VILIVANT is a hard rock artist from Canada.
VILIVANT (Julia Gentile) is a Canadian hard rocker that was introduced to music at the very young age of 3. Starting with the piano and picking up the guitar, bass, and discovering her voice along the way, VILIVANT quickly realized that music was what she wanted to do. At the age of 14, VILIVANT was chosen to sing and record an original song for the Pan Am Games; and consequently decided to give writing her own music a shot. Drawing heavily from influences such as Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless and Evanescene, she created her first EP (with the help of producer Tal Vaisman & Andre Kaden Black) with streams reaching over 25,000 on Spotify.
The debut video for her first single 'Never Again' garnered over 25,000 views on YouTube and saw radio airplay on stations such as 94.9 The Rock (Toronto), Rebel 101.7 FM (Ottawa) 98.3 CIFM (Kamloops) & The Wolf 106.9 FM (Nanaimo). With the continuous success on radio, her two singles reached #89 and #98 on the top 100 Canadian rock radio charts; thus garnering a huge fanbase across the country and internationally.
While performing over 40 shows just in 2019 alone, she grabbed the attention of Demetrius Nath (owner and founder of music marketing/management company Antiskeptic Entertainment who’s worked with Arkells, Alexisonfire, Walk off the Earth, Billy Talent, Arctic Monkeys, Bush, The Used etc…) and consequently started managing her. Though LIVE shows were and still are at a stand still, she continued to play at virtual festivals. During this time she was selected as a Top 5 Regional Finalist for Jim Beam’s National Talent Search and won the Toronto Region with her LIVE off the floor performance video of her song ‘Stabilized.’ Collaborating with her band, VILIVANT has created a large library of original music that is constantly growing and is set to go into studio late fall with the help of FACTOR Canada. VILIVANT has received the Juried Sound Recording grant and is officially funded by FACTOR Canada
