Albums 2025

This year I see how diverse my taste in music is, haha. There are so different things in there, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. So here we go. 

Wardruna - Birna

Wardruna cannot do much wrong to be honest. Another awesome album full of rhythm, deep sounds and feelings. It will always remind me of the awesome concerts I saw them at. 

Ghost - Skeletá

This is maybe even more pop, in a way, than previous albums. But oh dear, it is so catchy, so awesome music that I can’t get enough of! Despite all the hassle around this band, they are simply unbelievably fun and entertaining live.

Rotting Christ - Live at Lycabettos

35 years Rotting Christ, and it was celebrated on Lycabettos hill! And I was inside this crazy mob of people! Of course I had to buy this, it was just too good to be true!

Waelyth demo

Another huge Mortiis fan here, with her first demo! Awesome dungeon synth, off to a good start!

Mortiis - The unfolding of the gates live 1998

While we are waiting for the new album to hopefully come out early 2026, we get some other goodies! For example this live recording of a Mortiis show of 1998.

AFI - Silver bleeds the black sun

AFI.. I owe them so much. They have found me at a dark period in my life and they have saved me. It was an experience I will never forget, of which the huge AFI community plays a gigantic role. Many years now I kept listening to their albums and they were ok, but nothing too special. Now this comes around and every song is absolutely perfect. I was listening to it nonstop and I can’t really say how much I fell in love with them again.

Faun - HEX

I just got to know them last year at their Athens concert and now the new album came out! Not only are there parts in Welsh and Finnish, I about freaked out with joy, but also the book to the album explains the lyrics, stories to the songs.. absolutely fantastic. 

Sakis Tolis - Everything comes to an end

The name of the album kind of scares me a little, although knowing Sakis he will not stop making music until he falls over, haha. Another solid album, in the well known Sakis-style of the last few years.

Blackbraid III

What is this!! Third album from Blackbraid and it is just as ground breaking as the first two albums. It rocks serious balls. I am in love with this and the album was on a rotation every day for several months, until the AFI album came out, haha!

Omen:Code - Alpha:State

This is my former colleague Agi with his new project! You remember Banshee? Well, this is Agi again and the album is fantastic! great, driving industrial sounds. Love it!

Concerts 

Pagan at KNE festival

This was the revelation of the year! They played two hours, on a festival and they were absolutely breath taking. They live up to their name. The performance of the singer is like an archaic ritual, the sounds wrap you in and almost get you into trance, until another song’s beats have you sing, stomp your feet and dance. What a surprise for me, that it would be this kind of experience. 

Alice Cooper - Floor Jansen - Zeal and Ardor at Rockwave festival

My only summer festival this year. And it was absolutely awesome. Great ticket price for these three artists. Alice Cooper was such an capturing show! Everyone singing “Poison” was worth everything. After seeing Floor with Nightwish, it was a joy to see her again! And Zeal and Ardor were fantastic, too. Neck was surely sore afterwards!

1349

When Satyricon came to Athens last time, I was 8 months pregnant. So I decided to go see 1349 to at least see Frost! Although I do not know the band very well, it was enjoyable, lots of head banging, and seeing Frost battering his drum kit to smithers was all the fun hehe!

Blackbraid 

The sensation for me. I basically decided last moment to go and I am so glad I did. I fell in love right away. The kind of black metal I love so very much! It was an experience I almost lack words for, it was part ritual, part pure force and beat. No speaking between the songs, just pure metal. Met the guy after the concert and it was my metal highlight of the year. 

small mentions… :D

André Rieu with my mom in law. It was actually really fun! This guy is a hell of an entertainer. 

Antonis Remos sings Mimis Plessas with my friend Giota. Wonderful greek songs, we had a fantastic time together, singing along, tearing up with the songs that speak to your heart. 

Song of the year 

Blasphemy and Excess - AFI

yep.. that is the one. Absolute pure bliss for me, this song. There are other gems on this album, but for me, this is the peak. Thank you AFI, for giving us this album, really needed this to find my love for you again!