A-I-E-A
A-I-E-A is a modern rock/metal band based in Greece. They formed in 2014 by Charos and singer/actor Vasilis Papadimitriou:[1], and in 2018 they released their debut album as a full five-piece band, titled “The Celestial River”. It debuted on the Youtube platform on February 15, 2018[2]
Formation and history[edit]
The A-I-E-A project started in 2014. The first idea was born in Charos mind who was eager to share it with Vasilis, and eventually to create this new project. Charos and Vasilis were friends long before A-I-E-A and they have shared their passion for music in various projects. Even though it started just for fun, they wrote many songs and were inevitably faced with the big question: Is this going to be a full band or just a two-person side project? That was an easy dilemma for them. Fate and the valuable help of a good friend led Charos to meet with Antonis, who immediately self-suggested to join the band after hearing a two-song demo. Soon enough A-I-E-A had a full-length album entire and were agog to record it. Dimitris Christonis and Kostas Milonas joined forces and the debut album titled "The Celestial River" was completed with the help of A-I-E-A’s 6th member Thanos Mylonas, who mixed and mastered the album.
Musical style[edit]
A-I-E-A's sound is defined by low-tone nine-string guitars, melodic clean vocals, wide use of synths and arpeggiators, and heavy groove drums that keep a 4/4 time groove on hi-hat and ride, while at the same time keep complex rhythmical pathers and time signatures that follow the guitar riffs on the double-bass. Their style could be defined as modern metal/rock, and is spanned from classic metal forms to djent riffing, spacy atmosphere, progressive structures and parts, and demanding vocal/instruments technicality that mostly stays hidden in the background serving the songs' main melodies.
Lyrical themes[edit]
The bands' lyrical themes[3] seem to deal mostly with human relations, philosophical debates, the divine, and faith, and derive inspiration from ancient texts and philosophy such as Plato, the Cynics, Aristotle and Lao Tzŭ, later medieval texts, modern literature, psychology, meditation, esotericism, and science.
Logo and imagery[edit]
The main logo of the band is composed by two pyramids, that consist by the union of three representations of the classic symbol of the pyramid: the pyramid the looks up, the pyramid that looks down and the truncated pyramid. This synthesis envelops and symbolizes fire, water, air, earth, heaven, hell, yin and yang, power gates, geometry and science, pain and salvation.
The foul logo consists of the main 'two pyramids' logo, along with the bands' name and a sphere of light enclosed in a circle, that symbolizes knowledge, the divine and eternity, along with fractal shapes that symbolize mathematics, evolution, the human DNA, science, technology, and nature.
According to bands' press release, A-I-E-As' logo and name, are intended to symbolize and bring together in matrimony the quintessence of our existence.
Band name and pronunciation[edit]
A-I-E-A is more of a sound than an actual name and comes from the vowels of the Ancient Greek words for air (“αιθήρ”/æther) earth (“γαία”/gaia). Symbolizes what æther and gaia do, starting from the Ancient Greek mythology & philosophy, and Theogony, up to Eastern Philosophy, Esotericism, Occult, as well as ancient and modern Science.
Pronunciation (in Greek and in general as the band prefers to, indicated by means of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), sounds like[4]
- αιθήρ / æther = ɛθˈɪr / ˈɛθər
- γαία / gaia = ˈjɛə
- A-I-E-A = ɑ.ɪ.ˈɛ.ɑ , ə.ɪ.ˈɛ.ə
Discography[edit]
- The Celestial River (2018)
Band members[edit]
- Vasilis Papadimitriou - vocals
- Charos - guitar
- Antonis - guitar
- Kostas Milonas - drums
- Dimitris Christonis - bass
External links[edit]
References[edit]
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