Greek Epic Heavy Metal | Overkill Global Album Reviews

We review the Greek Epic Heavy Metal scene, featuring Sarah's Top 5 Albums. We’ll also be hearing from Andreas Andreou from Greek metal label No Remorse Records. Thanks to all our fans and subscribers for their input and suggestions ..And stick around ‘till the end for some extra shout outs from our Patreon donors.
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Featuring:
Sarissa
www.discogs.com/artist/124105...
Crush
www.discogs.com/release/24830...
Blood Covered
www.discogs.com/master/128390...
Battleroar
www.discogs.com/master/489393...
Wrathblade
www.discogs.com/master/495352...
Black Sword Thunder Attack
www.discogs.com/master/172786...
Metal From Hellas Documentary
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[@BangerTV]

Thanks for watching our episode on Greek Heavy Metal! What are some other bands we should check out?

[@thanospapoulis9194]

Nice video, great research but.... Prasoulas "Sun Knight" always was and still is a neo-fascist. He never hid his politics and was always proud to act as the "führer" of a "conservative, neo-romantic" and ultimately fascist heavy metal movement. He is the one who through his articles in the Greek Metal Hammer magazine came up, not only with the "epic" label, but with the idea that heavy metal is music for the white youth and perpetually at war with thrash metal and punk and whatever crossed his narcissistic mind as decadent, sickly, red music made by inferior cultures. This whole narrative was relatively popular in pre-internet Greece, which was, in the 80s, effectively still part of "third world" in terms of keeping up with latest trends and information. Prasoulas is proud of his role and you can find these articles in his own blog. For many years, all through the 90s and 00s Prasoulas was seen as a joke, as the scene started to grow and the audience got easy access to information. Being a known neo-nazi didn't help either. But in recent years there has been some interest in Prasoulas as an influential figure, mainly due to Bill Tsamis constant mentioning of how Warlord owe a lot to mr. sun knight. Tsamis was an extremely gifted and troubled man but he was also a Christian conservative, in the American (US) sense, and, apparently, saw no problems with hanging out and giving scene cred to a known neo-fascist even after it was pointed out to him on several occasions. Now, that is something that weighs on him. But Prasoulas, who is still active in the scene by his own zine, and also by proxy through a younger "führer" that leads a "literary fantasy club", doesn't need any mention in any history of the Greek scene outside this context. Fuck this guy. His positive contribution in history is so small and exaggerated [US power and epic metal was available in Greek record shops and was regularly reviewed while prasoulas only added the us (true) vs them darkies/commies/degenerates (false) narrative] and the negative effects of his fascist rhetoric are still felt. Mispronouncing his name is not the worst thing in the world. So, cheers from the center of nowhere, Athens, Greece.

[@eliaselias4647]

Validor. Do it.

[@BangerTV]

@@thanospapoulis9194 wow metal scenes sure are complicated.

[@flingar]

Northwind

[@gambs4]

​@@thanospapoulis9194 Imagine the coagulation of Prasoulas when Warlord came for their first ever appearance in Greece with a black bass player (Philip Bynoe) and personally it was one of the best bass sound i heard in a metal concert.

[@jake8907]

"Greece is a dark country"... Girl you know Greece better then most ever will!

[@ieatstheinternet]

I'd like to give a shout out to Warrior Path. A Greek metal band I came across recently. Pretty killer album came out recently called The Mad King. Epic power metal with medieval vibes.

[@mordechaifrizis7231]

Great album. Bob Katsionis is also in Warrior Path

[@smcordy]

The self titled album was in my rotation often. So epic.

[@doom-mantia]

check out Lost Horizon. Same vocalist \m/

[@mordechaifrizis7231]

I'm from Greece. I am a metalhead. I adore EPIC METAL. Thanks a'lot, Sarah, for your "to the point" review.

[@BangerTV]

Thanks for watching

[@charalamboscharalambous1172]

Great episode. Been into Greek epic metal for a long time but it’s nice to see some names that I didn’t know Thank you Sarah!!!

[@erikretana1744]

I love how thoroughly Sarah always cover a topic. It's definitely about research skill but You also always get to see her massive love for the music. Much love for Sarah, wherever You are right now!

[@BangerTV]

thanks for watching!

[@sethsoderman2731]

Thank you Sarah thank you for pushing you guys pushing out all the awesome bangertv stuff all the time I'm so glad to show all different kind of metal I'm so glad

[@megabaneen8057]

LOVE Sarah's enthusiasm / passion about the music she loves (13:45). She is a true metal maiden. Bangertv is lucky to have her. Awesome channel with great content. I subscribed

[@wheelsofmercury]

Awesome episode, Sarah! Makes me want to go listen to some of these bands... RIGHT FREAKING NOW!!!!

[@jamiekuddle4668]

Yeeeeeeah more Sarah! Thanks for bringing us more sweet Epic/Heavy metal!

[@Soonopen1979]

Hey Sarah! I hate to admit that a lot of stuff here doesn’t do it for me, but Blood Covered is freaking sweet! Thanks for exposing me to some new sounds. Cheers.

[@AMCmachine]

Hi Sarah, great episode!! If you haven't done so already, check out Solitary Sabred from Cyprus--not mainland Greece exactly, but very much in the same spirit and with similar cultural and historical underpinnings. Killer epic power metal. Their vocalist Petros is a KZbin/internet friend of mine, and I was sincerely honored to receive a shout out in the liner notes on their 'Redemption Through Force' album in 2014.

[@nikostheater]

Wonderful video! Greetings and lots of love from Greece 🇬🇷

[@themightydecibel-heavymeta7130]

Excellent video - the best in the series so far, IMO.

[@BangerTV]

Thanks, plenty more to come!

[@zeppearl]

Well that was simply fantastic !!!! Killer job, so many bands I know nothing about from my motherland , shame on me but thank you !!!!

[@Red21Viper]

That was great. Describing the Greek lore and culture as dark was very spot on. I was delighted to see War Dance mentioned. That album is one of my favourites from the last decade. Its the closest I can think to the old Manowar epics. Finally, I would highly suggest to everyone here who wants something really grand and unique and obscure, to listen to Sarissa's self titled album that was released in 1994. Not as loud as their famous demo but extremely epic. Heavily influenced by Greek music and myths and epic movie scores, it is a grand and dark epic tour de force.

[@BobWitlox]

Yet another new dimension of the metal universe to explore. Thank you!

[@user-nm1hr6ht5p]

Excellent video! Keep up the good work!

[@METALSCAVENGER78]

Nice video Sarah about the Greek epic heavy scene.Some other Greek bands worth mentioning: Laurel Path, Macedon Harriers, Sacrament, Blind Justice, Anxiety, Denial Price, Litany, Nightwolf , Airged L' Amh, Angel Heart, Clairvoyant, Wolfcry, Dark Nightmare, Dragon's Lair, Dream Weaver, Phantom Lord, Crosswind, Hatred,Wisdom, Dream Devoid

[@UnsungUnderground]

I feel like Northwind was worth a mention, not only were they the first Greek band to put out an album, even being signed to Polydor iirc, their album Mythology also was one of the earliest Epic Metal albums from Greece all the way back in 87, hell their comeback from last year was even pretty good.

[@charalamboscharalambous1172]

The song Necrology from Vaal

[@cliffordthevinylcheapskate351]

Definitely got me in the mood dive into some epic heavy metal.

[@antoineroth2555]

An excellent video, thank you! Wrathblade in particular sounds amazing, I'm looking forward to listen to those two records. I would also like to give a shout out to Warrior Path's sophomore record from this year, The Mad King. With no other than Daniel Heiman, it's epic as hell! Also, more on the Power Metal side, but also wonderful is Sacred Outcry's Damned For All Time from last year. It follows the apparently hollowed hellenic tradition of struggling for years before putting out a debut album but it was worth the wait.

[@BangerTV]

glad you could walk away with some new albums to check out

[@TBaggins96]

Sacred Outcry's album is the very definition of epic. Unfortunately they'll have a different vocalist on the next record.

[@antoineroth2555]

@@TBaggins96 New vocalist, sure, but it is no other than Daniel Heiman so no reason to be concerned ;).

[@quentinnussbaumer8922]

Thank you Sarah! So great!

[@EVEROSFP1]

Sarah,You really know a lot about Greece! Greetings from Greece!

[@antoniogiorgiosgoldenmetal844]

Epic Greetings from Italy dear Sarah!! 🔥😉🏹

[@kyrval]

Sarah!That was great!I'm speaking as a Hellene epic metal maniac.Check out asap one of the best EPIC releases ever came out of Hellas,Blood Covered - Winterhawk ep (proud to own the org vinyl :).Far better than ''Wrong Direction'',more Bathory influenced,more epic,more underground, more dark!You mentioned Wrathblade,great!Their 7'' with the two metal ANTHEMS is fantastic,along with the two full length albums.Cheers for honouring Crush as well,one of my favorite Hellenic metal releases.I disagree a bit with that Battleroar album,I believe ''To Death and Beyond'' is their best and most representative album.Another one gem but within BM genre is Macabre Omen - Gods of War,At War.Absolutely stunning.Overall,wonderful presentation,you make us proud.But it would fit more if you say Hellenic -not Greek- metal.Metallic regards from Crete /Hellas!

[@penumchrist]

Pure knowledge with Sarah, thank you girl.

[@occultomortem7679]

Need a Greek black metal episode. Necromantia, Varathron, Zemial, Wolfnacht.

[@Angelcorpse6668]

Acherontas, Ravencult, Acrimonious, Naer Mataron, Embrace of thorns, Thou art lord and many many more …Greek bm is one of the most influential out there

[@connorwojtowicz1522]

Thanks for the video! I gotta give a shout out to Dexter Ward - great epic metal band that is the spiritual cousin to BattleRoar with ex-members

[@DarthGrimby]

I don’t know what qualifies as epic, but a recent Greek release I heard that I’m really digging is Black Soul Horde “Horrors From The Void”. Check it out. I think they’re unsigned.

[@gusrion8902]

Greece has one of the best metal scenes in the world. You can find hidden gems in every genre, from brutal death/black and thrash, to epic stoner and folk. Despite the fact that you see veteran bands like Septic Flesh, Rotting Christ or Suicidal Angels getting big label deals and recognition they deserve (mostly because they have worked their assess of all these years), most bands have to face the self destructive character of the scene itself. Bands and press constantly talking shit for each other, backstabbing each other, instead of supporting the scene for the greater good and promoters constantly trying to double deal local bands or even bands from abroad coming for gigs. Greek scene deserves a lot more and this shit has to stop.

[@dustinpatsios554]

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[@southernmanization]

We also have got an interesting scene here, in Spain. Bands like Barón Rojo, Angelus Apatrida, Crisix, or in the 70's Tapiman, Lone Star or The Storm.

[@matt.pma.kresnaputra5458]

i would love a mixology episode. what with all those bottles in the background, a home mix titled "The Banger" is in order! :)

[@johnz1385]

Well, looks like you do your homework, as always, excellence. And yes we are a dark country, my recommendation, 2 bands, Fire Embrace and Validor.

[@rontman]

this video is impressive, thx!

[@gambs4]

just gave the 666th thumbs up, thanks for the interest in our country and scene

[@royalorphanmetal]

I know all about Greece. I’ve been to every diner on Long Island😂🤘 Great episode.

[@darkarnaz5708]

Great episode , Talk about Algerian Extreme Metal Scene it's gonna blow u away !!! 🤘 Hails from Algeria

[@Raynermustache]

Greece has the most fanatical metal fanbase in the world. Excellent place too. Doubt that Black Sword Thunder Attack full length is coming before 2030

[@lm7_gio]

"Had". Nowdays in every concert i go there are 20 people watching the show through their smartphone camera for every real metalhead that is headbanging his brains out. I dont know if that's the case in every country now, but it's f*in disgusting.

[@Vasilis_Metalhead]

I love what you did for my country, thank you. I would also like to ask you to look beyond "No remorse" cause this whole thing feels driven by their catalogue. No mention of Marauder or Northwind or Crystal Tears? Why? I can name hundreds of bands, way more influencial to the scene than many of the bands mentioned here, but i'm not the one making this video. Anyway keep enjoying our scene, the blood diamond of Hellas is its metal scene.

[@Machinedead]

I'd love to see someone do a report on the malaysian / indonesian / singapore (extreme) metal scene. Always have been fascinated with the massive metal music culture in south east asia. Anyone here in the comments that can tell anything about it ? Where does it come from ? Why the obsession for western metal bands, while it's not sure bands will ever get there. How did a guy into metal became the president ? Can anyone explain plz???

[@backpackerschecklist]

Recommend some buddy.

[@megadeth4ever95]

From what I’ve read it was Napalm Death who popularized extreme metal there. You can find a really good article about it online

[@bogiebathorygaming5701]

We love it Sarah!

[@ClaymoreanOfficialMetal]

Hail to Hellas! 🤘🏻⚔️🇬🇷

[@BiancaTallarico]

Love Sarah. She's such a pretty metal head. Love Greek metal ever since I got into Rotting Christ back in 2000.

[@danrobichaud]

Have you checked out On Thorns I Lay? Just got into them. Great doomy darkness. 'Threnos' album is damn good.

[@BiancaTallarico]

@@danrobichaud I'll have to check them out. I love Doom metal. Though I mainly listen to Rotting Christ, Varathron, Necromantia, and Septic Flesh. I have one Embrace of Thorns release and some Dodsferd.

[@stradivariuskalitechnara6856]

George Clocelis in memory - 'Real love'. Track rok ballad the most epic vocal from Greece metalworld last 20 years i have never heard !

[@panagotispatrik515]

I would love to see Airged L'amh and Reflection as well but, as it was mentioned, this is not a documentary...

[@SkyStarNova]

Dantesco, from Puerto Rico, featured in Greece's Hammer Festival! Awesome!

[@flingar]

Finally a journalist who does some true research about the country and its scene. Bravo Sarah!

[@BangerTV]

Glad you liked it

[@Freawulf]

@@BangerTV That introductory super quick mini history lesson (of sorts) was really spot on on many levels, thank you!

[@45641560456405640563]

An episode not about black/extreme/death? I'm in.

[@netrioter]

Lesbos...my favorite Greek island

[@alexzoris7216]

Prasoulas can claim anything he wants, but Black Dragon Records was labeling Manilla Road as epic heavy metal already since 1985. So Prasoulas was not the first who used the term!

[@Mikappa.]

🤘🇬🇷🤘

[@jltroxell278]

No mention of Dexter Ward, basically everyone in BattleRoar left and started that band. Sounds closer to early BattleRoar than current BattleRoar.

[@alexzoris7216]

From the original line up of Battleroar, two left and created Valor. Then another original member left and created Dexter Ward along with another Battleroar (but not original) member.

[@shilohsmetalcrypt4144]

I love battleroar! The entire Age of Chaos album is so good. Amazing from front to back

[@elimarsilvanikock7818]

this is brilliant

[@staalhard4044]

Met a lot of greek people over the years at gigs and festivals. They truly are the most passionate epic metal fans in the world. Pretty sure they all get gifted a Warlord shirt and Into Glory Ride album at birth.

[@ulvhedner]

Hell yeah!

[@lm7_gio]

Shout out to Bob Katsionis' band Warrior Path and Yannis Papadopoulos' (Beast in Black vocalist) ex-band Wardrum.

[@86plast]

Greetings to all from Russia! Why is no one talking about the coolest band from Ukraine "Bestial Invasion"? They already have 4 albums, but few people remember her, the material is killer, they play Technical Thrash, and on the extreme album called Divine Comedy: Inferno!A lot of styles are used, I will not spoil it, listen to this brilianl, I assure you you will not be sorry!!!

[@leonlopez5704]

Botswana needs mkre attention. Motswana thrash and death became a fad a few years ago, but we need to sustain it.

[@arwaldc9056]

Der Sturmer is a great band from Greece 😎

[@XlouietheflyX]

I know my friends in Raven Black Night always love touring in Greece

[@atomsmasher12]

Well said.

[@billalphonso79]

arryan path the best

[@coreydinardo5525]

I don't even really like this sub-genre of Metal, but Sarah is tied with Blayne in terms of Banger hosts. Therefore, I watch :)

[@kristofbe1]

I think the band Holy Martyr deserved a shout-out, specifically their 2008 album Hellenic Warrior Spirit. Fist-pumping epicness from beginning to end!

[@kreator398]

If I am not mistaken they are Italian, not Greek though

[@mordechaifrizis7231]

@@kreator398 yes they're from Italy

[@kristofbe1]

@@kreator398 oh they are? My mistake. I assumed they were Greek, because they sing about ancient Greece so much.

[@teamEP789]

bear hugs from greece!

[@nikolaosdimitriadis15]

Well.... first naturally 🤘🤪

[@boyer77]

Mate, check out Validor!!! Awesome stuff!!

[@JustFaithless]

Ok guys check out Sacred Outcry's ''Damned for all time'' album and thank me later.

[@charalamboscharalambous1172]

Yo guys!! Where has the overkill global been lost?

[@cmclbloody]

Still waiting for a show about colombian extreme metal 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

[@patourokoumas]

Epic video but greek metal scene with out true epoc metalers 'reflection' is like souvlaki with out tzatziki...or gazi square without merakli!

[@deeperintothedungeon1152]

Light needs darkness to shine bright. All hail greek steel!!!

[@HighwayCorsair]

Wrathblade is one of the greatest bands ever!

[@Dethian666]

nice vid, diviner are good

[@PJS_PJS]

Elysion! 🖤🤘🇬🇷

[@savvas773]

I'm Greek too!

[@antoniogiorgiosgoldenmetal844]

The Epica was the first form of Poetry. Greece is the Land of the Gods or Human Gods if you want😉🏹🔥

[@Ktmflix]

🤘🤘syris.

[@stoikusu5084]

Greece has some good Black Metal too. I recommend Rotten Christ for some who are into black metal aswell

[@vasilijepekovic9999]

What about TURISAS???

[@vangelispapaiakos8943]

airged lamh could be considered also..... with one-eyed god silver arm and ode to salvation

[@excellenceka]

Should get Giannis from Beast in Black or Vicky from The Agonist on here!

[@nikostheater]

Production quality for Greek bands, was a problem, especially from the ‘80’s (where the Greek Metal scene had its dawn) until at least the mid to late ‘90s. Most bands were from working people suburbs and towns, with very limited budget and limited to non existent knowledge about modern recording techniques and production. They recorded at home or at small studios, where the equipment left a lot to be desired and recording engineers with literally no experience of recording and producing heavy rock/heavy metal music. The good, professional studios were VERY expensive and booked by popular artists and opportunities for metal bands to be listened to radio or tv were almost completely absent, thus the Greek metal scene, the including epic power metal bands, remained very underground. The language barrier was also a BIG issue, along with the geographical isolation of the country from the rest of Europe, especially Central / Europe that was the epicenter of the European metal scene. All those reasons were also reasons why the Greek black metal scene developed such a distinct character and also the Greek black metal experienced the breakout popularity of Rotting Christ, that essentially put the Greek metal bands on the European and global map. Some bands were outstanding for their time and thankfully there are still outstanding bands around like Wardrum that push the Greek power metal scene forward.

[@geogeo2299]

Nice, but you completely missed Northwind, who are like the progenitors of Sarissa

[@heavymetalmusicofdestructi3430]

awesome video for me eternal champion rotting christ varathron necromantia zemial

[@ntsopoul]

bsta rocks

[@misshapenape8196]

Sarah is best.

[@tonymontana3949]

You must leaning for other bands like Exoristoi Athlos Arrayan Path Sarrisa Airged L'amh

[@niktsak3171]

ΠΑΜΕ ΛΙΓΟ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ!

[@philip-edwardphillis4313]

Greece also has a lot of malakes and is governed by one, prime minister Koulis

[@thodoris3790]

greece is not dark.has the brighter sun.and the most beautiful blue, sea and sky.and yes,it was the lightbringer of the world.and yes in 490 bc saved europe from the arabs,so saved the western civilisation.but,as you said dark,if it is for music,you ll have to make one video for the greek black metal scene,it would be intersting,maybe more than this.though,good reserch and video.also you are a sweetheart

[@METALSCAVENGER78]

You are missing the point, she was simply wanted to associate the word dark with heavy metal ,so to say that Greece is a very heavy metal country

[@thodoris3790]

@@METALSCAVENGER78 i dont miss anythig.wrong association.and even if you can describe classic heavy metal with the word dark,you cant put it for greece.becouse its the metal audience is so little,tiny i would say,specially the last decades.we are the country of bouzouki,klarino,trap,pop,feta,souvlaki and zebekiko dance and kalamatiano dance.not heavy metal.and "dark".what are we?goths?dark...heavy maybe,hard maybe,hursh maybe.malakes...for sure

[@METALSCAVENGER78]

@@thodoris3790 You are out of context AGAIN.I am Greek, too you know and 43, so I know what happens in Greece,.Do you think there are many countries where the majority listens to heavy metal.Unfortunately not many.The association is made to convey her likeness to the heavy metal scene, the fact there are good releases WITHIN the scene that don't follow trends,, so NOTHING to do with what you say

[@thodoris3790]

@@METALSCAVENGER78 φιλαρακι, i think you are in love with her.ok then ,dark country with awesome dark epic classic heavy metal from the 90's.

[@METALSCAVENGER78]

@@thodoris3790 Φιλαρακι, καμια σχεση.

[@ulasgursoy880]

5.47 zuuahahahaaa

[@AlucardsQuest]

First Avenge Sevenfold steals Overkill's mascot, now you guys steal their logo... And don't even try to tell me that's not their logo! It's their name in green with sharp corners, the font is only slightly differ. At this point you should start paying them money.

[@jaimeledezma8205]

Subtítules in Spanish, please !

[@netrioter]

That costs money...Bangertv has no money

[@BangerTV]

@@netrioter IF someone can subtitle we'll send you free swag..t-shirts, coffee mugs whatever you want!

[@lerafa]

@@BangerTV nice offer!

[@DasGoat]

Borders Africa?

[@123slowdown]

Epic Metal with warmth and heart - I'm out.

[@zphytrqw10obgokneq74]

She's like if killbot was a girl

[@xXeddie92Xx]

No rotting Christ?