Demenzia

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Demenzia
Origin Sofia, Bulgaria
Genre(s) Death Metal
Melodic Death Metal
Doom Death Metal
Doom Metal
Years active 2003 – present
Label(s) IMSB & Nox Studio
Associated acts The A.X.E. Project
Ciroza
Website demenzia.info
Members
Vladimir Ivanov - Valdemar
Velizar Gordeev - Vile
Georgy Gigov - Hollow Heart
Marin Ivanov - YourKiller
Zlatomir Genadiev - Demented
Former members
Bobi Ivanov
Dani
Dimitar Tomov
Notable instrument(s)
vocals
guitar
bass guitar
keyboards
drums

Demenzia is a metal band from Bulgaria, that plays a mixture between classical death metal, doom metal and melodic death metal.[1][2]

Contents

[edit] Members

[edit] Current members

  • Valdemar - vocals, guitar
  • Vile - guitar
  • Hollow Heart - bass
  • YourKiller - keyboards, vocals
  • Demented - drums

[edit] Former Members

  • Bobi Ivanov - bass
  • Dani - drums
  • Dimitar Tomov - bass

[3]

[edit] Session Members

  • Petar Svetlinov - drums
  • Dean Videv - guitar

[edit] Biography

The band was formed in 2003 by former members of the black metal band Shadowland. After some line-up shuffle, they released their first demo CD a.d. 542. Later the same year the band made their first live appearances mainly in Sofia on festivals like Metal Repulsive Blasphemy.[4]. In 2005 they released their next work, which was the EP they plainly named Demenzia. More gigs followed. In 2006 the band was joined by Georgy Gigov (bass) and Marin Ivanov (keyboards), which meant that the band live show would now also include keyboards. [5] The band started touring some additional cities like Varna and Plovdiv with their new material, which was soon to become their debut album Different Seasons. [6] Shortly after the release of the album in November 2006, the band appeared on the Haunted Shores Festival in Bourgas, organised by their new label IMSB&Nox Studio. [7] In 2007 the band was more active with appearances abroad than at home visiting The Metal Healing Festival in Greece and The Red Alert Open Air in the Ukraine.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Different Seasons

Different Seasons is the first the band's debut album. It was released in Bulgaria trough IMSB & Nox Studio on 8 November, 2006. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Valdemar's V.I.B. Depression Studios in Sofia between April and June the same year. It contains 11 original tracks and one remix. [8]

Tracklist:

  • 1. Hollow
  • 2. Road to the Sin
  • 3. Death Expectation
  • 4. My Goddess
  • 5. Mystical Windmill
  • 6. Pain
  • 7. Candles in the Wind
  • 8. Ephemeral Failure
  • 9. Monuments of a dead Past
  • 10. For my empty Soul
  • 11. Hope... for eternal Spring (instrumental)
  • 12. My Goddess (dark dub remix)

Playing time: 63 minutes

[edit] Demenzia (mini CD)

The Demenzia (mini CD) was a self-released EP, which came out in 2005.[9][10]

Tracklist[11]:

  • 1. Etude "A.D. 542"
  • 2. Instinct Of The Evil Habit
  • 3. Ephemeral Failure
  • 4. Winter Tale

[edit] a.d.542 (demo)

a.d.542 was the first release by the band. It was a self-released demo CD, that was sold only by the band and wasn't available in shops, coming out in 2003.[12] It is named after the plague that happened in Europe during the 542 AD.[13].

Tracklist[14]:

  • 1. Simply Nothing (intro)
  • 2. The Road To The Sin
  • 3. Sarcastic
  • 4. The Black Death
  • 5. Instinct Of The Evil Habit
  • 6. Heaven Needs Gods
  • 7. Winter Tale
  • 8. If Tomorrow Comes

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://gmn-bg.com/?lang=BG&GMNaction=mp3&bgalb=notview Garo's Metal Newsletter
  2. ^ http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=101815 Encyclopedia Metallium
  3. ^ ::DEMENZIA::official site
  4. ^ MetalFist : The ultimate Bulgarian Metal eZine
  5. ^ http://www.gmn-bg.com/?bgalb=notview&GMNaction=bands&bid=23 Garo's Metal Newsletter - Demenzia Page
  6. ^ http://demenzia.info/bio_en.html Official Biography
  7. ^ http://imsb.info/imsb/media/Demenzia%20press%20release.pdf IMSB Demenzia Press Release
  8. ^ http://www.imsb.info/imsb/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&category_id=6&product_id=21&Itemid=38 IMSB's Official Press Release
  9. ^ Independent Musical Scene Of Bourgas - Íåçàâèñèìà Áóðãàñêà Ìóçèêàëíà Ñöåíà - Demenzia - Different Seasons
  10. ^ http://demenzia.info/releases_en.html Official Discography/Releases Page
  11. ^ http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Demenzia-nom_album-Demenzia_Mini_CD-l-fr.html Spirit Of Metal Webzine
  12. ^ Garo's Metal Newsletter
  13. ^ http://demenzia.info/bio_en.html Official Biography
  14. ^ http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Demenzia-nom_album-A._D._542-l-en.html Spirit Of Metal Webzine

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