The band was formed from Lele’s idea back in 1998, when he decided to write his own music to express the emotions he was feeling during some nights spent in the woods. Lele shaped his original idea into a musical project called Lunapiena.

After a three-year period, in which he wrote almost thirty songs, he left the power metal band “Soultakers”, where he was the bassist. Lele began to search for members to realize what in those years was only an idea. In few months he got a complete line up but suddenly, the different thoughts of the single components prevented the band to reach any aim so, after 8 months together the band went loose.

However, Lele decided to continue further. With his sister Elisabetta at the vocals, an old school friend at the bass, and a session man at the drums, Lele began to plan the recording of “Illusions in Bloom”, a three-song promo-cd aimed to get a discographical contract. Their ambition grew, so they translated the original italian lyrics in English to involve the not-Italian discographical labels too. “Illusions in Bloom” was born in April 2002 and after the recording the band changed its name from “Lunapiena” to “Lunae”.

Zama, the bassist who helped the band in the recording sessions, was struck by the originality of the sound and decided to become an official member of the band. Nonetheless, in the months following the recording the band remained inactive due to the lack of a drummer. The search ended when Lele saw Stefano playing in a club. Lele felt that Stefano was “the perfect drummer” he was searching for, due to his style and skillfulness. So the band began to rehearse again eventhough it was two members short. Luckily, after a month when Lele met Tania, a very skilled flutist who was in search herself of a rock band to play with, she rehearsed and enthusiastically settled firmly with them. Although, the guitarist was still missing; it was him that found Lele and the band by responding to the message published on the internet. He contacted Lele who immediately realized Simone was the perfect guitarist for “Lunae”. But after a month Zama left the band, and Piero, a friend of Simone, took his place.

Now the Line-up is complete, and they are preparing some new songs, waiting for a discographical Label that will allow them to record their first full length CD.