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Maria Kouvarou
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
PRESS RELEASE: Giannis Kyriakou - "Don't Surrender"
Giannis Kyriakou is a Manchester-based artist, creatively oriented towards the metalcore/Djent genres. He composes, records and produces his material, and has recently released his single, “Don’t Surrender”, which you can also find on Spotify In his words "Don't Surrender" is “An Emotional song for the people that are facing a hard time in their life... Have You ever felt empty inside? Have you ever felt that You are struggling to move on and face a hard situation in your lif
Maria Kouvarou
- Mar 4, 2020
- 6 min
Συνέντευξη με τους Plastic Barricades (Λονδίνο)
*γράφει η Μαρία (Mouv) Κούβαρου **for English click here Ο Dan Kert είναι ο κιθαρίστας, τραγουδιστής και το μισό του alternative rock duo Plastic Barricades. Με αφορμή το video που κυκλοφορήσανε τον Φεβρουάριο, κάναμε μια συζήτηση μαζί του. Σε αυτές τις ταραχώδεις εποχές, μια διακήρυξη αισιοδοξίας (optimism) ακούγεται σχεδόν προκλητική. Παρ’όλα αυτά, το “Optimist” σας είναι στηριγμένο σε θεωρία και κάθε άλλο παρά ένα χαρούμενο τραγούδι. Ποια ήταν η έμπνευση και ποια η διαδικα
Maria Kouvarou
- Mar 4, 2020
- 7 min
Interview with Plastic Barricades (London)
*by Maria (Mouv) Kouvarou **για Ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ Dan Kert is the guitarist, singer and one half of London alt rock duo Plastic Barricades. Prompted by the release of their “Optimist” video, Aégis Magazine contacted him for a chat. Having watched your recently released “Optimist” video, I cannot help but make an attempt to get to know you better. So, Plastic Barricades. Are you up for a little Q&A session with Aégis Magazine from Cyprus? Let’s do this! In these troubled t
Maria Kouvarou
- Mar 1, 2020
- 4 min
Ακούσαμε και σχολιάζουμε: RINSE & REPEAT, Abettor (album)
*γράφει η Μαρία (Mouv) Κούβαρου **για αγγλικά πατήστε εδώ Στις 28 Φεβρουαρίου, οι Abettor κυκλοφόρησαν το πολυαναμενόμενο δισκογραφικό τους ντεμπούτο, με τίτλο Rinse & Repeat. Παρουσίασαν τη δουλειά τους σε ένα ικανοποιητικά γεμάτο Savino Live, μπροστά από ένα ακροατήριο που είχε υψηλές προσδοκίες από το συγκρότημα και σίγουρα δικαιώθηκε. Πριν ξεκινήσω αυτό το άρθρο δεν ήμουν σίγουρη αν θα επικεντρωνόμουν στο album ή στην παρουσίαση, όμως, αφού έχω το Rinse & Repeat να παίζει
Maria Kouvarou
- Mar 1, 2020
- 4 min
Discussing Abettor’s RINSE & REPEAT (album)
*by Maria (Mouv) Kouvarou **for Greek click here On the 28th of February, Abettor released their much-anticipated debut album, Rinse & Repeat. They presented their work at a fairly crowded Savino Live, before an audience that knew they were in for something good, and surely enough, something good they received. Before setting down to write these lines, I was unsure as to whether I was to focus on the album or the gig, but after having played Rinse & Repeat on… repeat since it
Maria Kouvarou
- Feb 22, 2020
- 1 min
FREAK KITCHEN RETURN
Savino Live proudly presents FREAK KITCHEN
Heavy Rockers from Sweden
Saturday 7th March 2020
Opening Act Speak In Whispers
Sponsored by Carlsberg
Entrance €20
Doors Open at 22:00
Info 99860304 / 99426011
"Give us the opportunity and we promise to kick some ass. Put us on a stage and we will make the crowd dance, and stagedive, and headbang like they've never done before." Freak Kitchen is a rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. They have released nine stud
Maria Kouvarou
- Feb 10, 2020
- 2 min
Δελτίο Τύπου: Οι PIRANHA επιστρέφουν δισκογραφικά
* read it in English here Οι ιστορικοί deathrashers PIRANHA ύστερα από ενάμιση χρόνο από την επανένωση τους υπέγραψαν για 5 έτη συμβόλαιο με την γνωστή γερμανική δισκογραφική εταιρία 7Hard Records. Η καινούργια κυκλοφορία των PIRANHA ύστερα από 26 χρόνια δισκογραφικής απουσίας θα ονομάζεται «Arise From The Shadows» και αναμένεται να κυκλοφορήσει παγκοσμίως περίπου το πρώτο τετράμηνο του 2020. Όπως έχει δηλώσει το συγκρότημα, θα πρόκειται για την πιο επιθετική με αρκετά ατμοσφ
Maria Kouvarou
- Feb 10, 2020
- 2 min
Press Release: PIRANHA announce new recording contract
* για ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ Yes, you read it right. But just to make sure... The historic Greek deathrashers PIRANHA signed a five-year contract with the German record label 7hard Records after a year and a half of reunification. The new release of PIRANHA after 26 years of absence will be labeled "Arise from the Shadows". As the band has announced, it will be the most aggressive with a lot of atmospheric elements. The record company 7hard Records (www.7hard.de) is the biggest
Maria Kouvarou
- Feb 4, 2020
- 5 min
Συνέντευξη με τους COWBOYS & ALIENS
*γράφει η Μαρία Κούβαρου (Mouv) *for English click here Όταν ανέβηκαν στη σκηνή του Into the Limbo 2019 ανέβασαν και τη θερμοκρασία με τη γεμάτη ενέργεια, εκρηκτική και άψογη εμφάνισή τους. Είναι, λοιπόν, αυτονόητο, ότι μόλις μάθαμε πως «οι Βέλγοι επιστρέφουν» σπεύσαμε να εξομαλύνουμε την αναμονή με μια συνέντευξη. Έτσι, ούτε δυο βδομάδες πριν την εμφάνισή τους στο Savino Live στις 15 Φεβρουαρίου, μοιραζόμαστε μαζί σας τα αποτελέσματα μιας ενδιαφέρουσας και ελικρινούς «ερωταπ
Maria Kouvarou
- Feb 4, 2020
- 5 min
Speaking with COWBOYS & ALIENS
*by Maria Kouvarou (Mouv) *για ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ When they took the stage of Into the Limbo 2019 they definitely shook us with their energy-loaded, fiery and immaculate performance. It goes, then, without saying, that when we heard that “the Belgians return”, we were eager to smoothen the time of anticipation with an interview. So, less than two weeks prior to their February 15th appearance at Savino Live, we share with you the results of our interesting and honest Q&A seq
Maria Kouvarou
- Oct 9, 2019
- 4 min
Not a review: City of Thieves @ Savino Live
Yes! This is not a review. It is my 5 Reasons why CITY OF THIEVES are still my September highlight! *by Maria Kouvarou Hi friends! I heard that some of you were asking where have I been hiding lately. Oh, well, it’s a busy time indeed, but when you really need to write about something, the topic will explode within your head unless you let it out. You know how it is… to be kept busy does not mean you should be silenced. OK, OK, I am pulling the brake here, right before I step
Maria Kouvarou
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3 min
Impressions from Into the Limbo 2019
by Maria Kouvarou (Mouv) The calendar said Saturday, July 13th, and the destination could only be one. Into the Limbo, of course. Framed by the typical idyllic scenery of the abandoned village Agios Sozomenos, but with the stage (an actual above-the-ground-and-visible-by-everybody stage for that matter) set at a different side, the stoner psychedelic rock festival held its date, bringing a fierce line up that lived up to everyone’s expectations. Reaching the location early en
Maria Kouvarou
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3 min
Εντυπώσεις από το Into the Limbo 2019
γράφει η Μαρία Κούβαρου (Mouv) Σάββατο, 13 Ιουλίου και για κάποιους από εμάς ο προορισμός μπορούσε να είναι μόνο ένας. Το Into the Limbo, φυσικά. Πλαισιωμένο από το καθιερωμένο ειδυλλιακό σκηνικό του εγκαταλελειμμένου χωριού Άγιος Σωζόμενος, όμως με τη σκηνή (πραγματική-υπερυψωμένη-και-ορατή-από-όλους σκηνή) τοποθετημένη σε διαφορετική πλευρά, το stoner psychedelic festival παρέμεινε πιστό στο ραντεβού του, φέρνοντας μας ένα καυτό line-up που ικανοποίησε κάθε προσδοκία. Φτάνο
Maria Kouvarou
- Apr 30, 2019
- 7 min
Ανταλλάζοντας απόψεις με τους Movement of Static
Νέες ματιές σε δοσμένα θέματα: Σχολιάζουμε το Naegleria των Movement of Static, και σχολιάζουν την προσέγγισή μας. * read it in English here γράφει η Μαρία Κούβαρου Το cinematic post-rock συγκρότημα από τη Θεσσαλονίκη Movement of Static κυκλοφόρησε το album Naegleria τον Οκτώβριο του 2018. Όταν έπεσε στην αντίληψη μου ανακάλυψα ότι δεν πρόκειται απλά για ένα album με αξιοσημείωτο μουσικό ενδιαφέρον, αλλά και για ένα album κτισμένο πάνω σε μια συγκεκριμένη θεματική, η οποία ξε
Maria Kouvarou
- Apr 30, 2019
- 7 min
Exchanging views with Movement of Static
New views on given themes: We comment on Movement of Static’s Naegleria and they comment on our approach * για Ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ by Maria Kouvarou (m.ouv.) Movement of Static, the cinematic post-rock band from Thessaloniki, released Naegleria in October 2018. On becoming aware of the album, I realised that it is not simply an album of notable musical interest, it is also an album built on a specific thematic line, which unfolds in two dimensions. Writes the accompanying te
Maria Kouvarou
- Apr 6, 2019
- 1 min
ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ: In-Sensé
In-Sensé Release Debut Single "Beautiful Encounter" *μετάφραση: Μαρία Κούβαρου (Mouv) To alternative συγκρότημα από το Manchester (UK) κυκλοφόρησε το πρώτο του single Beautiful Encounter την Τρίτη, 12 Μαρτίου, σε όλες τις σημαντικές πλατφόρμες, και συνδύασε την κυκλοφορία με μια ζωντανή εμφάνιση στο Night and Day Café στο Manchester. Το πρώτο κομμάτι από την τετραμελή μπάντα, πραγματεύεται τόσο στιχουργικά όσο και μουσικά την παράδοξη σχέση μεταξύ αντίθετων εννοιών όπως όμορφ
Maria Kouvarou
- Apr 6, 2019
- 1 min
PRESS RELEASE: In-Sensé
In-Sensé Release Debut Single "Beautiful Encounter" Manchester (UK) based Alternative Rock band In-Senséreleased their debut single Beautiful Encounter on Tuesday 12th March via all major digital platforms with a launch show hosted at Night and Day Cafe in Manchester (UK). The first offering from the four-piece lyrically and musically suggests the superposition of contradicting concepts, such as beauty/darkness, love/forgiveness, desire/anger, all of which make up a Beautiful
Maria Kouvarou
- Feb 27, 2019
- 2 min
Horror fiction meets doom sludge metal on stage
* για ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ by Maria Kouvarou (M.ouv) A doom sludge metal band meets onstage a pioneer of horror fiction and American weird, known as one of the fathers of psychological thriller. We are talking here about the first metal theatrical play, that is taking place at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in Athens, and which is directed by Georgia Andreou and is dressed with live music written and performed by Okwaho. I am writing this article with a hint of bitterness,
Maria Kouvarou
- Feb 27, 2019
- 2 min
Το horror fiction συναντά το doom sludge metal επί σκηνής
* for English press here γράφει η Μαρία Κούβαρου Ένα doom sludge metal συγκρότημα συναντά επί σκηνής έναν πρωτοπόρο του horror fiction και του αμερικανικού weird, γνωστό ως έναν από τους πατεράδες του ψυχολογικού θρίλερ. Πρόκειται για την πρώτη metal μουσική θεατρική παράσταση που στεγάζεται στο Ίδρυμα Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης, σε σκηνοθεσία της Γεωργίας Ανδρέου και με ζωντανή μουσική από τους Okwaho. Γράφω αυτό το άρθρο με μια μικρή πικρία, γιατί αν μπορούσα να βρεθώ στην Αθήνα δ
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