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Sirens (Astarte Album)
Sirens is the fourth album released by the Greek Black metal band Astarte. It was released in 2004. Track listing Personnel Astarte *Tristessa: Vocals, Lead, Acoustic & Bass Guitars *Hybris: Rhythm Guitars *Katharsis: Keyboards *Ivar: Drums, Percussion Additional Personnel *Nicolas S.T.C. Maiis: Vocals on "Bitterness of Mortatlity (Mecoman)" * Sakis (from Rotting Christ): Vocals on "Oceanus Procellarum (Liquid Tomb)" *Shagrath (from Dimmu Borgir Dimmu Borgir () is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993. The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic lang ...): Vocals on "The Ring (Of Sorrow)" References {{Authority control 2004 albums Astarte (band) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astarte (band)
Astarte was an all-female black metal band from Athens, Greece, named after the goddess Astarte. History Astarte first formed under the name Lloth in September 1995 at Athens, Attica.Henderson, Alex "[ Astarte Biography]", ''Allmusic'', Macrovision Corporation The original line-up included Maria Kolokouri, Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri (bass, guitar, keyboards), who subsequently took over on lead vocals, Nemesis (guitar), and Kinthia (vocals, guitar). They had Psychoslaughter, the drummer from Greek band Invocation (band), Invocation, play for the sessions on their demo (music), demo, ''Dancing in the Dark Lakes of Evil'', released as Lloth in 1997. Shortly thereafter they adopted the name Astarte, named after the Astarte, Semitic goddess of sexuality. Their debut full-length album, ''Doomed Dark Years'', appeared in 1998 on Black Lotus Records; two further LPs followed on the label. After lineup changes in which Nemesis and Kinthia left to be replaced by Katharsis (keyboards) and H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 (2021) within its official limits, and a land area of . Athens is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BCE. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands and nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilisation and the birthplace of Athenian democracy, democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major History of science in cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Metal
Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (Lo-fi music, lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms. Venom (band), Venom initiated the "First-wave black metal, first wave" of black metal, with their 1982 album ''Black Metal (Venom album), Black Metal'' giving it its name. In the following years, the style was developed by Bathory (band), Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. By 1987, this wave had declined, but influential works were released by Tormentor (band), Tormentor, Sarcófago, Parabellum (Colombian band), Parabellum, Blasphemy (band), Blasphemy, Samael (band), Samael and Rotting Christ. A "Second-wave black metal, second wave" arose in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avantgarde Music
Avantgarde Music is an Italian record label, formed as a continuation of Obscure Plasma Records, focusing on black and doom metal artists. The label had a sub-label called Wounded Love Records, which has released albums by Dolorian and Taake. A new sub-label, Flowing Downward, had been founded in 2018, specializing in atmospheric black metal bands specifically. Avantgarde Music's first release was the 1994 funeral doom classic '' Stream from the Heavens'' by Thergothon. The label has since signed many well-known black, death and doom metal bands such as Behemoth, Carpathian Forest, Mayhem and Unholy. Bands *Abigor *Ad Hominem *Alternative 4 *Ancient Wisdom *Ashbringer *Astarte * Azaghal *Beatrik *Behemoth *Carpathian Forest * Dark Sanctuary * Darkspace *Death SS * Den Saakaldte *Diabolical Masquerade * Dystopia Nå! *Dødheimsgard *Dolorian *Downfall of Nur *Drought *Dzö-nga *Enochian Crescent *Eternity *Evoken * Forgotten Tomb *Godkiller *Grey *Great Cold Emptiness *Katato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quod Superius, Sicut Inferius (album) (often abbreviated "Q.E.D.")
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Quod may refer to: * ''The Quod'', a contemporary nickname for the English Quota System during the Napoleonic Wars * a ''quod'', the main playing item in the fictional sport of Quodpot in the Harry Potter universe * Quod (board game), an abstract strategy game The word is also common in several Latin phrases used in different (English) contexts: * per quod * ad quod damnum * nemo dat quod non habet * quod erat demonstrandum Q.E.D. or QED is an initialism of the Latin phrase , meaning "that which was to be demonstrated". Literally, it states "what was to be shown". Traditionally, the abbreviation is placed at the end of mathematical proofs and philosophical arguments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demonized (album)
''Demonized'' is the fifth album by the Greek black metal band Astarte. Just like its predecessor ''Sirens'', ''Demonized'' was recorded in hometown Athens, Greece and mixed at the renowned ''TicoTico Studio’s'' in Finland. The band also managed to invite some very renowned guest-musicians once again to play on their album. Track listing # "Mutter Astarte" – 4:43 # "God I Hate them All" – 5:11 # "Lost" – 4:53 # "Whispers of Chaos" – 1:00 # "Demonized" – 3:59 # "Lycon" – 5:41 (feat. Attila of Mayhem) # "Queen of the Damned" – 5:29 (feat. Henri T.S.K. of God Dethroned) # "Heart of Flames (Burn)" – 5:36 # "God Among Men" – 5:05 (feat. Nicolas S.I.C. Maiis of LLOTH and Insected) # "Everlast" – 3:33 # "Black at Heart" – 4:47 (feat. Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy) # "Black Star" – 5:28 # "Princess of the Dawn" – 5:17 ( Accept cover) # "Everlast II (Phoenix Rising)" – 4:13 Total playtime: 64:55 minutes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Kolokouri
Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri (6 April 1977 – 10 August 2014) was a Greek black metal vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. She was the frontwoman and bassist of the all-female black metal band Astarte and was also involved with the bands Lloth, Obscure Natus, Profane Serenity and Vorphalack. Early life and family Kolokouri was born in 1977 in Areopoli, Laconia, Greece. She married rock musician Nicolas Maiis. They had one son together. Career During her early music career, Kolokouri played in the bands Vorphalack, Insected, Obscure Natusand Profane Serenity. She then became a member of the all-female black metal band Lloth, who were founded in September 1995 at Athens, Attica. Shortly after releasing their first album on Black Lotus Records, Lloth adopted the name Astarte, after the Semitic goddess of sexuality. In 2003, Astarte featured on the tribute album to Swiss metal band Celtic Frost, called ''Order of the Tyrants'' and released by Black Lotus Records. They covered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakis
Sakis is a Greek male given name, a diminutive form of names where the last consonant (consonant preceding the final "S" common in the majority of Greek masculine nouns) is "S", most commonly Athanasius or Anastasius, with the addition of the "akis" suffix, meaning little. It may refer to: *Sakis Arnaoutoglou (born 1971), a Greek politician *Sakis Kouvas (born 1946), a Greek former forward footballer *Sakis Rouvas (born 1972), a Greek pop and rock musician, actor, television presenter, fashion designer, businessman, humanitarian, model, and former pole vaulter *Sakis Tolis (born 1972), a Greek musician, vocalist/guitarist of ''Rotting Christ'' *Sakis Tsiolis (born 1959), a former Greek football player and current manager *Dionysios "Sakis" Matsikas The name Dionysius (; ''Dionysios'', "of Dionysus"; ) was common in classical and post-classical times. Etymologically it is a nominalized adjective formed with a -ios suffix from the stem Dionys- of the name of the Greek god, Dionysus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotting Christ
Rotting Christ is a Greek black metal band formed in 1987. They are noted for being one of the first black metal bands within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene. They are also responsible for creating the signature Greek black metal sound prevalent in the early 1990s. History Rotting Christ was founded in 1987 as a grindcore act. They released a series of demos and splits with local bands during their rehearsal era. During this period, the group gradually altered their sound with influence from proto-black metal bands like Celtic Frost and Venom, and in the process became one of the inaugurators of black metal. Their 1989 demo, ''Satanas Tedeum'', presented a crossover between black metal and grindcore. In 1991, the band released '' Passage to Arcturo'', their career-breaking EP. One of band's major debuts was on the 1993 "Fuck Christ Tour", which also featured Immortal and Blasphemy. During this concert, some audience members en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shagrath
Stian Tomt Thoresen (born 18 November 1976),Shagrath at Encyclopaedia Metallum known professionally as Shagrath, is a Norwegian musician. He is the vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and a founding member of the symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir and Also, founding member, rhythm guitarist and bassist of Chrome Division. Biography Stian Thoresen was born on 18 November 1976 in Jessheim. He is a founding member, with[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir () is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993. The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic language, Icelandic, Faroese language, Faroese and Old Norse. The band has been through numerous lineup changes over the years; vocalist Shagrath and rhythm guitarist Silenoz are the only original members who still remain.Bradley TorreanoDimmu Borgir AllMusic. Retrieved on 11 June 2011. History ''For All Tid'' and ''Stormblåst'' period Dimmu Borgir was founded in 1993 by Silenoz and Tjodalv. Shagrath, Brynjard Tristan and Stian Aarstad later joined Dimmu Borgir, and then released an EP in 1994 entitled ''Inn i evighetens mørke'' ("''Into the Darkness of Eternity''"). This short EP sold out within weeks, and the band followed up with the 1994 full-length album ''For All Tid'' ("''For All Time''"). This album featured vocal contributio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
