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One of the best album i ever heard! Mix of traditional greek songs with metal. Such an amazing work. Keep it that way! ~ a new fan of yours
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AHERUSIA, return with their 4th album, NOSTOS ~ An Answer (?), a collection of eleven irrational anthems, traditional songs and dances, from all over Greece, rearranged by the band and sequenced in such a way, so as to create a didactic parable through a loosely pieced but still coherent storyline.
Includes unlimited streaming of NOSTOS~An Answer (?)
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
AHERUSIA, return with their 4th album, NOSTOS ~ An Answer (?), a collection of eleven traditional songs from all over Greece, rearranged by the band and sequenced in such a way, so as to create a didactic parable through a loosely pieced but still coherent storyline.
The concept of emigration, the sensation of feeling nostalgic and homesick, but also the search of what exactly constitutes “homeland” for someone, what people love and wish to return to, (something that can be often irreverent to geographical bounds), is something that the band focuses on this album.
There are myriads of reasons for people to leave their land and their families behind. Some are uprooted by war, others driven away by socio-political oppression or even persecution and there are also those who want to cast their lot on foreign lands, hoping that a relocation will either erase their past or offer them an opportune future.
Some people cut all ties and never look back. Others choose to keep all the things that remind them of home close to their heart, as a talisman to keep them safe, in their journey into a brave new world. In many cases the very personal link that anchors them to their past, can become a heavy load, as it fills their hearts with nostalgia and the searing pain of homesickness.
The songs follow the journey of their anonymous heroes, who put their lives in harm’s way, sometimes in the name of a higher ideal, but oftentimes just seared from their homes, in an effort to provide for their loved ones, who they miss fondly. One of them will die, cursed and resented by the love of his life who thinks he has forgotten her, while another, will return, despite all the obstacles that make his journey look like an odyssey.
Who's coming back? What consists “home”? How strong can love be?
All answers lie within the journey itself.
cover by Fotis Varthis (original title of wooden engraving "Nostalgos")
lay-out by Iwanna Spanogianni
produced by Voreas Faethon (Giorgos-Voreas Melas)
mixed & mastered by Dimitrios Douvras (LUNATECH SOUNS STUDIO)
All guitars and lead vocals performed by Voreas Faethon (Giorgos-Voreas Melas)
basses performed by Drakhon (Dimitrios Haramis)
battery performed by Chaeronios (Pantelis Polyzos)
Aherusia were formed all the way back in 1997, the band has gone through a multitude of line up and style changes, always
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