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Biography

Death Courier is a 3-piece death/thrash band from Patra/Greece formed in January 1987. Death Courier is one of the first death metal bands ever formed in Greece and were following the DIY ethics. In the first period of the band (1987 to 1993) the line up was Vasilis S. (bass/vocals), Theo S. (guitar) & Jim T. (drums).

The band often played gigs in Athens & Thessaloniki with all the Greece's first wave metal & hardcore bands (Rotting Christ, Septicflesh, Nightfall, Septicemia, Sadistic Noise, Vomit, Flames, Danger Cross, Acetic Voice, Exhumation, Acid Death, Naytia, Forgotten Prophecy, Epidemic, Nightstalker etc).

Death Courier was reformed in 2010 and had their first show after all these years in Patra, at Prokat 35 in May 2011. The new line up consists of Vasilis S. (bass/vocals) who is is the only member of the original line up with George (also in Vermingod) & Stathis filling the guitar and drums' spots. The latest news from the Death Courier camp is the replacement of the drummer {stathis} with ilias Iliopoulos the new band member, working on new material soon to be released.. check out for demise lp 1992 release and perimortem cd 2013 release.

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