Memorain
Memorain | |
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| Origin | Athens, Greece |
| Genres | Speed metal, thrash metal |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | NMC (2002−2005) EMI Music Greece (2005−present) |
| Members | Ilias Papadakis - Guitar Jason Mercury - Guitar Andreas Boutos - Vocals Dimitris Anestis - Bass Tolis Mistiloglou - Drums |
| Past members | John Karathanasis Panos Andricopoulos Nick Menza Ralph Santolla Chris Valagao Steve DiGiorgio Gene Hoglan |
| Website | www |
Memorain is a speed/thrash metal band from Greece, formed by guitarist/vocalist Ilias Papadakis in 1999.
Biography
After a few line up changes in 2001 the band recorded their first demo CD titled "Until You Die". Drawing influence mainly from the American Heavy/Thrash scene, the Memorain guys contributed a song for the "Voices Of Death Part 5" compilation album and a few months later they paid tribute to one of their favorite bands, Megadeth, recording a cover version of the song "Disconnect" for the album "Droogie - A Megadeth Tribute".
In August 2002, the band signed a two-record deal with local label NMC Music and their first album "Digital Crimes" was released a couple of months later. In 2003, Memorain released their second album White Line, featuring the legendary guitarist James Murphy (Testament, Obituary, Death, etc.). The band also contributed songs to numerous compilation albums. In September 2003, the band composed the music theme for Greece's premier metal TV show, "TV War", a TV show supported by the Greek Metal Hammer Magazine. In September 2005, Memorain signed an exclusive contract with EMI Greece and two months later the band started recording their new album "Reduced To Ashes" with Nick Menza (ex-Megadeth) on drums and Jeff Waters (Annihilator), as a special guest. Recorded partially in Los Angeles-California "Reduced To Ashes" was released by EMI Music Greece in 17th, April 2006. After a 5 year gap, the band re-entered the studio in 2011 with a new line-up featuring Ralph Santolla, Chris Valagao, Steve DiGiorgio and Gene Hoglan to record its fourth full length album called “Evolution”, which was released in 2012.
Nowadays Memorain with a new line up, is working on an upcoming 11 track new album called “Seven Sacrifices”.[1]
Current line-up
- Ilias Papadakis - Guitar
- Jason Mercury - Guitar
- Andreas Boutos - Vocals
- Dimitris Anestis - Bass
- Tolis Mistiloglou - Drums
Former members
- John Karathanasis - Bass
- Panos Andricopoulos - Drums
- Alex Doutsis - Guitars
- Kostas Bagiatis - Bass
- Nick Menza - Drums
- Ralph Santolla - Guitars
- Chris Valagao - Vocals
- Steve DiGiorgio - Bass
- Gene Hoglan - Drums
Discography
- Digital Crimes (2002)
- White Line (2003)
- Reduced To Ashes (2006)
- Evolution (2012)
- Digital Line (2013) [2]
- Seven Sacrifices (2013)[3]