Demenzia
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Origin | Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Years active | 2003 – present |
Labels | (2006-2009) IMSB & Nox Studio, (2010) Zero Project Studio |
Associated acts | Ciroza, Korozy, Everest, Regina Mortua, The Barbarones, Default |
Website |
zeroprojectstudio |
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Demenzia is a metal band from Bulgaria, that plays a mixture of classical death metal, melodic death metal, doom metal and metalcore.[1][2][3]
Members
Current members
- Vladimir Bochev "Valdemar" – vocals, keys, guitars
- Martin Mitkov – bass
- Deyan Videv – guitar
- Iian Velev "Drumzy" – drums
Former Members
- Marin Ivanov – vocals, keys (2005–2012)
- Petar Svetlinov – drums (2007–2012)
- Georgi Gigov – bass (2005–2012)
- Velizar Gordeev "Vile" – guitars (2003–2007)
- Zlatomir Zlatkov "Demented" – drums (2003–2007)
- Bobi Ivanov – bass (2005)
- Dani – drums (2005)
- Dimitar Tomov "Bodom" – bass (2004)
Biography
The band was formed in 2003 by former members of the black metal band Shadowland. After some line-up shuffle, they released their first demo CD a.d. 542. Later the same year the band made their first live appearances mainly in Sofia on festivals like Metal Repulsive Blasphemy.[6] In 2005 they released their next work, which was the EP they plainly named Demenzia. More gigs followed. In 2006 the band was joined by Georgy Gigov (bass) and Marin Ivanov (keyboards), which meant that the band live show would now also include keyboards.[7] The band started touring some additional cities like Varna and Plovdiv with their new material, which was soon to become their debut album Different Seasons.[8] Shortly after the release of the album in November 2006, the band appeared on the Haunted Shores Festival in Bourgas, organised by their new label IMSB&Nox Studio.[9][10][11] In 2007 the band was more active with appearances abroad than at home visiting The Metal Healing Festival in Greece and The Red Alert Open Air in the Ukraine.[12] In 2009 the band released their first video called Faces and toured in both Bulgaria and Serbia.[13][14] The track for the video is new and does not appear on any releases by the band yet, but is expected to become part of a future album or EP by the band. It marks a change in the band's musical direction leaning towards the new wave of melodic death metal and metalcore.[15][16][17] In September 2009 the band released their first official video dubbed "Faces" to YouTube.[18] At the end of the year they make a tour in Serbia. Now they are working on new material which will lead to their second album. In 2013 they released their second full-length album "Machinima" with Metal Hammer Bulgaria magazine.
Discography
Machinima – 2013 album, Zero Project Studio
Machinima is the band's second album recorded in Zero Project Studio in February – April 2013. Mixed, mastered and produced by Vladimir Bochev "Valdemar".
Track list:
- Heartache
- Instead Of You
- Don't Even Try
- Hatred
- Where
- A Darkness Rising
- Candy Store
- Step Into My World
- Let It Snow
- Untitled
- Faces
Playing time: 52 minutes
Different Seasons – 2006 album, IMSB
Different Seasons is the band's debut album. It was released in Bulgaria through IMSB & Nox Studio on 8 November 2006. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Valdemar's V.I.B. Depression Studio (now Zero Project Studio) in Sofia between April and June the same year. It contains 11 original tracks and one remix.[19][20]
Track list:
- Hollow
- Road to the Sin
- Death Expectation
- My Goddess
- Mystical Windmill
- Pain
- Candles in the Wind
- Ephemeral Failure
- Monuments of a dead Past
- For my empty Soul
- Hope... for eternal Spring (instrumental)
- My Goddess (dark dub remix)
Playing time: 63 minutes
Demenzia – 2005 EP, selfreleased
The Demenzia (mini CD) was a self-released EP, which came out in 2005.[21][22]
Track list:[23]
- Etude "A.D. 542"
- Instinct Of The Evil Habit
- Ephemeral Failure
- Winter Tale
References
- ↑ "Garo's Metal Newsletter". Gmn-bg.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "Encyclopedia Metallium". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "List_of_doom_metal_bands". Docstoc.com. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "::DEMENZIA::official site". Demenzia.info. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ BG. "Official MySpace Page". Myspace.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ MetalFist : The ultimate Bulgarian Metal eZine Archived 25 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Garo's Metal Newsletter – Demenzia Page". Gmn-bg.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "Official Biography". Demenzia.info. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "IMSB Demenzia Press Release" (PDF). Imsb.info. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "Past shows – THE REVENGE PROJECT official website". Therevengeproject.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ ""Haunted Shores Festival" се завръща на бургаската сцена". Katehizis.com. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "Metal Head's Mission Festival".
- ↑ http://katehizis.com/news/shNews.php?id=12947
- ↑ http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=153270246459
- ↑ "Spirit Of Metal Webzine". Mhm-fest.com. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "Demenzia". Metalsites.Net. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "Tangra Mega Rock". Radiotangra.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEn7ISiUpCU
- ↑ "IMSB's Official Press Release". Imsb.info. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ Dimitar_Xristov (11 February 2009). "DEMENZIA". Last.fm. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "Independent Musical Scene Of Bourgas – Íåçàâèñèìà Áóðãàñêà Ìóçèêàëíà Ñöåíà – Demenzia – Different Seasons". Imsb.info. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ↑ http://demenzia.info/releases_en.html Official Discography/Releases Page
- ↑ http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Demenzia-nom_album-Demenzia_Mini_CD-l-fr.html Spirit Of Metal Webzine
External links
- Official Web Page
- First Official Video "Faces" on YouTube
- Zero Project Studio – The band's Label
- NoxStudio