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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

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: Instant Boner Instant Boner - Highplace Phenomenon Release: September 25, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 57:45 Genre: Psychedelic Rock / Progressive Rock Origin: Thessaloniki , Greece Thessaloniki's Instant Boner have been through some rush periods in the first years of their existence. The years 2013-18 were defined by many changes in the line up and even a short rest. When vocalist Marianthi Goula  joined the band in 2018, a new dawn appeared be on the rise. Now, it's later 2020 and Instant Boner have released their first full-length album "Highplace Phenomenon". The six-piece indulges our eardrums with 70s inspired Psychedelic Prog Rock. Smooth sound architecture is being built up with grat extravagance and plenty of sharp edges. The elegant structure of the music does indeed not contradict to Instant Boner adding heavy Stoner Rock attacks. Outstanding on the other hand, is Orentis Exintaris ' saxophone . The dominant wind in...

Photo Credit: Hardland Hardland - Reach the Sky Release: May 24, 2020 (Digital) / November 29, 2020 (CD) Label: New Dream Records Format: CD/Digital Length: 49:42 Genre: Hard Rock / Heavy Rock Origin: Thessaloniki , Greece Hardland from Thessaloniki have produced a new album for you. Three years after their selftitled debut the quartet is back with ten new Hard Rock songs. That means, heavy riffing, crunchy sounds and autochthonous beats create a timeless soundscape situated eveywhere between the early 1980s and today. "Reach the Sky"commences with the tough track 'Coming Home' which makes clear what the audience can expect from this album: honest, powerful, Scorpions-like Hard and Heavy Rock. Not matter if you listen to this in the car, on the motorbike, in the bar or at the beach, this releease kicks butt. But instead of blunt force and pure attacks, Hardland present themselves soulfully versatile. Slow jams such as 'Midnight Lover...

On this lovely Sunday I want to introduce you to another great band from Greece . Vasilis Papadopulos  (guitar and vocals), Konstantinos Baxevanis  (bass) and Thanasis Psonidis  (drums) from Thessaloniki are Citrus Blossom. The trio was founded in 2017 and dedicated themselves to Rock'n'Roll . On April 10, 2020 Citrus Blossom released their first EP "Eyes filled with Apathy", 25 minutes of soulful and grooving Rock music. Photo Credit: Achilleas Mesaikos  / Citrus Blossom As the first song 'Stranger' kicks in, Citrus Blossom show off their powerful style: fearless, intensely rolling Heavy Blues Rock with tons of Groove and delicate movement. Minimalistic and yet broadly arranged they form a huge soundscape with their three instruments. And when you think the song is over, Thanasis  counts in for the big finale of the opener. A beautiful trap that makes me very happy. Citrus Blossom are covering a broad spectrum on their debut. Thoughtful and senti...

As Nick  and Giannis  saw their recent project slowly go down, the time was right for some change. Thus, the two Thessaloniki-based musicians put their effort into forming a new band to deal with their unfinished business. By May 2018 Alex , Dino , and Michail  have joined the band and Exomnia was born. From now on the Greek quintet could finally concentrate on rehearsing and recording. The outcome of this work is the EP "Aftermath" which was released via Alcyone Records on 19 September 2019. Before the release Exomnia promoted their first EP in Greece and Romania together with Saddayah . On both mini tours the feedback for their Melodic Death Metal was amazing. Exomnia mix high-pitched melodies on guitars and keys with deep and grooving Death Metal riffing. Flagships are the Power Metal-like melodic leads and the gargling deep growls by singer Alex . For my personal taste Exomnia's music is lacking brutality and instead the symphonic harmonies are a bit too much....