GENRE: Epic Heavy/Doom Metal ORIGIN: Greece (Thessaloniki), 2007 CURRENT LINE-UP:
Chris AD Paschalidis (vocals)  UPCOMING ALBUM: “HELEPOLIS” Lo and behold! A new star arose from the Hellenic lands! But WISHDOOM doesn't sound like a newcomer. They've crafted mature, complex but consistent songs with crushing riffage, stomping rhythms and mighty vocals evoking ancient Greek wars and myths. Their battle hymns are mostly mid-paced, blending epic metal with some doom, in the vein of DOOMSWORD, MANILLA ROAD, Viking era BATHORY, early MANOWAR, WARLORD, PRIMORDIAL, BATTLEROAR or HOLY MARTYR. If any of these names make your blood run faster, you will not want to miss "Helepolis"! RELEASE DATE: October 2009 RELEASED ON:  |
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WISHDOOM is an epic heavy/doom metal band hailing from Thessaloniki (Northern Greece). A primary form of the band was created in the beginning of 2007 by Giorgos Garbidis (guitars) and Christos Patses (bass). A year after Panagiotis Botis (drums) entered the band to fill the starting line-up. Three months later, in June 2008 the band under the name WISHDOOM entered the studio to record their first demo called "Up The Hammers".During the recordings, several vocalists were tested until Chris A.D. Paschalidis (ex-member of ANNO DOMINI and POISONED HENNA) was chosen to do the vocals as a guest musician. The outcome was a passionate epic/doom elegy, in the vein of early MANOWAR, WARLORD, MANILLA ROAD, DOOMSWORD, OMEN and other great '80s bands. With music and vocals matching perfectly, Chris fully entered the band. Fanzines and webzines gave "Up The Hammers" excellent reviews and the band made its great first steps. In February 2009 WISHDOOM performed live for the first time along with MARAUDER and STORMBRINGER in Thessaloniki. A year after the release of "Up The Hammers", WISHDOOM strike back with the new EP "Winds Of War", produced by Kyriakos Vasdokas (CROSSWIND) and generally adopting a more professional attitude. The self-financed EP, consisted of 5 true epic metal songs highlighting some of the masters of the genre, gained enthusiastic reviews in print and electronic music media and opened the road for the band's further recognition. At their second live performance in September 2009 in Thessaloniki, WISHDOOM left the best impressions supporting DOMINE. In 2009 WISHDOOM caught attention of Metal On Metal Records who, impressed by the quality of their EP, offered them a record deal. The band is currently arranging their next live appearances (including the 2-days festival "Warlords Of Steel II" alongside with CRYSTAL VIPER, SORROWS PATH, MIND WIRE SOCIETY and BURDEN OF LEGACY at the end of February 2010) Meanwhile Panagiotis Botis (drums) left the band due to personal reasons and was replaced by Dimitris Raptis with whom the band is working on new songs for their debut full-length album "Helepolis", scheduled for October 2010. If you're into traditional epic heavy metal with some doom metal overtones, mature compositions played with conviction and passion and themes that evoke the glory of ancient battles, this would be right up your alley. |
• “Winds Of War” album cover |
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Up The Hammers (2008) Demo, Self-released |
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Winds Of War (2009) EP, Self-released |
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Wishdoom @ MySpace www.myspace.com/wishdoom |
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Wishdoom @ Metal Archives www.metal-archives.com |
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