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The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history.Greek music separates into two parts: Greek traditional music and Byzantine music.These compositions have existed for millennia: they originated in the Byzantine period and Greek antiquity; there is a continuous development which appears in the language, the rhythm, the structure and the melody. [1]
Kazantzidis was born in Nea Ionia, in Athens, Greece.He was the first of two brothers born to Haralambos Kazantzidis (of Pontian roots from Ordu) (Greek Κοτύωρα Kotyora) and Gesthimani Kazantzidi, who was a Greek who came from the town of Alanya (known as Alaiya) (Greek Κορακήσιον Korakesion) in what is now southern Turkey and migrated to Greece as a result of the Greco ...
Pavlos Sidiropoulos (Greek: Παύλος Σιδηρόπουλος; 27 July 1948 – 6 December 1990) was a Greek musician noted for combining rock music with Greek music. [1] He is considered one of the pillars of Greek rock due to his involvement so early in its foundation. [ 2 ]
Akrítas óndes élamnen, translated by Thede Kahl. Birds, including the eagle, were a common motif in Pontian folklore, and Greek folklore at large. One song, Aitén'ts eperipétanen ("An eagle flew high"), speaks of an eagle carrying the arm of an unknown soldier in its claws. The fallen soldier himself lies dead on the mountainside. The song is highly allegorical. Many Acritic songs from ...
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Rotting Christ was founded in 1987 as a grindcore act. They released a series of demos and splits with local bands during their rehearsal era. During this period, the group gradually altered their sound with influence from proto-black metal bands like Celtic Frost and Venom, and in the process became one of the inaugurators of black metal.
Rock music in Greece first peaked in the early 1970s, while Greece was still ruled by a military dictatorship.Bands included Socrates Drank The Conium (anglophone progressive rock), Nostradamos, Exadahtylos (political/satirical lyrics), Pelóma Bokioú (Santana-like Latin rock with Greek lyrics), Poll (folk with vocal harmonies, Greek lyrics), Axis (Paris-based Greek band).