Created by Dan Dron (guitar and vocals), in 1996, KRATOS (the Greek for “power”) got its name from a friend, in the fall of the very same year. Joined by Adi Drenciu (drums), Dan started looking for musicians willing to play in a metal band.
They started rehearsing in the suburbs of Bucharest.
Due to the help of Hovercraft (Serenity, at the moment), KRATOS managed to shape an original style in the Romanian rock scene. At the beginning of 1997, the results started to show up, proving that it is worth trying to play doom metal, even though the Romanian scene was scarce and weak.
In March 1997, Andrei Magureanu (vocals) became a member. As Florin decided to leave the band, a few months later, Andrei replaced him as the second guitar player of the band.
After a long search, KRATOS found Maria Tica as the right person to be the lead singer. Now, in a crew of six - Dan Dron, Andrei Magureanu, Sorin Tudor, Adi Drenciu, Alex Blaj and Maria Tica - the band followed its path, in November 1997, the band were recording The Essence, their first demo, in the Romanian National Radio Studios. Within 4 days – about 40 hours of recording and mixing- the demo was ready to hit the Romanian metal market.
A long series of Radio and TV interviews folowed the release of The Essence, and the first was the Radio Nova interview, on November 21 st., 1997. Just after the release of the demo, the band had two live performances, thus becoming a public figure among the Romanian rock scene. February 1998 meant another reference moment for the band, since they recorded their first video, in the Romanian National TV station.
After the leaving of Andrei Magureanu, KRATOS were supposed to start looking for members again, and, in April 1998, Beatrice Baiu replaced Andrei as guitar player in the band and, in the summer of 1998, Monica Barta became lead singer.
The long string of summer concerts was about to begin for KRATOS, in the new formula. Having the same number of members, but different ones, Kratos had more than six concerts during the summer, from June to September 1998, and all of them rewarded with awards and prizes.
In the fall of 1998, Beatrice Baiu left the band due to personal problems, being replaced soon after by Marius Zota. Together, they recorded in August 1999 at Bestial Records Timisoara Romania, their first LP., titled Looking Behind the Mirror....
The year 2001 brought a series of important changes in the band’s componence. After Marius Zota left the band, Alex Blaj decided to leave too. So it was about time to look for a new keyboards player and also for a new guitarist and later, even for another drummer, for the same reason.
Just before Tase entered the Band, KRATOS had collaborated with Paul, a very good drummer, who came from Sibiu. Paul's only concert as a KRATOS member took place in Pitesti. After that, he left the country and went to live in Holland.
And so, in 2002, KRATOS was quite a “new” band, judging by the replacements that had been made. Rehearsals and concerts went on, but in a different crew, for Dan Dragulinescu was the second guitar player and Tase the new drummer.
Stronger than ever, Kratos have been continuously building their reputation, by lots of concerts, both at important Romanian rock festivals and also in well known clubs.
Currently the band is working on a new album.
KRATOS are looking forward to all kinds of promotion events such as live shows, interviews or underground projects. If any of the above rings a bell to you, please contact us.
We are shure that we can work something out!
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