Hail Spirit Noir "Eden In Reverse"

Country: Greece
Genre(s): Psychedelic Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Agonia Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: June 19, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. Darwinian Beasts
2. Incense Swirls
3. Alien Lip Reading
4. Crossroads
5. The Devil's Blind Spot
6. The First Ape on New Earth
7. Automata 1980

Line-up: 
Haris
Theoharis
J. Demian
Foivos Chatzis
Cons Marg
Sakis Bandis
   With
Lars Nedland (Borknagar / Solefald) - vocals (4)

Description/Reviews: 

They basically lost their black metal roots for their new album which were VERY present on “Mayhem In Blue.” “Eden In Reverse” is very 70s prog rock mixed with psych rock and is really amazing too! Honestly the band has made a major change between these albums and yet it doesn’t appear to be noted anywhere. 

Read the full review by Rob at progressivemusicplanet.com

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Crossroads
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Hail Spirit Noir "Mayhem in Blue"

Country: Greece
Genre(s): Psychedelic Progressive Rock/Black Metal
Label: Dark Essence Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: October 28, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. I Mean You Harm (3:55)
2. Mayhem In Blue (7:57)
3. Riders To Utopia (4:37)
4. Lost In Satan's Charms (10:52)
5. The Cannibal Tribe Came From The Sea (6:50)
6. How To Fly In Blackness (6:16)

Total Time 40:27

Line-up: 
Haris - synths
Theoharis - guitars, vocals
J. Demian - bass, acoustic guitars

Description/Reviews: 

Mayhem in Blue ... retains the 70s flavor but chases the rabbit even further down the hole. It’s weirder, carnival-esque, swinging. Hammond organs, flutes, and electronic sounds feature more prominently. Compositionally it’s similar but the unorthodox instrumentation is prevalent and the black metal is stretched still thinner. Moments of true blackened ferocity are few and while tremolo-picked guitars and blasting drums are present and correct, their heaviness is gentler: always meshed with keyboards or a jaunty rhythm. Clean vocals are commonplace too but used with lurching tempos and odd vowel emphasis. It’s an eccentric listen but never unsettling – more like the overly chatty guy at your post office than the one who touches your arm too much.

Read the full review at angrymetalguy.com

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Hail Spirit Noir "Oi Magoi"

Country: Greece
Sub Genre: Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic
Label: Code666 Records
Release date: January 20, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Blood Guru (6:17)
2. Demon for a Day (6:00)
3. Satan Is Time (7:03)
4. Satyriko Orgio (Satyrs' Orgy) (6:32)
5. The Mermaid (11:28)
6. Hunters (6:44)
7. Oi Magoi (5:18)

Line-up: 
Haris: synths
Theoharis: guitars, vocals
Dim: bass, acoustic guitars
        With
Ioannis Giahoudis: drums
Dimitris Dimitrakopoulos: additional vocals

Description/Reviews: 

This album can move all those who love listening to psychoprog/folk/black albums, which can be described by on word: Artistic. It’s not just the atmospheres behind the black metal marks on guitars, on vocals, on drumming that remind of Darkthrone in the age of “Panzerfaust” or Enslaved. It’s also the successful painting of the ’70s sound, just as it begun with “Pneuma” and in “Oi Magoi” goes on, touching the top.

Read the full review by Dr.Feelgood at metalfields.wordpress.com

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Satan is Time

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