voices Reveal the Change Guest Vocal, Track 3
    2016 D-Metal Stars Metal Disney Studio
    2017 Vescera Beyond the Fight Studio
    2017 Sammy Berell Passion Dreams Studio
    2018 Schubert In Rock Commander of Pain Guest Vocal, Track 9
    2018 Kiko Shred The Stride Guest Vocal, Track 9
    2018 Disney Super Guitar Disney Super Guitar Producer and Keys
    2019 Magic Kingdom Metalmighty Studio
    2019 Dramatica Fall of Tyranny Studio
    2020 Beyond the Eyes of Deception Studio
    2020 AniMaze X AniMazing Xmas Studio

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