Milan based melodic Death Metal act EMPTYMIST, releasing a self-titled, two track demo in June 2002, featured STYGIAN and ALICE IN DARKLAND credited drummer Alessandro 'Rullo' Durini. Founded in 2001, the band broke up in January 2004 with bassist Antonello D`Aguanno joining Death Metal combo ZABURON. Durini subsequently worked with SILENCE. Guitarist Luca Fois worked with I SUFFER INC. and BLIND HORIZON.