Gian Pyres
Gian Pyres (born Gianpiero Giuseppe Piras, 20 October 1973) is an English guitarist, best known for his work with extreme metal band Cradle of Filth for which he recorded guitars for Cruelty and the Beast (1998), Midian (2000), Bitter Suites to Succubi (2001) and Lovecraft & Witch Hearts (2002). He appeared on their DVDs Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid (2001), Live Bait for the Dead (2001), and appeared in Alex Chandon's Cradle of Fear (2001). He also appeared with Cradle of Filth on the BBC's Living with the Enemy (1998).
Also recorded as Gianpiero Piras · Gianpiero Guiseppe Piras
Gian Pyres
- Name
- Gian Pyres
- Birth Name
- Gianpiero Giuseppe Piras
- Born
- 20 October 1973
- Full name
- Gianpiero Giuseppe Piras.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- musician · guitarist
- Fields
- guitar performance
- Languages
- English
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Other live and recording appearances include Ship of Fools, Solstice Lamentations EP (1994) and Halcyon (1995), and Dragonlord as touring guitarist (2005–06). He played for The Rotted (formerly known as Gorerotted) until November 2009, co-wrote and recorded Get Dead Or Die Trying (2008), and featured on the video Nothing But a Nosebleed. He is a member of Screamin' Daemon, appearing on the album Wrath of the Genocide Gods, and is the touring guitarist with former Cradle of Filth bandmate Sarah Jezebel Deva's solo band. He is endorsed by PRS Guitars and Peavey Electronics. Gian Piras has also worked for game developer The Creative Assembly/SEGA, in Sussex, England on Rome: Total War, Rome Total War: Barbarian Invasion and Medieval 2: Total War. He also represented The Creative Assembly as a games technician on BBC2's Time Commanders. He lives in Canada with his wife.
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• Name — Gian Pyres • Background — person • Birth Name — Gianpiero Giuseppe Piras • Alias — Gian Pires • Born — 20 October 1973 • Origin — London, England • Instrument — Guitar • Genre — * Death metal • black metal • gothic metal • doom metal • Past Member Of — Cradle of Filth
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• PRS Guitars – Private Stock Custom Pyres Edition • Gibson Guitars – Standard SG • Peavey Amps – 6505 • Peavey or Marshall cabinets • Effects by BOSS and Line 6
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