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NOSTOS​~​An Answer (​?​)

by Aherusia

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    AHERUSIA, return with their 4th album, NOSTOS ~ An Answer (?), a collection of eleven irrational anthems, traditional songs and dances, from all over Greece, rearranged by the band and sequenced in such a way, so as to create a didactic parable through a loosely pieced but still coherent storyline.

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Αράπη Σούστα / Arab's Dance 04:57
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Το Τσάμπασιν / Chabasin 03:00
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Αγρίμια / Wild Beasts 03:14
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Ερί Πάλι - Ικαριώτικος Παλαιός / Here We Sail Again - Old Ikariot Dance 07:04
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Ανάθεμα Τον Αίτιο - Άντ'άμαν Παλικάρι / Cursed Is The One To Blame - When I Was Young 10:35
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Παιδιά Της Σαμαρίνας / Έχε Γειά Καημένε Κόσμε - Sons Of Samarina - Fare Thee Well 05:48
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Μια Λυγερή Τραγούδαγε - Willow's Lament 09:34
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AHERUSIA, return with their 4th album, NOSTOS ~ An Answer (?), a collection of eleven traditional songs from all over Greece, rearranged by the band and sequenced in such a way, so as to create a didactic parable through a loosely pieced but still coherent storyline.
The concept of emigration, the sensation of feeling nostalgic and homesick, but also the search of what exactly constitutes “homeland” for someone, what people love and wish to return to, (something that can be often irreverent to geographical bounds), is something that the band focuses on this album.
There are myriads of reasons for people to leave their land and their families behind. Some are uprooted by war, others driven away by socio-political oppression or even persecution and there are also those who want to cast their lot on foreign lands, hoping that a relocation will either erase their past or offer them an opportune future.
Some people cut all ties and never look back. Others choose to keep all the things that remind them of home close to their heart, as a talisman to keep them safe, in their journey into a brave new world. In many cases the very personal link that anchors them to their past, can become a heavy load, as it fills their hearts with nostalgia and the searing pain of homesickness.
The songs follow the journey of their anonymous heroes, who put their lives in harm’s way, sometimes in the name of a higher ideal, but oftentimes just seared from their homes, in an effort to provide for their loved ones, who they miss fondly. One of them will die, cursed and resented by the love of his life who thinks he has forgotten her, while another, will return, despite all the obstacles that make his journey look like an odyssey.

Who's coming back? What consists “home”? How strong can love be?
All answers lie within the journey itself.

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released March 7, 2021

The "Stradioti":

Voreas Faethon~guitars,vocals
Drakhon~guitars
Dimitrios~guitars
Tho~bass
Pandion~bagpipes, flutes, whistles, clarinet
Druidēs~Battery
Aidhor~Battery

choral vocals:
Voreas Faethon (Giorgos-Voreas Melas),
Fotis Varthis, Vicky Driva, Melina Mastrantoni, Tzortzina Sapnogianni, Joanne David.

cover by Fotis Varthis (original title of wooden engraving "Nostalgos")
lay-out by Iwanna Spanogianni
produced by Voreas Faethon (Giorgos-Voreas Melas)
mixed & mastered by Dimitrios Douvras (LUNATECH SOUNS STUDIO)
All guitars and lead vocals performed by Voreas Faethon (Giorgos-Voreas Melas)
basses performed by Drakhon (Dimitrios Haramis)
battery performed by Chaeronios (Pantelis Polyzos)

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Aherusia Athens, Greece

Aherusia were formed all the way back in 1997, the band has gone through a multitude of line up and style changes, always keeping true to their musical vision of passionate performances that mix the classic with the extreme while remaining proud of the wealth of traditional elements they were able to incorporate in their sound seting them apart from the crowd. ... more

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