Silent Winter (GREECE)

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Silent Winter - The Circles Of Hell (2019)













Year : 2019
Style : Progressive Power Metal
Country : Greece
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 94 mb

Bio:

Silent Winter formed during the mid-90’s, in Volos, central Greece. A couple of demos were launched at that time – ‘Silent Winter’ and ‘War Of An Angel’. The band performed live shows and made some festival appearances too. The line-up changed in 2018 and their 5 track EP, ‘The War Is Here’ came to light. It included a new version of ‘Far Away’, their 1st video clip. 2019 will see a full length, 8 track album, via Sonic Age Records. ‘The Circles Of Hell’ is also now available as a lyric video clip.

Album:

Silent Winter formed during the mid-90’s, in Volos, central Greece. A couple of demos were launched at that time – ‘Silent Winter’ and ‘War Of An Angel’. The band performed live shows and made some festival appearances too. The line-up changed in 2018 and their 5 track EP, ‘The War Is Here’ came to light. It included a new version of ‘Far Away’, their 1st video clip. 2019 will see a full length, 8 track album, via Sonic Age Records. ‘The Circles Of Hell’ is also now available as a lyric video clip.The Circles Of Hell – Introing with crowds cheering and gradually emerging riffs. Soon breaking into thrashy vocals, slightly more extreme in places, but largely reminiscent of Rob Halford’s, including some similar screams. A good bit of whammy and vibrato and plenty of energy fuelled melody. Highly capable drumming keeps the flow, with effortless precision. Still echoing ‘The War Is Here’, but a definite evolution, with added pace and pitch alterations. It’s very much still thoroughly metal, though. A very strong hint of Priest-esque traditional, old school metal resounding through every note and big on uplift, speed and power. As with ‘The War Is Here’, you really can’t knock ‘The Circles Of Hell’, in any way. Excellent quality sound production and impassioned performance, dazzlingly reflected. A very decent length, too, providing irrefutable value for time invested. Brilliant track, with a classic vibe.For fans of Judas Priest.

Line-Up:

Mike Livas - Vocals (2018-present) - See also: Crusade of Steel, Fortress Under Siege, Rhodium, Zix, Timo Tolkki (live), Keepers of Jericho, Maidenance, ex-Accelerator, ex-Deified, ex-Side Effects
Akis Balanos - Guitars (lead), Keyboards
George Loukakis - Bass (2018-present)
Themis Karvelis - Guitars (2018, 2018-present)
John Antonopoulos - Drums (2018-present)

Tracklist:

01. Infernum 00:34
02. Soul Reaper 04:32
03. Warriors Of The Sun 03:32
04. Follow The Night 04:06
05. Final Storm 03:33
06. Your Time Has Come 05:15
07. Silent Cry 06:23
08. Keeper Of The Light 04:49
09. The Circles Of Hell 06:37




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Silent Winter - Empire Of Sins (Japan Edition) (2021)













Year : 2021 (Japan Edition)
Style : Progressive Power Metal
Country : Greece
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 138 mb

Bio:

Silent Winter formed during the mid-90’s, in Volos, central Greece. A couple of demos were launched at that time – ‘Silent Winter’ and ‘War Of An Angel’. The band performed live shows and made some festival appearances too. The line-up changed in 2018 and their 5 track EP, ‘The War Is Here’ came to light. It included a new version of ‘Far Away’, their 1st video clip. 2019 will see a full length, 8 track album, via Sonic Age Records. ‘The Circles Of Hell’ is also now available as a lyric video clip.

Album:

The roots of Greece's Silent Winter dates to 1995 with a quick start and a short run that lasted only six years with two demos produced. Then, in 2018, guitarist Kiriakos Balanos reformed the band with all new personnel, and an EP, The War Is Here, appeared that same year. The following year Silent Winter dropped their debut long player, The Circles Of Hell which, according to the label one-sheet, was well-received. Now the quintet returns with their sophomore follow-up album, Empire Of Sins, my first experience with Silent Winter.And with my first experience, my comments about Silent Winter and Empire Of Sins should be relatively brief. The band plays, essentially, fast and heavy, melodic power metal, featuring assertive vocals, twin guitar harmony, and some terrific guitar solos. The Silent Winter song recipe is rather simple: start with riffs and rhythm, perhaps some sharp guitar leads, then drop in the power metal gallop and groove, and then all things lead to more inspired guitar solos.While this is predominant throughout the album, you'll hear variations on this theme. Hunter's Oath features a spoken word introduction before the guitar line rips in and the power metal revs up. Mirror has this large orchestrated choral opening, suggesting something different is coming, perhaps more symphonic metal or an epic metal anthem. It's neither. Silent Winter tricked us. It's more bombastic, fast and heavy, power metal.A rather epic ballad does arrive with Where The River Flows which feature fine bass, acoustic guitar, and piano to start, with a large guitar solo to follow, before the arrangement softens for the vocals. Wherein in vocalist goes from subtle smoothness to raging intense in the course of two minutes. He can be a real screamer and so difficult to either understand or enjoy. (Personally, I didn't care for his vocal style all that much.) The album wraps up with the familiar: more power metal as Silent Winter destroys Belinda Carlisle's Leave A Light On. Nasty. But the guitar work is pretty cool (as it is across the entire album).All in all, with Empire Of Sins Silent Winter offers metal fans a large platter of guitar-forward, fast and heavy, power metal with rabid, assertive vocals and a few interesting musical twists just to mix things up (or trick you up).

Line-Up:

Mike Livas - Vocals (2018-present) - See also: Crusade of Steel, Fortress Under Siege, Rhodium, Zix, Timo Tolkki (live), Keepers of Jericho, Maidenance, ex-Accelerator, ex-Deified, ex-Side Effects
Vaggelis Papadimitriou - Guitars (lead) (2019-present)
Vaggelis Tsekouras - Bass (2020-present)
Kiriakos Balanos - Guitars (lead), Keyboards
John Antonopoulos - Drums (2018-present)

Tracklist:

01. Gates Of Fire
02. Wings Of Destiny
03. Shout
04. Mirror
05. Hunter's Oath
06. Where The River Flows
07. Dragons Dance
08. Empire Of Sins
09. Leave A Light On (Belinda Carlisle Cover) (Bonus Track)
10. Nightfall (Japan Bonus Track)
11. Holy Land Of Fire and Snow (Japan Bonus Track)




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Silent Winter - Utopia (2024)











Year : 2024
Style : Progressive Power Metal
Country : Greece
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 102 mb

Bio:

Silent Winter formed during the mid-90’s, in Volos, central Greece. A couple of demos were launched at that time – ‘Silent Winter’ and ‘War Of An Angel’. The band performed live shows and made some festival appearances too. The line-up changed in 2018 and their 5 track EP, ‘The War Is Here’ came to light. It included a new version of ‘Far Away’, their 1st video clip. 2019 will see a full length, 8 track album, via Sonic Age Records. ‘The Circles Of Hell’ is also now available as a lyric video clip.

Album:

Silent Winter is a melodic Heavy-Power Metal band formed in Volos, Greece in 1995. Drawing strong influences from renowned acts such as Stratovarius, Helloween, and Gamma Ray, the band initially gained recognition in the underground scene with their demos, participating in numerous festivals and concerts. Unfortunately, the band disbanded in 1999 due to unavoidable circumstances affecting the members. However, after an extensive hiatus of 19 years, they made a triumphant return in 2018 with their self-produced EP titled "The War Is Here" and in 2019, Silent Winter released their debut album "The Circles of Hell", receiving an overwhelmingly positive response globally. In 2020 they released a fresh single entitled "Nightfall," accompanied by a limited edition 7" vinyl release in March of that year. Their second full-length album, "Empire Of Sins" was released in March 2021 spreading the band's name in every corner of the world, while it was also released in a Japanese version.While producing captivating lyric and music videos for their powerful music, Silent Winter also performed in highly acclaimed festivals sharing the stage with a few of their heroes, such as Judas Priest, Helloween, and Rhapsody of Fire.The new album "Utopia", the band's best release so far, is engineered, mixed and mastered by Steve Lado (who has worked with bands such as Sacred Outcry, Sunburst, and Need) and the recording sessions were held at Kalovidouris Sound & Light Studio, Volos, Greece. Music and lyrics by Kiriakos Balanos. Cover artwork and layout by Kiriakos Balanos.

Line-Up:

Mike Livas - Vocals (2018-present) - See also: Crusade of Steel, Fortress Under Siege, Rhodium, Zix, Timo Tolkki (live), Keepers of Jericho, Maidenance, ex-Accelerator, ex-Deified, ex-Side Effects
Vaggelis Papadimitriou - Guitars (lead) (2019-present)
Kiriakos Balanos - Guitars
Vaggelis Tsekouras - Bass (2020-present)
Maria Moscheta - Keyboards (2024-present) - See also: One Step from the Edge
John Antonopoulos - Drums (2018-present)

Tracklist:

01. We Burn The Future
02. Hellstorm
03. Hands Held High
04. Reign Of The Tyrants
05. Manifest Of God
06. Reborn
07. Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
08. Silent Shadows
09. Utopia




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