Demenzia
Demenzia is a Metal band from Bulgaria, that plays a mixture between classical death metal, doom metal and melodic death metal.
Members
Current members
- Vladimir Bochev "Valdemar" - vocals, guitar
- Deyan Videv - guitar
- Georgi Gigov "Hollow Heart" - bass
- Marin Ivanov "YourKiller" - keyboards, vocals
- Petar Svetlinov - drums
Former Members
- Velizar Gordeev "Vile" - guitars /2003 - 2007/
- Zlatomir Zlatkov "Demented" - drums /2003 - 2007/
- Bobi Ivanov - bass /2005/
- Dani - drums /2005/
- Dimitar Tomov - bass /2004/
Biography
The band was formed in 2003 by former members of the black metal band Shadowland. After some line-up shuffle, they released their first demo CD a.d. 542. Later the same year the band made their first live appearances mainly in Sofia on festivals like Metal Repulsive Blasphemy.. In 2005 they released their next work, which was the EP they plainly named Demenzia. More gigs followed. In 2006 the band was joined by Georgy Gigov (bass) and Marin Ivanov (keyboards), which meant that the band live show would now also include keyboards. The band started touring some additional cities like Varna and Plovdiv with their new material, which was soon to become their debut album Different Seasons. Shortly after the release of the album in November 2006, the band appeared on the Haunted Shores Festival in Bourgas, organised by their new label IMSB&Nox Studio. In 2007 the band was more ACTIVE with appearances abroad than at home visiting The Metal Healing Festival in Greece and The Red Alert Open Air in the Ukraine.
Discography
Different Seasons
Different Seasons is the first band's debut album. It was released in Bulgaria through IMSB & Nox Studio on 8 November, 2006. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Valdemar's V.I.B. Depression Studio in Sofia between April and June the same year. It contains 11 original tracks and one remix.
Tracklist:
- 1. Hollow
- 2. Road to the Sin
- 3. Death Expectation
- 4. My Goddess
- 5. Mystical Windmill
- 6. Pain
- 7. Candles in the Wind
- 8. Ephemeral Failure
- 9. Monuments of a dead Past
- 10. For my empty Soul
- 11. Hope... for eternal Spring (instrumental)
- 12. My Goddess (dark dub remix)
Playing time: 63 minutes
Demenzia (mini CD)
The Demenzia (mini CD) was a self-released EP, which came out in 2005.
Tracklist:
- 1. Etude "A.D. 542"
- 2. Instinct Of The Evil Habit
- 3. Ephemeral Failure
- 4. Winter Tale
a.d.542 (demo)
a.d.542 was the first release by the band. It was a self-released demo CD, that was sold only by the band and wasn't available in shops, coming out in 2003. It is named after the plague that happened in Europe during the 542 AD..
Tracklist:
- 1. Simply Nothing (intro)
- 2. The Road To The Sin
- 3. Sarcastic
- 4. The Black Death
- 5. Instinct Of The Evil Habit
- 6. Heaven Needs Gods
- 7. Winter Tale
- 8. If Tomorrow Comes