• Well, it has always been a pleasure for me to explore the underground metal scene and find bands who really love and enjoy playing metal. In this category I would with no second thought place SOULFADE a new band from Athens, whose deeds are pure and what they want is to have fun and share their music with the metalheads. Through their lyrics their trying to give us a message, to wake us up from the fading of our souls, but I think the most ideal would be to allow them talk for themselves!

1.HELLO! FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US A SORT BIOGRAPHY OF SOULFADE AND TELL US THE CURRENT LINE-UP.

• SOULFADE exists since May 1998.The line-up has changed twice. In June 1999 Jim Dimisetis(drums) and in August 2000 Jim Giokas(bass)  join the band(ex-drummer Andreas Milios and ex-bassist George Kaparaliotis). The band's first studio work was the promo cd "Marked Angels" (January 2000). The latest release of the band is the demo cd "Sculpture of human innocence"(October 2000). One rehearsal tape (21/8/99) is also in the band's releases.At last Nick Giokas joins the band  in March 2001(ex-guitarist Jim Boutsis).So the current line-up is:Panayotis Trikalitis(vocals), Jim Dimisetis(drums),Nick Giokas(guitars), AkisDimisetis(guitars), Jim Giokas(bass).

• Prog power metal(in the American way,ala NEVERMORE) with a few influences from other metal genres(thrash,death,etc.)

• Are daily life,social environment,emotional situations, the politic scene etc.

• Our influences are too many to list, some of them are NEVERMORE,DEATH,DREAM THEATER,METALLICA,etc.

• The band was without name until the first riffs came, creating a depressed atmosphere.So using this kind of feeling we came up with this name featuring this fucked up situation of souls slowly fade out!

• We have send both of our works to many magazines(greece and worldwide) such as METAL HAMMER,METAL INVADER,METAL MANIACS(U.S.A.),TERRORIZER(U.K.),etc. The reviews were pretty good for a band taking its first steps in the metal music, but the worst reviews are the biggest challenge for us to work harder!

• No there is no leader in the band.The musical result is a mixture of ideas from  all the band members, especialy from the two guitar players akis and nikos.The lyric parts written most by Panayotis(vocals) and Akis(guitar). It's up to the band lineup and to every band member personality whether it's going to be a democratic atmosphere, or not!

• We think that metal fans are one of the very few audiences that give a special meaning to the lyrics parts of the songs, as well as the music parts.

• To play support to PANTERA!!!

• We would say it's a good opportunity to hear some good ideas and stuff from a band who cares a lot about metal music!

• We have done one live show at WOODSTOCK club in Athens(greece).We enjoy very much playing live but the opportunities for that are very few.

• We have send our demo to NOISE,CENTURY MEDIA,NUCLEAR BLAST,METAL BLADE,etc.We received answers from all of those labels that were encouraging but not good enough to close a deal.

• 1.PANAYOTIS : JAMES HETFIELD,MATT BARLOW,WARREL DANE,JAMES LABRIE,STING,
• 2.AKIS : MARTY FRIEDMAN,JOE SATRIANI,JOHN PETRUCCI,JAMES MURPHY,BRIAN MAY,
• 3.JIM D : DAVE LOMBARDO,MIKE PORTNOY,IGOR CAVALERA,GENE HOGLAN,PAUL BOSTAPH,
• 4.NICK : JOE SATRIANI,STEVE VAI,YNGWIE MALMSTEEN,GEORGE LYNCH,JOHN PETRUCCI,
• 5.JIM G. : JOHN MYUNG,STEWART HAMM,STEVE DI GIORGIO,STEVE HARRIS,DAVID ELLEFSON

•  Support the underground scene!Let the metal flow!