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BIOGRAPHY "WE ARE EUROPEANS. WE DON'T NEED TO BE GOOD. WE ARE DEVILS SINCE MILLIONS OF GENERATIONS” – Steve J. Drakos and Alex Drakos have given new life to energies taken from the thousands-years-old abyss of their Western roots projecting them towards the future, with hammering rhythms to be evoked through the clubs' amplifiers, in your cars' and homes' stereos and in your own individual wars through the high pleasure of electric damnation. DerDRAKOS is first of all a clan united by blood, an iron axis between father and son of Greek/Italian heritage and electronic musicians. This league is the result of an experiment that is alien to any rule: born on the very core of top European fetish pornography movie sets (see their websites www.stevedrakos.com,http://stevedrakos.blogspot.com,www.myspace.com/drakosphotos), forged on 90's martial techno sounds, developed through original influences from cult cinema and ancient theatre, taken to unexpected levels with lyrics inspired by Europe's secret fury and sealed in a circle of industrial atmospheres. DerDRAKOS are spiritic matter: “experiment our own natural powers just like discovering electricity, radioactivity, hypnosis and more: this way we'll have even bigger surprises on how much we can get from life and death. It's the basic instinct of our sounds and lyrics, a form of powerful art built on five main points: the composition of electronic music as a consequence of images in our minds, the creation of poetry for the vocal parts with the firm refusal to use rhymes in the lyrics, the Dionysian theatrical dimension, the respect for our own bloodline, the visual arts. The greatest achievement in this life is having the power to create works from your own mind and unleash them into the universe. We see music as a living force, we treat primordial materials that lie under the skin and it's a constant battle for sound and voice creation, just like in the editing of a movie” (Steve is a professional photographer, movie editor, writer and Alex is a cameraman in tv and cinema and a soundtrack composer). To the Greek word 'Drakos' meaning dragon or snake, the German article 'der' was added forming the name DerDRAKOS which boasts a variety of prestigious collaborations coming together for the project such as director Susi Medusa which marked with fire various tracks of DerDRAKOS' latest album "BLOOD TO BLOOD - millions of generations" (2008) with her voice and also created the graphic work (Medvsa Graphic Arts, Image Cult service), Rome's Quadraro Basement crew took care of the mixing and the final mastering, the management Alkemist Fanatix Europe takes care of promotion, distribution and booking. These artists give value and pride to who and what they are. You can shake your body with this magical music or use it to fuel your inner strength. DerDRAKOS have risen from the Hell of the European culture"
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"INDUSTRIAL TECHNO LACED WITH SPEED METAL RIFF-LOOPS AND STABBING CYBER-PUNK SYNTH LINES: PURE HELL FROM EUROPE" ----- "DerDRAKOS kicking off this week's edition of Velvet Darkness here on Radio Free Satan with "Burn Forever", from the new album "BLOOD TO BLOOD": if you don't have it now, get your asses up there and get it 'cause THIS ALBUM KICKS ASS! Kicks everybody's ass 'cause is just that damn good!!" DJ Dracul, RadioFreeSatan, USA ----- "BLOOD TO BLOOD: Chaotic, Evil, pounding Satanic, Techno at it’s finest!! What a MASTERPIECE!!!! Hail DerDRAKOS!" The Sentinel magazine, Australia ----- "So far, I have to say one thing... Lust For Chaos was good but this one might just have historians talking about you guys for fucking aeons!!! Nice work with the dark imagery too." DJ Lord Genocyde, DarksideRadio.com, USA ----- "Your cd is a killer and I will support any way I can. It's got rhythm / it's got beat, it's got attitude, and very good presentation." DJ George P., Front of House Promotion, Side Effect Radio Show, Kiss FM Athens, Frontofhouse.gr, Hellas ----- "DerDRAKOS HELL-CD: You Have to Have It! Just got my DerDRAKOS CD in today and it is blasting from my stereo as we speak! This will kick your ass! Definitely the soundtrack for all types of Orgasmic Debauchery!" DJ Zeph, www.DarksideRadio.com - Redrum Entertainment, USA ----- "DerDRAKOS invoked a great demonic gem with the new release of BLOOD TO BLOOD! A truly dark, electronic pleasure! This is the kind of music I'd like to Murder, Kill and Fuck too! I give this cd a great big HAIL FUCKING SATAN!" V. Crowley, ACHERON, USA ----- "The new album from DerDRAKOS is available for your listening enjoyment. Go and check it out you won't be sorry, the only way you will be sorry is if you DON'T go and listen. The production on this album is WONDERFUL and the lyrics and vocals are outstanding: DerDRAKOS definitely got something superior with this one!!" ~Whisper~, PhoenixRisingEzine.com, USA ----- "Father/Son duo mixing industrial and electro with techno, terror and metal. Complete insanity, accompanied by Satanic lyrics and evil vocal passages! Brand new release comes in cool digipack with killer artwork!" MetalPlaza.nl, Holland ----- "Listening to BLOOD TO BLOOD in my car is really fucking DANGEROUS! THAT IS SICK HOOLIGAN MUSICK. AWESOME!" Trips und Träume distribution, Italy ----- "Das neue Album von DerDRAKOS "BLOOD TO BLOOD" macht da weiter wo das erste aufgehört hat. Industrial in richtung technoider Sounds, verpackt mit genialen Voices und ordentlich Tempo. Geht gut ab..." - "The new album from DerDRAKOS "BLOOD TO BLOOD" starts exactly where the last one ended. Industrial combined with techno-like sound, wrapped with genius voices and good speed. Just great.." DJane YourAgony, Radio Schwarze Welle, Germany
Influences
Album of the Month - DerDRAKOS, Blood To Blood "After a long anticipated 2 year wait, DerDrakos is back again with Blood To Blood. Deciding not to hear the samples put up on their official myspace, I decided to wait for the album to arrive, so not to torment me any more than I was already; I'm glad I waited - Blood To Blood excells beyond imagination. - First the technicals: where their last album, Lust For Chaos was harsh, choppy and erradic in sound, Blood To Blood is a smoother production, making a smooth transition track to track. The vocals are stronger and more defined than their previous release; and you can hear the development and growth of them mastering their craft. Their visual concepts remain the same with the amazing and talented Suzi Medusa back at the helm and in charge of the graphics and design layout. - Musically, Blood To Blood is their best work to date. This father and son duo are definate masters at what they do, and they do it damn well. There isn't enough compositions like this out there, with the last in my mind being Atari Teenage Riot, in the way both bands weave a harsh, techno/industrial atmosphere with an otherworldly/ravish/underground atmosphere. Tracks to support this theory are "European Hard Line", "La Vipera", and "Deep In Violence". This time around, Suzi's vocals provide her usual husky erotic blend of growling and screaming, but is more defined and clear. - Favorite tracks off this album are "European Hard Line" with the stand out opening line of "We are Europeans, we don't need to be good. We are devils." "Welcome To Hell" is amazing as well with an enticing tone of voice in the opening line. - By far, this is one of my favorite bands to date, and if you're one of the lucky few to be in their good graces as this ezine is, then you have a better understanding of who they are as a whole. I would love to see a live show if there ever was one." - Score: 10. Written By: Mynx. PhoenixRisingEzine.com, USA
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