[Quick Fixes] Sküma - Sküma

Sküma is a 5-piece band from Heraklion, Crete [GR]. Recently they made a live recording session which is also their first ever release and it's available for free through their bandcamp page.
The live recording took place last April at Groove Studios and it was released on their bandcamp page on July 11.
The band was kind enough to introduce themselves to us and let us know about this release a few days after they made it public.

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[News] ZERO Festival Vol.4

ZERO Festival has established itself as one of the most important 2-day fests of the last years in the Greek west coast. 
The sure thing is that is being held in one of the most beautiful places of western Greece, the "Ziros Lake".

For this year, the 4th ZERO Festival has already been scheduled for August and the line-up has been announced.

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[News] NAXATRAS European tour 2017

NAXATRAS from Greece have just announced their European Tour for this autumn, organized by Total Volume.

36 days on the road, 30 live gigs, 12 different countries... sounds great doesn't it?

With 3 releases (2 full albums and 1 EP) already in their 'roster' and a third album currently 'under construction' (and probably it will be released after this tour) they are hitting the road this September to spread their psychedelic message allover Europe.

-- Check the cities and dates below! --

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[News] Hidden In the Basement tour 2017

HIDDEN IN THE BASEMENT from Larisa, Greece are hitting the road this summer! They will be touring Eastern Europe on the second half of July to promote their latest release "Behind the Shadow".

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[News] Pre/Post Festival Vol.7

'PRE/POST' Festival Vol.7

For 7th consecutive year the PRE/POST will take place in Preveza, Greece.  Featuring some of the 'hottest' bands at the moment and some of the most promising bands of the Greek Heavy Underground.

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[News] Wrong Fest 2017 city edition [Sofia, BG]

WRONG FEST City Edition is going to be held on July 1, Saturday in the Central Park of Sofia, Bulgaria at club ‘Maimunarnika’.


Headliners for the fest are the British ORANGE GOBLIN nominated for

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[News] The KIO FEST Vol.3 [ARTA]

For the 3rd consecutive year the KIO FEST is here!

 > When: Saturday 1 July, 8:00pm <

> Where: ORFEAS open air cinema, ARTA <

> Tickets: €6 <

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[News] Purple Dino 2nd album recordings announced

Purple Dino just announced that are getting in the studio on July to record their sophomore album!

Three years after their debut 'Jurassic Bar' and after some changes in their line-up, including a new singer, they are ready to rock again and we are ready to headbang on their new tunes.

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[Review] Green Yeti - Desert Show

The Yeti landed for the first time on earth on February 2016 [debut review here, (in Greek)] and marched, stamping the ground with its heavy footsteps for about 14 months.

Somewhere along the road the Yeti decided to take a turn and follow the paths towards the desert. Nobody

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[News] KEMEROV - 'FMKD' crowdfunding campaign

Last January 'KEMEROV' released their debut full length album 'FMKD' on CD (review here)

A few days ago the band announced a crowdfunding campaign through 'indiegogo' in order to raise the required funds to release 'FMKD' on vinyl.

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[Videotheque] Movement Of Static - Telomeres

'Movement Of Static' gave into publicity their first ever video for their track "Telomeres" (from the EP 'Novelty Seekers'). Watch it below!

Concept & animation by Dimitra Mitsaki. 

 Video production by @FLP Athens .

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[Compilation] A call to Instruments Vol.2

"This is a call to instruments, this is Aza Records, a collective of independent bands from your neighborhood".

[ A Call To Instruments Vol.2 ]
The second compilation by Aza Records  is available for free download through bandcamp.

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[Compilation] Recursive Olethros Vol.1 [GR 2017]

'Recursive Olethros' is a compilation of tracks picked from the Greek Underground 2017 releases (January to May).

In particular, Volume 1 is dedicated to the more heavy releases (sludge, post-metal, doom, noise, crust) and it features some of the most important and surely promising bands of the Greek Underground at the moment.

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[News] Hi Malaya, The Rule of Three, Mitič Threesome LIVE 1June'17

When:    Thursday 1 June 2017  |  9:00pm

Where:   Matsaggou Squat, Volos

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[Band Visit] Black Space Riders [DE]

Black Space Riders announced that are entering the studio in mid-July 2017 to record their new album.

the band's announcement (23 May 2017):

BLACK SPACE RIDERS will enter the studio in mid-July to record new material. The thematic journey and musical cycle that covered our last album Refugeeum and the subsequent Beyond Refugeeum EP has been completed.

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[Quick Fixes] Dö - Astral Death/Birth (EP)

One year after their full album "Tuho" ('Destruction' in Finnish) Dö are coming back on 26th May with a brand new EP release. The band was kind enough to send us the EP some days ago and also allowed us to play their tracks on Downtuned Radio before the official release

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[Band Visit] Spine Chilling Breeze [GR]

Spine Chilling Breeze is a Heavy Rock band, based in Thessaloniki, Greece and they were formed around 2010-11 by Achilleas (guitar) and Stavros (bass).
Sounding noisy and aggressive, they mix modern riffs, with a vintage feeling and always heavy!

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[Videotheque] the Big Nose Attack - Under Your Spell

the Big Nose Attack just finished producing their brand new lyric video!

For this purpose they chose the track "Under Your Spell" from their previous album '69'.

The video is recommended
for fans of Pizza and Star Wars (?).

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[Band Visit] Kemerov [GR]

Kemerov are from Serres, Greece.

They are the brainchild of two guys (Matt & Giorgos) that grew up with ‘90s old-school deathmetal and Black Sabbath beliefs, but they could never really choose between the metal sound and the rock 'n' roll feeling.

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[Quick Fixes] Last Rizla - KLS9532

The last thing he remembered was the fall. But not the landing...

He woke-up totally numb laying on something that looked like a surgery bed. Blear lights were dazzling him and blurry shadows were moving around surrounding him.

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[Review] Anal Veritas - Happy Estella

Besides 'Estella' we are also happy to see another release by Anal Veritas. It's a fact that this band actually functions and works in a very particular way, that is a slow one :-)

Although the beginning of "Anal Veritas" as a band dates back to 2002, lots of 'ransitions' took place until the band took its shape.

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[News] Six Steps Above the Earth & Ghone LIVE-21May'17

'Aza Records' and 'Ypogeio'  are very happy to announce that on May 21, Ypogeio will open its doors for two great band-artists that will offer the people of Thessaloniki a very special experience.

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[Videotheque] Jaw Bones - Ego Tripper

'Jaw Bones' just announced their collaboration with Sliptrick Records which is going to release their long awaited album "Wrongs on a Right Turn" on 30th May.

To celebrate this collaboration they are presenting their first music video directed by Dimitris Vavatsis, for the song "Ego Tripper".

ENJOY!

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[News] Bottom Fest 2017 20May'17.Volos

--- BOTTOM Fest 2017 ---

When:   Saturday 20 May 2017 | 8:00pm

Where:  Volos' Polytechnic School

FREE ENTRANCE 

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[Videotheque] Hidden in the Basement - Dry well

Almost five years after their debut album "Ego" and after a long period of hiatus plus a lineup change, the heavy rockers/metallers "Hidden in the Basement" from Larisa [GR], released last December their brand new album "Behind the Shadow".

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[Review] HALF Gramme of SOMA - Groove is Black

Every band that starts with a nice debut album doesn't have by necessity similarly nice follow up releases. HALF Gramme of SOMA is not one of those bands.

I've been following the steps of HGoS since the beginning and back in 2013 I really adored their debut album which made me think that "this is a band that is going to make us talk about them in the future" (here is a review of their debut album).

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[News] Bongzilla European Tour | Sofia [BG] 13May'17

Bongzilla, starting on 20 April, are going to tour Europe. On Saturday 13 May they will be in Sofia, Bulgaria. 

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[Quick Fixes] The Miskeys - Shadow (EP)

The Miskeys, is a music duo formed in Xanthi, Greece, in 2013 by Chris Naidos (guitars, vocals) and Sotiris Litsas "Snil", (drums). They decided to create a music band based on their common musical taste. The outcome of this union provides mostly blues, psychedelic blues, garage and groovy sounds.

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[Videotheque] Million Hollers - A Toast To Hedonism

'Million Hollers', the electric blues'n'roll trio from Salonica [GR] gave into publicity a video of their new song "A Toast to Hedonism". The band is in the process of producing a new release that should be ready sooner or later ;-)

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