Odes Of Ecstasy
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[edit] History
Odes Of Ecstasy formed in Greece around November of 1993 by Dimitris Bikos and Joseph Nikou. In 1994 Dimitris Panayiotidis joined the band on guitar, and in December of 1995 they released the first promo tape containing one song named Theogony.
In the summer of 1996 they recorded their first demo called Atheistic Emotions, which featured Christina Maniati providing female vocals. The demo includes three songs of Atmospheric Symphonic Death Metal, a cover of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" and an Ambient tune featuring only female vocals, keyboards and electric guitars. The specific release was announced as the “Promo of the Month” from the Greek Metal Hammer magazine.
Following the release of the demo, Dimitris Panayiotidis left the band to join the military, and was replaced by Nikos Baltas.
In 1997, they released a single song promo entitled “Words of Insanity” which gave them the opportunity to sign with the American records label, The End Records.
In 1998, through the contract with The End Records, Odes Of Ecstasy released their first official album with the title “Embossed Dream in Four Acts”. The sound of this album was characterized as Death Metal featuring brutal male and operatic female vocals and many influences from classical music.
The second release of the band came in 2000, again through The End Records and it had the title “Deceitful Melody”. The musical style of the specific album was a continuation from the first album with the exception of having a more progressive sound and approach than the previous album.
After that, the band came to a standstill for several years due to many line-up changes, caused mainly by the obligatory military service of some of the band’s members.
In 2004 the band formed again with a new line - up and a different musical orientation. From that time the band performed live in several shows in order to promote the news songs from its upcoming release.
Finally, in 2006 Odes of Ecstasy released a self-title "Odes Of Ecstasy" promo including 5 songs and in the end of October 2007 their full album is finished and soon will be released.
All these years Odes Of Ecstasy has sold, through the band’s official releases, at least 10.000 copies worldwide.
[edit] Discography
- Theogony (Promo) 1995
- Atheistic Emotions (Demo) 1996
- Words Of Insanity (Promo) 1997
- Embossed Dream In Four Acts (Full Release) 1998 - The End Records
- Deceitful Melody (Full Release) 2000 - The End Records
- Odes Of Ecstasy (Promo) 2006
[edit] Band Members
- Nikos Baltas Vocals, Guitar
- Giannis Fasoulakis Backing Vocals, Guitar
- Giorgos Pagidas Bass
- Nikos Simigiannis Drums
- Irini Tsiklou Keyboards
Former members:
- Dimitris Panayiotidis Guitars
- Dimitris Bikos Vocals, Guitars
- Christina Maniati Female Vocals
- Savvas Dandoulakis Keyboards
- Joseph Nikou Bass
