Demenzia
Encyclopedia
Demenzia is a Metal
band from Bulgaria
, that plays a mixture of classical death metal
, melodic death metal
, doom metal
and metalcore
.
band Shadowland. After some line-up shuffle, they released their first demo CD a.d. 542. Later the same year the band made their first live appearances mainly in Sofia
on festivals like Metal Repulsive Blasphemy. In 2005 they released their next work, which was the EP
they plainly named Demenzia. More gigs followed. In 2006 the band was joined by Georgy Gigov (bass) and Marin Ivanov (keyboards), which meant that the band live show would now also include keyboards. The band started touring some additional cities like Varna
and Plovdiv
with their new material, which was soon to become their debut album Different Seasons. Shortly after the release of the album in November 2006, the band appeared on the Haunted Shores Festival in Bourgas, organised by their new label IMSB&Nox Studio. In 2007 the band was more active with appearances abroad than at home visiting The Metal Healing Festival in Greece and The Red Alert Open Air in the Ukraine
.
between April and June the same year. It contains 11 original tracks and one remix
.
Tracklist:
Playing time: 63 minutes
, which came out in 2005.
Tracklist:
that happened in Europe during the 542 AD.
Tracklist:
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band from Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, that plays a mixture of classical death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
, melodic death metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
, doom metal
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
and metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
.
Current members
- Vladimir "Valdemar" Bochev – vocals, guitar
- Deyan Videv – guitar
- Georgi Gigov "Hollow Heart" – bass
- Marin "YourKiller" Ivanov – vocals, keyboards
- Petar Svetlinov – drums
Former Members
- Velizar Gordeev "Vile" – guitars /2003 – 2007/
- Zlatomir Zlatkov "Demented" – drums /2003 – 2007/
- Bobi Ivanov – bass /2005/
- Dani – drums /2005/
- Dimitar Tomov – bass /2004/
Biography
The band was formed in 2003 by former members of the black metalBlack metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Shadowland. After some line-up shuffle, they released their first demo CD a.d. 542. Later the same year the band made their first live appearances mainly in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
on festivals like Metal Repulsive Blasphemy. In 2005 they released their next work, which was the EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
they plainly named Demenzia. More gigs followed. In 2006 the band was joined by Georgy Gigov (bass) and Marin Ivanov (keyboards), which meant that the band live show would now also include keyboards. The band started touring some additional cities like Varna
Varna
Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
and Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
with their new material, which was soon to become their debut album Different Seasons. Shortly after the release of the album in November 2006, the band appeared on the Haunted Shores Festival in Bourgas, organised by their new label IMSB&Nox Studio. In 2007 the band was more active with appearances abroad than at home visiting The Metal Healing Festival in Greece and The Red Alert Open Air in the Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
.
Different Seasons
Different Seasons is the first band's debut album. It was released in Bulgaria through IMSB & Nox Studio on 8 November 2006. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Valdemar's V.I.B. Depression Studio in SofiaSofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
between April and June the same year. It contains 11 original tracks and one remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
.
Tracklist:
- 1. Hollow
- 2. Road to the Sin
- 3. Death Expectation
- 4. My Goddess
- 5. Mystical Windmill
- 6. Pain
- 7. Candles in the Wind
- 8. Ephemeral Failure
- 9. Monuments of a dead Past
- 10. For my empty Soul
- 11. Hope... for eternal Spring (instrumentalInstrumentalAn instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
) - 12. My Goddess (dark dub remix)
Playing time: 63 minutes
Demenzia (mini CD)
The Demenzia (mini CD) was a self-released EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, which came out in 2005.
Tracklist:
- 1. Etude "A.D. 542"
- 2. Instinct Of The Evil Habit
- 3. Ephemeral Failure
- 4. Winter Tale
a.d.542 (demo)
a.d.542 was the first release by the band. It was a self-released demo CD, that was sold only by the band and wasn't available in shops, coming out in 2003. It is named after the plagueBlack Death
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. Of several competing theories, the dominant explanation for the Black Death is the plague theory, which attributes the outbreak to the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Thought to have...
that happened in Europe during the 542 AD.
Tracklist:
- 1. Simply Nothing (introIntroduction (music)In music, the introduction is a passage or section which opens a movement or a separate piece. In popular music this is often abbreviated as intro...
) - 2. The Road To The Sin
- 3. Sarcastic
- 4. The Black Death
- 5. Instinct Of The Evil Habit
- 6. Heaven Needs Gods
- 7. Winter Tale
- 8. If Tomorrow Comes