Wind Wraith was in formed in August of 2000 by Patrick Blair with one goal in mind, bring back heavy metal and the guitar solo in its true raw form. Influenced by bands such as Iron Maiden, Manowar, Metallica, Megadeth, and Pantera, Wind Wraith’s line up, which includes a heavily textured three guitar assault, was soon completed. Writing and rehearsals began immediately and in the spring of 2001 the band began recording their independently released debut album, “The Fortune Teller’s Gaze”. The recording process proved to be a major learning experience for the still new band, and by the time the dust settled so did the lineup.
“The Fortune Teller’s Gaze” was completed and released in September 2001 with Patrick Blair and Diana Dellasala on rhythm guitar, Brian Fingerhut on Lead guitar, George Niesuchouski on drums, Joe Antonelli on bass And Steve Ronson as lead vocalist. Wind Wraith spent the next year promoting the album which received many positive reviews from local music magazines, music websites, and even the European heavy metal community. Unfortunately, Joe and Steve were unable to commit to the band, because of prior band commitments and George soon felt the situation was not for him forcing the band to a halt. In the fall of 2002 Wind Wraith met up with bassist Brian Hobbie and drummer Rob Maresca, veterans of the local music scene, who like what they heard and decided to bring their talent and experience to the band. After an exhaustive year long search, Wind Wraith finally found the last piece of their puzzle when vocalist Scott Oliva answered the call.
It took just over three years for Wind Wraith to be complete, the result: a much tighter, heavier, aggressive, talented and impressive version of its former self. The new Wind Wraith signed to Iron Glory Records in late 2003. “The Fortune Teller’s Gaze” was rerecorded to reflect the current lineup and true sound of Wind Wraith and released in the early spring of 2004
The band began writing and recording material for the second album, “Minions of Metal”, with the album being released in 2006. The band played some major shows including Metal Meltdown VI, but with all the changes and strain within the band finally being exhausted and fed in 2007 Wind Wraith went on hiatus.
In 2021 during the pandemic Patrick reached out to Anthony and Scott about recording a cover of Thor's anger for fun. After so many years away it was nice to play some metal and record again. Releasing the cover of "Anger" strictly a web and you tube lyric video release for fun. The jokes of a 20th anniversary relase began
In the summer of 2024 talks with Anthony and Scott began about releasing a 20th anniversary edition of The Fortune Teller's Gaze, during the remixing process while playing guitar again and remixing the CD Patrick and Anthony began working on new stuff. It took on a life and speed of it's own the excitement to write and play again was there. The artwork is now complete for the new album The Devil's Songbook and currently the band has about 6 or 7 songs written and being recorded. So after 20 years the story begins again lets see where this takes us this time.
