Ralph Santolla Musical artist

Ralph Santolla (born December 8, 1967) is an Italian-American metal guitarist. He has played in many bands in the past, most recently Deicide, but also including Eyewitness, Death (he never recorded any of their albums, but toured with them in 1993 and appeared in "The Philosopher" video), Millenium, Iced Earth, and the Sebastian Bach band. As of June 3, 2007, it was announced that Santolla would replace Allen West in Obituary for their album Xecutioner's Return. Ralph is very proud of his Italian heritage and he plays guitars by Jackson and Ibanez with the Italian flag painted on them. He has recently been playing Jackson Guitars, though he has also been associated with ESP Guitars, Dean Guitars and many others. He has also been using Randall Amplifiers. He is well known for his shred guitar playing style.

Personal facts

Ralph Santolla
Birth dateDecember 08, 1967
Birth place
United States

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Musical artist

Career started1989
associated musical artist
Deicide (band)
Obituary (band)
Death (metal band)
Iced Earth
Melechesh
Toxik
Memorain
Sebastian Bach
Eyewitness (band)
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Death metal
Heavy metal music
Thrash metal
Hard rock
Technical death metal
instrument
Drum kit
Guitar
Keyboard instrument
Jackson Guitars

Ralph Santolla on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.fourteeng.net/ralphsantolla.html
  2. http://www.myspace.com/ralphsantolla