Dr. Sergio Pagnacco alias Dr. Schafausen is an Italian bassist, a composer best known for being one of the founding members of the seminal metal band Vanexa. In 2009 he joined the prog-metal band Labyrinth (ex) playing all over the world sharing stages with Motorhead, Saxon, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and many more. His doctorate in audiology sciences and his profession as a university lecturer in subjects such as cochlear implants and pediatric deafness also engages him in various seminars dedicated to hearing protection for musicians. His talent as a pediatric hearing care professional often occupies him in a mission in Southeast Asia where he helps children with hearing impairments. His new project can be defined as innovative, a dystopian and essential metal, sometimes chaotic and frenetic to better identify the current society. Fear, anxiety, and a negative future are well represented by this work, the first to identify with the term dystopian metal.
