Ancestral was born in January 1999 in Castelvetrano-Selinunte (Sicily), a small Town situated in the extreme south of Italy, thanks to the Mendolia twins who had the intention to form a band with an aggressive and melodic sound but without keyboards.

After many concerts, Ancestral entered the Riff Raff studios in Marsala (Italy) in January 2000 to record their first demo CD called ”Travel In A Forgotten Time” which received a large success in Italy and abroad, especially in Japan and Germany.

After one year, in January 2001, Ancestral came back with a new demo CD called “Breed Of Chosens” that confirmed the talent of the band thanks to a more mature work than the first, more technical and with a personal sound really different from many Italian metal bands. Breed of Chosens was distributed also in Japan by Soundholic Recs and was among the best selling imported CDs.

In the last years the band was present at many important Metal Festivals and has played with bands such as Vision Divine, Vader, Extrema, Udo and more…, In February 2005, Ancestral released a new promo CD called “The Walls of Troy” and signed a deal with the historic Italian label Underground Symphony. The Debut album, called “ The Ancient Curse”, was recorded at Zenith Recordings in Lucca (Italy) and was released in July 2007 with a large success confirmed by audience and critics.

After some years, Ancestral came back again with a new line up: Carmelo Scozzari - guitars (in 2010) and Jo Lombardo - vocals (in 2013). In October 2015 the band entered the Hertz Studio Recordings (Behemoth, Vader, Decapitated, Hate and more) in Poland to record their 2nd disc called “Master of Fate” with Fabio Lione (Rhapsody of Fire, Angra, Vision Divine) as special guest in the song “Lust For Supremacy” . “Master of Fate” is an album that displays a personal and interesting mixture between thrash metal US style and Teutonic melodic metal.