Strange New World - Biography

Hi friends! This is something like, notes of the band, that somehow make the history of this new band,
“Strange New World”. A band with so many influences, of bands likes Savatage, Maiden, Iced Earth, and Metallica even Anathema, Paradise Lost and Dream Theater.
 

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Apr ‘98: Vasilis Kospanos   (guitar, vocals) & Giorgos Tzagarakis (bass) are forming “Eternal” a band longing to play heavy metal.
Sept ‘98: Dimitris Zavolaris joins the band as a keyboard player and the music becomes more atmospheric!
Oct ‘98: In the concert of Slayer in Thessaloniki, they meet Stratos Stathoris and he fills up the place of the rhythm guitarist.
Dec ‘98: The missing part was the drummer, so Argiris Michailidis is called to play the drums in a band whose music became speed/power metal!
Jan-Mar ‘99: In these months the band composed their first three songs -light my way, follow the path, the last time-whose primal structure was quite heavier than now.
May ‘99: .Stathoris leaves the band after music disagreements with the other members.
 
Jun ‘99: Tasos Zisis joins the band as a lead guitarist.

Jul –7-99: Eternal gives their first concert in Pylaia, Thessaloniki
Aug ‘99: Sotiris Kamaroudis joins the band as a lead singer- Kospanos is dealing with the backing vocals now.
Sept-Nov ‘99: Three more song are composed  (Pain, Slipping Away, Reflexions) that reveal the band’s progress and the new things that are changing the music’s identification
Nov ‘99: “Hallowed Land” is the new name of the band after a mutual decision to change their name. Dimitris Zavolaris leaves the band because of personal problems. That was a very sad fact for the band and it still has no keyboard player. He promises to play keyboards in the first recording.
Dec ‘99: The band enters the Studio Underground to record these 6 songs. During the recording the band decides to change its name again. After the mixing the songs sound quite different because of experiments with sound effects and electronic sounds. “Reflexions” contains a variety of music sounds.
After all the new name “Strange New World” is synonym with the music of this album.
Apr ‘00: Giannis Avramidis is our new keyboard player!
Mar ‘00: Vassilis Kospanos decides to quit from the band, because he lost his interest in this music.