Lakis Kyriacou, Rob Hillman, Laura Salmon, Adrian Longley
'BECKONING OF THE END'
Lakis Kyriacou, Rob Hillman, Laura Salmon
'BRING OUT YOUR DEAD'
Lakis Kyriacou, Rob Hillman, Laura Salmon
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING AN ALBUM, message Lakis : www.myspace.com/lakisk (he's in the top8 too!!)
ALBUMS :
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD (2007) is Area 54's final and album. It Consists of eleven tracks. It's a slow burner, and has become our favourite over time! Get some balls.
BECKONING OF THE END (2003)The follow up to debut album 'No Visible Scars', this album has 10 tracks, full of guitar harmonies, solos, and an amazing guest appearance by ex- AT THE GATES frontman, Tomas Lindberg. This album has more of an old-school feel than 'Bring Out Your Dead', and was compared to IRON MAIDEN & MEGADETH a lot, but there's more to this album than that. It also includes the full video for 'Living A Lie' as was seen on REDEMPTION TV back in the day.
NO VISIBLE SCARS (2000) , Area 54's debut, has ten tracks, coming from a more simple structure than the later albums, you can hear that we were young, and much like the first METALLICA album, it's production is raw. Guest vocals by The GOREROTTED singers on one track too!
LIMITED EDITION DEMOS
A FISTFUL OF GRAVY (2005) . A Two track demo of 'My Hate' and 'Losing Grip' that were later re-recorded for the final album 'Bring Out Your Dead'. Only 500 were made, and we don't have many left. Everyone asks why it has that title, so before you ask, here's why...Lakis was cooking a microwave gravy type meal in our engineers studio, and being ever so slightly clumsy, as he was taking it out, he managed to throw it everywhere because to his surprise, it was fucking hotter than a fat bitch sitting on an erupting volcano on a hot summers day. Our engineer now cooks everything for me and serves it on a nice plate. He also likes Lakis less :)
FEAR INSIDE (1998)
Recorded in 1997 with the very original, but fairly unknown line-up,
This very rare, hard to find demo cd marks the very start of the band. It has six tracks on it, and two of them were never re-recorded for any of the albums. We actually prefer some of these demos to the album versions, but judge for yourself! Lakis met Laura while recording this, and got her to play Cello on one track, it was later that she joined the band as bassist. It has Rachel Tomas (who later played piano, and co-wrote a track on 'Beckoning of the End') playing violin on it. As well as myself playing guitar, it has Jeremy Gray (ex- GOREROTTED/INFESTATION ), but the coolest thing for me, is that it has Mr. Dan Foord of SIKTH on drums - a fucking great drummer!
There are only 499 in existence, and we didn't think there were any left until Lakis moved house, and found a cheeky box with a few copies in.
We're happy to let go of the few copies we have left. If you want to get your hands on a copy, send us a message.
OTHER
KILL YOUR MANAGENENT - Vol. 3 (2002) This metal compilation disc, again, is something Lakis recently discovered that he still had a few of. This is the only time that the demo version of 'Living A Lie' was released, so it's not available anywhere else. There are nineteen other tracks on here from various artists!
Influences
Area 54 were extremely diverse - We got comapred to Iron Maiden, Megadeth, At the Gates, Guns n' Roses, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, Anathema and lots of others, so just judge for yourself who we sound like and who you think our influences were!
Sounds Like
One or two mentioned here might not be 100% true - see if you can spot them : Soil, Trivium, At The Gates, Killswitch Engage, Bullet For My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, Megadeth, Death, Cradle of Filth, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Iron Maiden,Anathema, Guns N' Roses, Pantera, Gordian Knot, The Haunted, In Flames - put in a blender!
Once we run out of copies of the albums, that'll be it - I've decided to delete everything Area 54 released, so if you want one, get it soon - message me at: www.myspace.com/lakisk
, where you can contact me directly, and there's also different songs you can hear from other projects I'm involved with.
Thanks,
Lakis :)
Watch AREA 54 cover MEGADETH's 'Tornado of Souls' for the first time (April 2nd 2007)
If you like what you hear, take a look around our on-line
SHOP! it's nice!
Here is the 'Living A Lie' video, as seen on Redemption TV!!!
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'No Visible Scars'
(Guest vocals from Gorerotted singers) 'Beckoning Of The End' (which has ex-At The Gates frontman, Tomas Lindberg guesting on), and the brand new 2007 release
'Bring Out Your Dead' . All three albums show a band capable of mixing styles, but always done with melody and catchy hooks! For the track 'Living A Lie', Area 54 made their first video, which can be found on the Beckoning Of The End album. To date, the band have played around the UK, Holland, Germany, Switzerland and Spain, with acts such as Gilby Clarke (ex-Guns n' Roses) Blaze (ex-Iron Maiden), Marty Friedman (ex-Megadeth) Overkill, Saxon, & Kill 2 This, amongst others.
...Yes, we are the naughty boys who recorded the unreleased Guns N' Roses track 'Madagascar', no, we are not lying for publicity - We've heard our version of the track, so we're probably telling the truth about it existing!
Hailz to you Lakis, thanks for the add,although A54 already R.I.P,its great songs will always remembered forever,cheers to you metalbrothers,all the best on your next band and project, regards, Adukasuria/Luktujuh
THE GREEN RIVER PROJECT will be tearing up the Underworld with NEMHAIN, THE MERCY HOUSE and ACHILLA! Tickets are available in advance from ticketweb.co.uk ... and the show is in proud association with TERRORIZER MAGAZINE, TOTALROCK RADIO, DEVOLUTION MAGAZINE, DECADENCE nightclub, THE INTREPID FOX, KOMODO ROCK, PURE RAWK and UNHOLY - click the flyer for more details!
Check out terrorizer.com, totalrock.com, Metal Hammer magazine, Devolution Magazine, Bubblegum Slut magazine and many more for further Green River Project info!
"The most overwhelming tracks we've heard in a while" - TERRORIZER magazine
"Proper British heavy fuckin' metal" - James Gill, METAL HAMMER
"This is unbelievably good. The Green River Project are the real deal" - Sleaze-Metal.Com
"The songs are killer - great vocals, great guitar and great music" - Rich Willey, BlogTalk Radio, USA
"God-Like guitar playing. Mick Priestley is probably the world's next guitar hero. I shit you not - this man is phenomenal" - Live4Metal.com
"Even those of us who can be a bit jaded towards new bands have no ability to deny: this is the fucking shit!" - SUGARBUZZ MAGAZINE, USA
Thanksfor putting TTNP up. Just what i need to hear right now so haveadded it to my profile for a bit in place of excuses- can't make up my mind which is best.
Played a Magic key game with the kids the other day - the alien mademe thing of u - an alien called Lug! that's proper 54 stuff ;)
damn. i cant believe you guys are finished. I was so looking forward to you guys somehow making it big and coming to the US to i can see you play live. :(
Thank you for an amazing show. I wish my 35th didn't have to be my last - your last.
The last 7 and a half years have been amazing and I am so glad that i was there with you for it.
The shows were amazing, the tours were great and the albums will be my favourite forever.
I am not quite sure where i am going to go in my head when it really hits that I won't hear those songs live again but i will always be listening to what comes in the future from all or any one of you.
A fan without her band is a lonely person indeed- but at least the 54 bible is here with me.
xxxxxx Thank you for being awesome for so many years xxxx
No one can ever take the music and memories away so NUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !! xx
yarh much saddness after having read the new blog but ihave 2 questions 1:how much would all ur albums cost if bought to gether inc fistful of gravy 2:ive heard a romour that u guys are playing the chorleywood mermorial hall with a band called allergy ?
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD (2007) is Area 54's final and album. It Consists of eleven tracks. It's a slow burner, and has become our favourite over time! Get some balls.
BECKONING OF THE END (2003)The follow up to debut album 'No Visible Scars', this album has 10 tracks, full of guitar harmonies, solos, and an amazing guest appearance by ex- AT THE GATES frontman, Tomas Lindberg. This album has more of an old-school feel than 'Bring Out Your Dead', and was compared to IRON MAIDEN & MEGADETH a lot, but there's more to this album than that. It also includes the full video for 'Living A Lie' as was seen on REDEMPTION TV back in the day.
NO VISIBLE SCARS (2000) , Area 54's debut, has ten tracks, coming from a more simple structure than the later albums, you can hear that we were young, and much like the first METALLICA album, it's production is raw. Guest vocals by The GOREROTTED singers on one track too!
KILL YOUR MANAGENENT - Vol. 3 (2002) This metal compilation disc, again, is something Lakis recently discovered that he still had a few of. This is the only time that the demo version of 'Living A Lie' was released, so it's not available anywhere else. There are nineteen other tracks on here from various artists!
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