Here we are at TV-WAR/Mad TV ladies and gentlemen...
And I am more than happy to have at hands 
after many years ACID DEATH's new album.
"Eidolon" CD is out since some time
and here in studio we have band's frontman, Savvas
Hello Savvas!
Savvas, I am really happy that we have a new album
from ACID DEATH, the band is active about 2 years..
 
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But let's start the story from the beginning..
What made you and Dennis Kostopoulos 
to re-start the band?
At first, the reason we started the band again
was the love we had for what the band did in the past
I am asking you because I know that you were 
not inactive as musicians
You were playing in KINETIC, Dennis was and 
still iS guitarist in INFIDEL...
What made you to say "Yes, ACID DEATH has 
to be back"?
Yes, we were in other bands but we loved
this band.
ACID DEATH was a really important part 
of our lives.
The first touch back in 2009 with theprevious 
band mates on how the band could re-start...
gave nothing, but things worked well in 
2010 with a first thought...
"are we able to start the band again?"
So, with 2 new members, Kostas Alexakis on 
drums, from KINETIC and Kostas GusK on guitars...
we started the trip again.
-Do you think that ACID DEATH are 
on the same way that "Random's Manifest" was..
or those 10 years made the band sound 
really different in this album?
-Of course 10 years was a big time-space.
Things are different, we are different too...
Of course "Eidolon" is different from "Random's
Manifest" and "Pieces Of Mankind".
And also it is totally different from
band's earlier recordings...
We believe that "Eidolon" is the 
continue of all this course...
with the meaning that "Eidolon"
is a more angry "Random's Manifest"...
it is an album that walks in a more 
Death Metal way.
-Back in 90's everyone knew ACID DEATH
as a Progressive Death Metal band...
Are you agree with this naming today?
Of course we follow the same way, being
in the same genre but with a small correction..
This is band's 3rd period and if the first
was titled "The Thrash Days"...
the second also "Progressive Death
Metal", we are now in the 3rd one...
that could be called "(Still) Progressive
(but more) Death Metal".
-Now, let's say some things about CD's lyrics
having in mind that ACID DEATH never used..
"splatter" lyrics or anything like that.
Lyrically we continue being in the
horrible side of life...
describing things with some true or
even fantastic stories...
and "Eidolon" is a fantastic story of
a "commander" that was loved like a God..
from his soldiers and their entire decay
because of his perverse character...
It could be a real story based on 
how the things work in life generally.
-It is really strange for someone that
is out of this thing, that some musicians... 
that are more than 20 years active, to begin
a trip in an exhausted music industry... 
coming also from an "exhausted" country...
-Yes, you are right...We know that music
business today are in a wrong way...
but on the other hand there is Music and 
we love music, the music we play...
This is what we like, and of course all 
the bands, as I can see, follow this way.
As about our country, we face some kind of 
problems, trying to hit some doorsfor a tour slot...
or even a European festival,and having answers
like "we want to see Greece's next steps.."
Things are hard nowadays... But Music is
more important! This is the base.
If the base is strong, things will be
better day-by-day.
-You are more that 20 years in the scene, 
with many shows, recordings etc...
What makes you continue the trip?
-Well, as most of the musicians...A possitive
comment from a fan, a mail with words like.. 
"Yes, guys, we loved your work!" There are
all these small things that keep us on the way
This is the biggest payment for us. Or even 
the feeling to have your work...
professionally printed and released in 
your hands.
ANd of course the shows, all the band
activities that are part of the game.
-Let's say some things for the technical
issue of the album, I mean...
where did you record it, who made
the production...
The production was made at 2 levels, the
first one, drums, were recorded...
at DevaSoundz, with Fotis Benardo, drummer of
SEPTIC FLESH, on the mixing desk...
and all the rest at our own recording place, 
S.I.A. Recordings...
The entire production was undertaken by me
and Kostas GusK...
and all this took us about 5 months, that passed
really fast, with a lot of work of course.
-There was a season many years ago, where all
the musicians were recorded at studios...
that didn't belong to them, with analogue 
methods,how easier and usefull is the fact...
that today the musucians can record at their 
own place with their own equipment?
It is very important today. Thre are technical
resources available for anyone that wants...
to build his recording, using equipment that 
nowadays is cheaper from the past.
Technology and knowledge are stronger today and 
everyone can use it for something like that.
And there is the capability of re-building
the entire recording if something goes wrong..
without having to die paying, having in mind
that nowadays only few labels are paying...
for band's production as in the past. Most of
the bands are paying for their recordings.
-Savvas, when I listened to ACID DEATH's new
album "Eidolon",the thing that really impressed me..
was that, except of course the tremendus sound,
everyone can find songs that fit to his preferences
there is a big variety between the songs and the 
entire CD gives a complete view on the band.
You are of course a Death Metal band but I think
you reach a kind of audience further than Death Metal.
-You are right. That we tried to do. A CD that
we could play it live from the beginning to the end
and a CD that everyone could see it like a 
movie that is unknown to him...
and he tries to see what's going on. We believe
that we made to do it...
Of course this CD does not deal only with 
Death Metal, everyone can find interesting elements
-You are a live band, are there any live
plans for the future?
-We are planning to make a Greek tour, starting
from mid October, 
and also we try to hit some doors for a slot
to a European festival or a tour...
as I told you, things are hard nowadays for 
a Greek band because of the entire Greek issue..
-The video clip we'll se is "Inside My Walls"
right?
Yes, it is a live video clip coming from our
recent show, supporting CORONER in December 2011..
-Savvas, thank you for being here tonight.
Check ACID DEATH's new album "Eidolon"...
Of course it is available at the moment, right?
-Yes, it is available at record stores, at digital stores, 
at our label,NoiseHead records, mailorder... 
soon it will be available at band's official
site www.aciddeath.net ...
