Οι Social Scream είναι ένα Heavy Metal σχήμα από την Σπάρτη που δραστηριοποιείται στην μουσική σκηνή από το 2008.
Έχουν ήδη στο ενεργητικό τους τρεις ολοκληρωμένους δίσκους, και πιο συγκεκριμένα τα Epiclesis (2014), Initiation To The Myths (2017) και Organic Mindset (2020).
Στις 15 Ιανουαρίου 2021 κυκλοφόρησε αρχικά σε ψηφιακή μορφή και από τις 1η Απριλίου 2021 και σε φυσική μορφή από την Γαλλική Soman Records, η διπλή συλλογή με τίτλο “From Ashes To Hope” που αποτελείται από επανηχογραφήσεις demos και κομματιών των δύο πρώτων δίσκων της μπάντας. Οι ηχογραφήσεις έγιναν στα Think recording και Dimons studios με παραγωγό τον Δημήτρη Σάκκα, ενώ το artwork φιλοτεχνήθηκε από τον Γιάννη Στεργίου (dtopgraphics).
Στο “From Ashes To Hope” συμπεριλαμβάνεται και το instrumental single ” Spartan Blood ” το video clip του οποίου μπορείτε να παρακολουθήσετε παρακάτω.
Αξίζει να σημειωθεί πως τα γυρίσματα του βίντεο έγιναν με κιθάρα από την “JP Handmade Costume Guitars”
English version below
Social Scream is a Heavy Metal band from Sparta/Greece formed in 2008. The band at the beginningperformed as cover band many live shows inside and outside its hometown. After a while the need for personal expression drove Vlasis Diamantakos (guitarist/vocalist/songwriter) to lead the band by composing and self-releasing the debut album ”Epiclesis”at June 2014 .The release of ”Epiclesis” was followed by a release party and 2 headline shows at Athens and Sparta, but also marked the partnership with New Dream Records who digitally distributed Epiclesis and also released band’s 2nd album “InitiationTo The Myths” at June 2018. Later that year Social Scream with fresh lineup decidedto move forward as a 4-piece band and for 2 years did many live shows inside Greece and also finished with the recordings of the upcomingalbum. At August 2019 the band released the digital single “Truth Divider” from the upcoming album “Organic Mindset” which was released on March 10th 2020 by Heart Of Steel Records. The album gaining great feedback from both press and fans and introduced Social Scream to a larger audience. Duringthat year, the global pandemic cancelled all band’s live activity, as a result band was focused on studio work and tried to be in touch with metal community via playthrough videos and live streams. On January 15th of 2021, a double cd collection entitled “From Ashes To Hope” was released in digital format and since 1st April is out in cd by Soman Records, containing re-recorded versions of old demos and tracks of the first two band’s albums. The recordings took place at Think Recording Studios and Dimons Studios. Thealbum wasproduced by Dimitris Sakkas and the artwork wascreated by Giannis Stergiou and dtopgraphics.
In the included video you can listen to the instrumental single Spartan Blood. Worth mentioning is that the guitar used in the video recordings is made by “JP Handmade Costume Guitars”.
