NOCTA A METAL BAND FROM ATHENS GREECE. ALL STARTED BACK IN 1998 WHEN THE TWO GUITARISTS, AFTER SERVING THEIR MILITARY TOGETHER, DECIDED TO JOIN ARMS FOR A MORE PEACEFUL CAUSE. IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THEY MANAGED TO PUT A BAND TOGETHER AND ONLY AFTER A WHILE AND A DEMO, THEY WHERE SIGNED BY A GREEK SMALL RECORD LABEL CALLED XRC!!!
THE BAND WENT IN THE STUDIO AND AFTER SIX MONTHS THEIR FIRST RECORD WAS REALITY... ''PRIMA NOCTA'' THE GROUPS FIRST RELEASE, A HARD ROCK ALBUM, WITH GREEK LYRICS. THOUGH IT OBTAINED VERY GOOD AND UPLIFTING RECEPTION FROM THE PRESS, IT WAS DOOMED TO SINK IN THE GUTTER OF GREEK REALITY, OTHERWISE DESCRIBED AS: SYRTAKI DANCE, BOUZOUKI, AND GREEK FOLKLORE FOR THE TOURISTS. THOUGH THE ALBUM SOLD WELL FOR THE GREEK STANDARDS AND EVEN THOUGH SOME RIFFS WERE USED AS COMMERCIAL JINGLES, THE BAND WAS DISAPPOINTED AND STARTED A SECOND CARRIER (WHICH WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL) AS A COVER BAND. TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT, THE TWO FOUNDING MEMBERS, ARES AND KOSTAS WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE NEW SITUATION EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE PLAYING IN RELEVANT SMALL BUT ALWAYS SOLD OUT PLACES. AFTER SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS SERIOUS BEER DRINKING AND A CHAIN OF " INCIDENTS" THEY AGREED TO SACK EVERYBODY AND SEND THE BAND TO OBLIVION. IT WAS 2002.
IN THE SUMMER OF 2003 THINGS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER. STAVROS J, OLD FRIEND OF THE GROUP AND THEIR SOUND ENGINEER ON MANY OCCASIONS, A SINGER, LYRICIST AND COLLABORATOR OF A VERY WELL ESTABLISHED POP, ROCK BAND THAT WE ALL LOVE TO HATE HERE IN GREECE. DECIDED TO JOIN IN FOR A FRESH START. THINGS HAD TO CHANGE, AND THEY DID.
AFTER SEVERAL AUDITIONS A BASS PLAYER WHO LOOKS LIKE ONE!! 6FT TALL AND 110 KILOS JOINED FORCES WITH US, HIS NAME APOSTOLIS NATSIOS. A BLACK SABBATH WORSHIPER, A R. BLACKMORE FANATIC, AND AN UNREPENTANT HOOLIGAN IS LAYING THE BASS FOUNDATION FOR A NEW SOLID METAL BEGINNING.
LYRICS SWITCHED TO ENGLISH, GUITARS GREW ANGER AND FINALLY A VOICE THAT REALLY ROCKS.
2004 THE BAND RELEASED COME OUT(WHEREVER YOU ARE) DEMO .WHICH MADE QUITE AN IMPACT TO GREEK AND EUROPEAN PRESS,THE REVIEWS THAT THE BAND RECEIVED WERE VERY SUPPORTING AND FINALLY THE BAND FELT COMFORTABLE TO RECORD AND RELEASE ALL THEIR MATERIAL.
GEORGE KOLLIAS (MEMBER OF NIGHTFALL&NILE),AND A VERY GOOD FRIEND ,SAT BEHIND THE DRUMS AND THE BAND WAS BACK IN BUSINESS!!!.13 SONGS WERE RECORDED AND THEN THE BAND TRAVELLED TO GERMANY TO MIX THE ALBUM AT SOUNDLODGE STUDIOS ,WITH THE HELP OF AN EXCELLENT MUSICIAN AND SOUND ENG. MR JORG UKEN.THE OUTCOME WAS AMAZING.
TODAY 2005 WE ARE VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH SLEASZY RIDER FOR TWO YEARS ,AND THE OUTCOME OF OUR EFFORTS UNDER THE TITLE WICKED WOMAN RELEASED ON 15/3/2005.
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We added our little ballad "Just Another Broken Shell" to our profile. Also take a listen to "Synaptogenesis" and "Enter Dystopia", all three tracks are on our latest album “X to the Power of Ten”! Additionally you’ll find a little Making Off and there’s new merch available!!!
Αγαπητοί μας φίλοι, Όπως κάθε χρόνο, έτσι και φέτος, το Αθηνά Live - πιστό πάντα στην προσπάθεια που κάνει να στηρίζει την εγχώρια μουσική σκηνή και ιδιαίτερα τα νέα σχήματα - διοργανώνει μια καλοκαιρινή σειρά συναυλιών όπου μπορούν να δηλώσουν συμμετοχή γκρουπ και καλλιτέχνες που κινούνται στο χώρο του rock, pop, metal, blues, funk, disco, jazz, fusion, κ.α. Αν σας ενδιαφέρει λοιπόν να παρουσιάσετε το υλικό σας ή και διασκευές σε ένα χώρο που πληρεί όλες τις απαραίτητες προϋποθέσεις (ήχος, φωτισμός, μεγάλο stage, άνεση χώρου, άψογες συνθήκες κλπ.), τηλεφωνήστε μας στα τηλ. 210 4813605, 4819355 ώστε να συζητήσετε με την κα. Χατζή για το ενδεχόμενο πιθανής σας συμμετοχής στις καλοκαιρινές συναυλίες, οι οποίες ξεκινούν στις 31 Μαίου και τελειώνουν στις 12 Ιουλίου 2009. Ελεύθερες ημερομηνίες : 31 ΜΑΙΟΥ 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ
An Club Κυριακή 17 Μαΐου, 21:00, 8€ Σολωμού 17-19, Εξάρχεια Τηλ 210 3305056
● Οι SILENT WEDDING, εκπροσωπώντας το εγχώριο ατμοσφαιρικό – progressive metal, παρουσιάζουν τα τραγούδια από το πρώτο τους ΕΡ - το οποίο απέσπασε πολύ καλές κριτικές σε Ελλάδα και εξωτερικό - μαζί με το νέο υλικό από την επικείμενη δισκογραφική τους δουλεία, η οποία αναμένεται να κυκλοφορήσει το φθινόπωρο. Μαζί με τα δικά τους τραγούδια, παρουσιάζουν και εκπληκτικές διασκευές από την παλιότερη και σύγχρονη metal σκηνή. Οι SILENT WEDDING, από το 2006 έχουν δώσει αρκετές συναυλίες και έχουν μοιραστεί τη σκηνή με γνωστά metal συγκροτήματα. Το καλοκαίρι θα τους συναντήσουμε σε φεστιβάλ «εντός και εκτός των τειχών». www.myspace.com/thesilentwedding
● Στην παρθενική τους εμφάνιση, οι 9mm, με progressive ήχο, δυνατές κιθάρες και εξαίσια φωνητικά, μας προτείνουν τις συνθέσεις τους και μας τραγουδούν, για τις αντιφάσεις της κοινωνίας αλλά και για την αισιοδοξία που μας δίνει η αγάπη. Δέκα νέα τραγούδια, που θα αποτελέσουν το υλικό της πρώτης τους δισκογραφικής δουλειάς, η οποία αναμένεται να κυκλοφορήσει το φθινόπωρο. Τα μέλη του γκρουπ, έχουν σημαντική παρουσία στην εγχώρια μουσική σκηνή, είτε ως μέλη των “Εκτός Μάχης”, είτε ως session μουσικοί.
● Τη σκηνή θα προθερμάνουν, οι πολλά υποσχόμενοι FOOLS ON PARADE, με αγαπημένες διασκευές.
Embedded have uploaded their whole new album "Beyond The Flesh" on their myspace-site. Don't miss to check out 9 great brutal death metal songs (including a coversong of the Malevolent Creation-classic "Living In Fear"!).
vieni a ZOOMARINE: parco divertimenti di Roma. Per TE 5 EURO di sconto se vai sul sito www.zoomarine.it e inserisci il CODICE SCONTO "kicko". Incredibile offerta weekend a ZOOMARINE a soli 39€: albergo 4 stelle, ingresso al parco per 2 giorni e navetta hotel-zoomarine e viceversa.
2real presents: 1st GREEK BEATBOX CONVENTION held at FUZZ
Tjatjar, Dean, Human drum machine, Aggelos, Niga, Megalo stoma, Thanasimos (2real) and more
LIVE ON STAGE:
Artemis & Efthimis (TXC) Jimmy Dee (Alpha Gamma now 2real) TNT (Orthologistes) Ntopaz Blackout
Hosted by Paul D
only 10 euro presale or 15 at the door.
Tickets: Metropolis (Kentro, Peiraia) Hiphop Shop (Marousi dionisiou 6 or Glyfada metaxa 11) IT records (Patision 128) www.tickethour.com 210 8108228
NOTE: Paul D, Jimmy Dee, Thanasimos, Human Drum Machine, Tiny Jackal on ANT1 TV at 9 am this Saturday discussing the "first Greek beatbox convention" by 2real which will be at FUZZ 7pm later that day
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