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Heavy metal, from thrash to doom, live across Athens' clubs, venues and festivals.
18 upcoming metal events in Athens. Next: Sat 24 Oct at Fuzz Live Music Club, and 2 of them are this weekend.
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Over three decades since their debut, NIGHTFALL remain among Europe's most significant extreme metal forces. As pioneers of the Greek scene and the first Greek metal band signed to an international label, Holy Records, they shaped the international identity of Greek metal. From the emblematic Parade Into Centuries to…
Following their appearances at Up The Hammers Festival, Phantom Spell returns to Greece for a headline show. Among contemporary metal's most compelling acts, they marry traditional heavy metal with bold 1970s prog influences, drawing inspiration from Wishbone Ash, Camel and Uriah Heep. Their vintage aesthetic,…
Phrenelith are the Danish death metal band trusted to look the genre's old guard in the eye: three albums of fast, heavy, brutal stuff, part of the new wave carrying old school death metal forward. This is their first show in Greece, at An Club, where they will test what the Athens crowd can take. Rapture, who have…
Holy Fawn make their first trip to Greece, and Venerate Industries put them at An Club. The Phoenix trio have spent eleven years slipping between blackgaze, doomgaze and shoegaze tags, though they'd rather call what they do loud, heavy and pretty. They have toured North America and Europe with Thrice, Deafheaven and…
Riot V mark 50 years of American heavy metal with a setlist built for the occasion: classic anthems and favourites drawn from across the band's discography. The Athens night at Kyttaro is one stop on a run that also reaches Patras, Thessaloniki and Nicosia. Support comes from Angelo Perlepes Mystery, the long-running…
British doom metal pioneers Warning arrive in Athens for a landmark live performance. Fronted by Patrick Walker, the band earned lasting cult status through their seminal album 'Watching from a Distance,' widely regarded as one of doom metal's heaviest and most emotionally charged records. The record established…
Mother of Millions, one of Europe's most significant progressive metal bands, returns to Greek stages. The ensemble is presenting material from their fifth album T following its recent release. Joined by Universe217, an experimental doom act characterized by heavy riffs, ambient textures and distinctive vocals, the…
French symphonic melodic death metal leaders Aephanemer return to Greece. The quartet combines melodic death metal with classical symphonic music, developing a distinctive sound. Since their 2014 debut EP, they have released acclaimed albums through Napalm Records, including Memento Mori (2016) and Prokopton (2019).…
Napalm Death have been Birmingham's grindcore standard-bearers for four decades, long enough to hold a Guinness record for the shortest song ever recorded and to land genuinely extreme noise on the album charts. The Campaign For Musical Destruction tour brings them to Gagarin with three support acts: Master, the death…
INNERWISH, one of Greece's most important heavy metal bands with 30 years of continuous activity, celebrate the tenth anniversary of their fifth studio album InnerWish by performing it in its entirety. The band presents their complete album alongside a selection of songs from their full discography. The InnerWish…
PATRIARKH, the new incarnation of Batushka, bring one of contemporary black metal's most ambitious and atmospheric works to Athens. After five years of creative silence since the acclaimed Hospodi, they unveil the concept album Prophet Ilja (Prorok Ilja), a work transcending a traditional metal record to function as a…
The Ocean are a German post-metal collective who have spent two decades reshaping heavy music under founder Robin Staps, their guitarist and lyricist, working with a rotating cast of players. This Gagarin show is built around Solaris, their eleventh album, named after the Andrei Tarkovsky film, with material from…
Οι Anorimoi επιστρέφουν στην Αθήνα στο πλαίσιο της περιοδείας Γυροβύζιον Tour 2027, στις 9 Ιανουαρίου στο Gagarin 205.
Scream Inc performs Metallica's legendary catalog alongside a live symphony orchestra at Christmas Theater, delivering a unique fusion of electric and classical sound. This tribute band, beloved by Greek audiences, showcases the most iconic tracks of the world's most significant heavy metal ensemble. With ten Grammy…
Acid Death have anchored Greek extreme metal since 1989, and this Kyttaro night doubles as their first official live album: recorded on the spot from a set that reaches across all eight of their records. It also marks 37 years of a band that turned progressive death metal into a Greek staple. Kikabass Productions…
Swedish melodic black metal legends Vinterland arrive in Athens to celebrate 30 years since the release of Welcome My Last Chapter, their landmark album. Released in 1996, the album became one of the most significant and beloved records in melodic black metal history despite being the band's only complete full-length…
Black Veil Brides run on Andy Biersack's teenage loves: KISS, the Misfits, Batman and Phantom of the Opera, all fed into the band's look and sound. A decade of records backs it up, from We Stitch These Wounds to The Phantom Tomorrow. Their Release Athens set was Greece's first look; this is the first proper headline…
Soen are the Swedish band ex-Opeth drummer Martin Lopez started with singer Joel Ekelof, and since their 2012 debut Cognitive they have built a sound that sits between progressive metal weight and post-rock space. This is billed as their biggest Greek show yet, drawing on seven albums including Lotus, Imperial,…