art of simplicity were created during the summer of 2003 and, as their name declares, they want to play music that balances between "simplicity" -in a way that a listener not familiar with the sound can enjoy- and "art" -so that the listener that searches for something more is intrigued. Their sound was determined by the combined creativity of all members. During the summer of 2005, once all members had gathered, they released the self-financed Demo CD "Asymmetric". Drums, keyboards and vocals were recorded at Fragile Studio, while all the other instruments were recorded at "Simple studio", which is substantially the mobile home studio of the group. That was where production was also completed. The Demo received much appreciation in many Webzines (Metal Realm 8/10, Metal Perspective 7/10, Metal Zone 80/100, Power Play Records 7/10, Greek Rebels 4.5/5 etc), and was awarded the "Demo of the month" title in the Greek Metal Hammer. Tracks of the demo cd have been played in provincial radio stations, as well as in the emission "decibels" of Radio Mercure-France. During the period summer 2005 - February 2006 they completed the recordings and the production of their first full-length album, titled "caught in this Iless storm". In August 2006, art of simplicity signed their contract with the greek label "Burning Star" and in January 2007 they released their album under this label. In February 2007, Aris left the group, and after an extended search, was replaced by Thedore Kalantzakos.
After two and a half years of inaction, the Athenian heavy rockers ADD THE RIVER are back with new material that represents the band's exaltation. Those years was a songwriting precipitation and the band finaly finds the way to resyrrection. They are back in the studio workin' on a new material and makin' plans for some gigs in the Athenian underground scene. Samples will be posted soon on MySpace and the band hopes that all this new staff will get recorded near by the summer months or later.
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