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   First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Picture Credit: Korfian Korfian - Propaganda Release Date: March 25, 2022 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Duration: 23:13 Origin: Athens , Greece Genre: Dark Pop / Gothic Pop Greek multidiscipline creator Korfian unleashes his Propaganda upon the war-torn world - a deconstructed post pop album full of loud statements and pompous images. Coming from the graphic designer background, Korfian subtly senses and transmits the militarist vibe, actively utilising the visuals in the process of arranging the uneasy landscape. Painfully relatable and concise, Propaganda gathers, processes and reinvents the doomed spirits of the last decade both lyrically and musically. Send-off serves as an intro - a monologue, a manifest that sounds like something that could have been on a Parliament album in a pre-nu...

Picture Credit: Κραυγή Artwork: Lisa Lawrence and Aether Vortex Designs Κραυγή -  Κραυγή Release Date: March 10, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 21:55 Genre: Depressive and Suicidal Black Metal Origin: Greece / Brazil Κραυγή (pronounce: Kravghi; Greek for "Scream") is a transcontinental Old School Black Metal project with a strong tendency to subgenres such as DSBM and Raw Black Metal. Κραυγή consists of Brazilian artist  Enrih Strange (bass, guitar, drums, mix), and Grito  (lyrics, vocals) from Greece. Κραυγή (Self-Titled) Ep by Κραυγή The sound on their selftitled debut EP can best be described as a merciless blizzard. The music blows like a brutal storm of icicles and the intensity of the relentless cold of Siberian winter. The lyrics are all in Greek (I guess) and are performed in a brachial early-day Black Metal manner. Fans of pre- Attila  Mayhem will like this a lot. Κραυγή play the music for everyone who cannot get enough of winter...

Picture Credit: Grande Fox Artwork: ZAO / Jon Toussas Grande Fox - Empty Nest Release Date: February 19, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 40:46 Genre: Heavy Rock / Desert Rock Origin: Thessaloniki , Greece I am filled with joy, wanderlust, and a bit of melancholia every time, I receive new music from Thessaloniki. Now, it has been over two years, I visited this vibrant city, and I really need to go there again. One of the reasons is the huge amount of awesome musicians, artists, and bands that call Thessaloniki their home. Anyways, on hand we have the new album by Grande Fox. "Empty Nest" is a diverting collection of fuzzy, dynamic and somewhat stoned tracks - forty minutes of intense and mesmerizing Desert Rock. Grande Fox are spreading their dusty tunes at great velocity. If you imagine Heavy Rock being a ride, "Empty Nest" is a dragster race in the desert. Psychedelic elements decorate their bone-dry soundscapes from time to time - in 'Ov...

Picture Credit: Naxatras Big announcement by Thessaloniki's Heavy Rock / Psychedelic Rock giants Naxatras. The band will release their fourth full-length album next April and is planning to go on tour in summer 2022. For more details or if you are a booker and want to contact the band, check the links below. Content from the  MangoNews  will always stay in the  MangoRotation  playlist for 14 days. Naxatras Online: Homepage Facebook Instagram Bandcamp YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Picture Credit: Birds of Vale Artwork: We all rot the same Birds of Vale - Devil in / Beautiful Girl Release Date: 05 February, 2021 Label: Bitter Tea Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 09:37 Genre: Blues Rock Origin: Athens , Greece Devil In / Beautiful Girl by Birds of Vale Birds of Vale formed in 2019 in order to keep 70s Blues Rock and Rock'n'Roll alive. Last year, the quartet from Athens has recorded their debut double single which is now available via Bitter Tea Records. For the beautiful price of 6,66€ you can buy the two songs on CD. Birds of Vale are: Nikos Manatos  - drums and percussions, Kostis Papagiannopoulos  - bass, Laz Kagkelidis  - guitar, Nikos Liakos  - vocals. Content from the  MangoNews  will always stay in the  MangoRotation  playlist for 14 days. Birds of Vale Online: Facebook Instagram Bandcamp SoundCloud YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave o...

Picture Credit: Holy Monitor Artwork: Bewild Brother Holy Monitor - Southern Lights Release Date: February 26, 2021 Label: Blackspin Records Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 39:42 Genre: Krautrock / Space Rock / Psychedelic Rock Origin: Athens , Greece The year 2021 is only 57 days old, and Holy Monitor have already released a potential candidate for the album of the year. The quintet from Athens, Greece presents their third full-length publication "Southern Lights" - a forty-minute psychedelic kraut trip to the deepest and most colourful corners of space. Click here to save your copy of this stunning sonic journey. As you will know, a space vessel is always as good as its crew. And, in this case, the crew is doing a job and a half to make this interstellar journey and unforgettable experience. In the engine room, there is drummer Dimitris Doumouliakas  who accelerates the ship with his heavy and krauty motion. Alex Bolpasis  on the bass is using warm and sonorous sounds to...

Picture Credit: Kostas Sampanis Artwork: Bewild Brother Kostas Sampanis - Autumne Release Date: February 19, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 15:35 Genre: Prog Rock Origin: Athens , Greece According to his Bandcamp profile, Kostas Sampanis  is a guitarist, a solo artist, and a coffee addict. The latter I cannot confirm due to lack of evidence. Sampanis  also is a graduate of the Department of Music Studies of EKPA where he mastered the electric guitar, classic harmony, jazz harmony, and modern music theory. The young musician is a proper professional. And by the EP "Autumne", he has recently published his solo debut. Professionalism is the termination fitting this EP the best. On five instrumental tracks Kostas Sampanis  shows off his masterful skills. The protagonist was responsible for the songwriting, the arrangements and played the guitar and strings on his EP. Guest musicians are Dimitris Radis  (also on strings), Stelios Fragos  (piano), Il...

Picture Credit: Thomas Meleteas Artwork: Marily Papanastasatou Thomas Meleteas - Shapeshifting Wizards Release Date: February 05, 2021 Label: Polyscope Format: Digital Length: 30:36 Genre: Folk / Jazz Origin: Athens , Greece "Shapeshifting Wizards" is the second full-length release by Athens' multiinstrumentalist Thomas Meleteas . The title track was recently featured in the Discoveries of the Week . Thomas Meleteas  presents six tracks of instrumental music that can be categorized under Mediterranean Folk. He musicks thoughtful and soulful narratives that have their origin in the Eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, especially Greek and Turkish Folk can be spotted in his songs. The multitalented musician plays all the instruments of which the oud is the most dominant one. Swift fingerplay on the string instrument create stunning atmospheres of wanderlust and desire. Picture Credit: Thomas Meleteas And after all, there is a undeniable impact of Jazz in the six composit...

Culture of Digital Elegance (CODE) - Words Release Date: February 08, 2021 Length: 03:50 Genre: Hard Rock / Synthwave Origin: Athens , Greece New album to be released this year! CODE Online: Homepage Facebook Twitter Instagram Bandcamp Tidal Apple Music YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Empty Guns - Lick the Devil's Horns Release Date: January 13, 2021 Length: 03:42 Genre: Grunge / Alternative Rock Origin: Aetoloia Acarnania , Greece Empty Guns Online: Facebook Instagram Bandcamp iTunes YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Holy Monitor - Naked in the Rain Release Date: January 27, 2021 Length: 04:08 Genre: Krautrock / Psychedelic Rock Origin: Athens , Greece From theit upcoming album "Southern Lights" (February 26, 2021, Blackspin Records ) Holy Monitor Online: Facebook Instagram Bandcamp SoundCloud YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

MAZOHA -  Ένας Ίσον Κανένας Release Date: January 29, 2021 Length: 04:08 Genre: Synthwave Origin: Thessaloniki , Greece From their upcoming album " ΠΡΤΘΛΤΣ" (February 12, 2021, Inner Ear Records ) MAZOHA Online: Facebook Bandcamp Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Picture Credit: Ramdat Artwork: Konstantina Dimoula Ramdat - FrimFall Release Date: January 22, 2021 Label: Polyscope Format: Digital Length: 37:37 Genre: Free Jazz / Noise / Experimental Origin: Athens , Greece Are you ready for another freakshow release full of improvised Jazz, experimental Noise? Then, here's Ramdat for you! The quartet was formed half a decade ago. Actually, by that time Ramdat was stil a trio. Since 2017 the Free Jazz combo has four members. Shortly before the first lockdown in Europe, Ramdat played a concert in the Swedish capital Stockholm which was recorded. But the quartet did not stand on stage all by themselves since at this event, there were five musicians. As a guest, bass player Gustaf Hielm  accompanied them. "FrimFall" is a release that invites us to an expressive dance across the line between genius and madness. Hielm  and Ramdat provide us with eclectic improvisations and meticulous shenanigans. On stage they make classic Jazz spiral a...

Picture Credit: Mather Mather - This is the Underground Release Date: April 26, 2020 Label: Violence in the Veins Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 47:59 Genre: Psychedelic Prog Origin: Patras , Greece Peleponnesian band Mather was formed in the year 2017. Plenty of concerts and less than three years later, their debut was out on vinyl and CD. "This is the Underground" features seven tracks on which the band proves that they can compete with the big names in Psych, Prog and Heavy Rock. The music on "This is the Underground" is defined by two main features. Firstly, there is that Pink Floyd-like Psychedelic Prog Rock. The atmosphere on Mather's debut smells similar to "A momentary Lapse of "Reason" partially. Considering that the Pink Floyd album features the song learning to fly, and that Mather's cover artwork is a plane wreck, that is kind of ironic. The other dominant element is intense Heavy Rock that is defned by a strong bass and a ce...

Post Lovers - Import Faint Release Date: January 20, 2021 Length: 02:32 Genre: Indie Rock / Alternative Rock Origin: Athens , Greece From the upcoming album "Drive" (January 22, 2021, Inner Ear Records ) Post Lovers Online: Facebook Instagram Bandcamp SoundCloud Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Picture Credit: Hairetis Harper Hairetis Harper - Draft Release Date: December 07, 2020 Label: Same Difference Music Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 49:38 Genre: Folk Rock / Experimental Origin: Crete , Greece / London , England The album "Draft" is a collaboration of London's harpist Maria-Christina Harper  and Cretan lute player Yiagos Hairetis . Together those two exceptional musicians are Hairetis Harper. And the word exceptional fits this album very well. "Draft" does willingly break with genres or styles - it just forms a new one. The terms that apply to the seven tracks are Progressive Folk, Avantgarde, Experimental Folk or Psychedelic Ambient. Listening to "Draft" feels like a romantic journey through a colourful forest, alongside creeks and a glade where wild animals peacefully browse while the sunlight is creating the most beautiful game of colour and reflections. You might as well discover elves or fairies, but that is up to your imaginati...