Embrace Depart - Biography
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Biography
The first idea of Embrace Depart was born at late of 2003 in Edessa Greece, when Akis Vamvakides (drums) and Stathis Gazepis (vocals) were planning on forming a metal band. The guys thought over suitable members into the band and decided to ask if their friends Paschalis Toufexis (guitar), Vaggelis Bakos (lead guitar) and Teo Tsiklanis (bass) would be interested in this kind of idea.
All of them became interested in the project and started to compose and rehears some atmospheric gothic metal material for the first demo. After a while the band joined a keyboard player, Giannis Toufexis, and with this line-up they released their first demo called "Promo 2004". The recording and mixing of the "Promo 2004" took place in summer 2004 in Lunatech studios by Jim Douvras and Jim Theodorides in Thessaloniki Greece. This skillfull duo managed to create heavy, but at the same time very atmospheric gothic soundscape into the promo.
They started to make live performances to various festivals all over Greece with good audience responce. They continue to compose songs for their first full length album but unfortunately the bass player Teo Tsiklanis left the band and was replaced by George Iliakopoulos. Two major supports took place first with Katatonia and afterwards with Lake of Tears at Thessaloniki Greece. In 20/21/22 July 2007 the group performed in Metal Healing Fest. at Drama, Greece with the following bands: Rage , Orphaned Land ,Leaves Eyes ,Aborted ,Septic Flesh ,The Haunted ,Nightrage ,Mystic Prophecy ,Moonsorrow ,Lunarsea ,Destruction ,Firewind ,Pentagram ,EKTOMORF ,NAER MATARON, Innactive Messiah, Devicer, Wotan, Marauder, Infidel, with great response from metal fans and webzines, magazines. Also they made a live performed at the famous club Valhalla in Komotini, Greece and the crowded Eightball club in Thessaloniki, Greece. Many websites such as www.metalstorm.com and magazines such as Metal Hammer and Rockhard wrote good reviews about the Promo 2004 and the band.
(Source: http://www.myspace.com/embracedepart)
All of them became interested in the project and started to compose and rehears some atmospheric gothic metal material for the first demo. After a while the band joined a keyboard player, Giannis Toufexis, and with this line-up they released their first demo called "Promo 2004". The recording and mixing of the "Promo 2004" took place in summer 2004 in Lunatech studios by Jim Douvras and Jim Theodorides in Thessaloniki Greece. This skillfull duo managed to create heavy, but at the same time very atmospheric gothic soundscape into the promo.
They started to make live performances to various festivals all over Greece with good audience responce. They continue to compose songs for their first full length album but unfortunately the bass player Teo Tsiklanis left the band and was replaced by George Iliakopoulos. Two major supports took place first with Katatonia and afterwards with Lake of Tears at Thessaloniki Greece. In 20/21/22 July 2007 the group performed in Metal Healing Fest. at Drama, Greece with the following bands: Rage , Orphaned Land ,Leaves Eyes ,Aborted ,Septic Flesh ,The Haunted ,Nightrage ,Mystic Prophecy ,Moonsorrow ,Lunarsea ,Destruction ,Firewind ,Pentagram ,EKTOMORF ,NAER MATARON, Innactive Messiah, Devicer, Wotan, Marauder, Infidel, with great response from metal fans and webzines, magazines. Also they made a live performed at the famous club Valhalla in Komotini, Greece and the crowded Eightball club in Thessaloniki, Greece. Many websites such as www.metalstorm.com and magazines such as Metal Hammer and Rockhard wrote good reviews about the Promo 2004 and the band.
(Source: http://www.myspace.com/embracedepart)