

INFORMATION
HOLY MOTHER
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal​
Label: Massacre Records
Number of Albums: Seven
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​Sounds like/Influences: Ronnie James Dio, Judas Priest, Sevendust, David Coverdale, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch
Fronted by powerhouse vocalist Mike Tirelli (ex Riot, Burning Starr) Holy Mother delivers a crushing blend of heavy/power metal and modern hard rock.
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Band highlights:
2025 Tour with Doro Pesch (DE)
2025 Gitarijada Festival (RS)
2025 Alcatraz Open Air (BE)
2025 Whisky a Go Go (USA)
2024 Tour with Doro Pesch (DE)
2024 Barbeuk Metal Fest (FR)
2023 Headbangers Open Air (DE)
2023 Wacken Open Air (DE)
2022 Headlining tour (EU)
2022 Tour with Dynazty
2021 Headlining tour (EU)
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Band members:
Mike Tirelli - vocals
Greg Giordano - guitar
Frankie D'Esposito - drums
Freddy Villano - bass
1995 Holy Mother
1998 Toxic Rain
1999 Criminal Afterlife
2000 My World War
2003 Agoraphobia
2021 Face This Burn
2024 Rise
DISCOGRAPHY
“Dude the album is SO great....people should hear this album!”
Don Jamieson
That Metal Show
“The entire album of Holy Mother's Face This Burn is any metalhead's dream come true.”
XS Rock
Florida USA
“Holy Mother bring to the table a big sound - thunderous, catchy, fun, heavy rock.”
Angry Metal Guy
Sweden
"Between Mike's soaring vocal range, primal guitar/bass out of Greg, and thunderous drumming from Jim listeners can expect a mixture of Judas Priest/Dio oriented material as well as more modern influences like Nickelback, Shinedown, and Soundgarden.”
Dead Rhetoric
Denmark
"Holy Mother's Face This Burn is one of those albums that simply surprises and blows you away. The entire album...is any metalhead's dream come true. Put it at the top of your list of albums to listen to!"
XSrock.com
“Holy Mother hit the mark with this record. 2021 is just starting, and the bar has been set.”
Metal Temple
Greece
“This is possibly the best sounding Holy Mother album so far. There is a real depth and heaviness to the mix that cannot be denied.”
KNAC.COM
Los Angeles USA
"We are carried away by the enthusiasm and yes also the contagiousness of the songs where power and melody merge.”
Musika
Belgium
"You are getting the entire metal ball o' wax with Holly Mother's playing", and, "No standard stuff or copycat crap going on with this band”