Initially hailing from Greece, Phase have since relocated to Newcastle and are currently enjoying a decent amount of success. POINT BLANK thought it was only fair to see what they had to say. Answering the questions, vocalist Thanos. Give us a brief rundown on the band Phase came about somewhat 10 years ago when a…
Back on Track #15 ~ Sowing Scorn
Our glorious post-punk anthem Sowing Scorn was once described by Marios as “an anarchic lullaby”, a phrase we were rather impressed by. We all thoroughly enjoyed making this one, and I like to think of it as our equivalent of Not to Touch the Earth, or perhaps our I Wanna Be Your Dog. It came…
Back on Track #9 ~ A Void
A Void is one of the old songs that had been piling up for ages by the point In Consequence was to be recorded, having unlikely Bay Area thrash influences (more on that later) reminiscent of rebellious adolescence. Interestingly, there had been a point, when I tried to rewrite the lyrics in a lipogrammatic fashion…
Phase Back on Track #6 ~ Ibidem
Here’s another favourite of ours, and perhaps the most spiritual piece we’ve ever written. If there’s anything I take pride in, it’s having a good ear for music and a decent instinct as an artistic director. I still recall the exact moment I interrupted a conversation with Alex (Arnaoutoglou) during a ‘guitar strumming session’. Something…
Phase Back on Track #2 ~ Static
Static was finished just before our second gig with Jim in the line-up, and that’s where it made its live debut. For us, there are generally two kinds of songs (aside from the distinction to good and shit music that is), those we first play live and then record, and those we record straight away….
Thanos Grigoriou of Phase speaks to NE:MM ahead of the band’s Music Lounge, Stockton gig on 16th May 2015
Thanos Grigoriou of Phase speaks to NE:MM ahead of the band’s Music Lounge, Stockton gig on 16th May 2015 Our Editor was recently approached by a Newcastle based rock band ‘Phase’ about the possibility of featuring them on our blog. He tells me that he hadn’t heard of the band so looked them up on Wikipedia….
Phase Back on Track #5 ~ Transcendence
Transcendence emerged from the first batch of ideas that started accumulating; and for a while, there was just the first progression accompanying the first verse… Touching ground, held by an unseen bound / for western star drags me way to far / to find you my love, to build a connection above / feels so…
Phase – Amethyst review by Tom Hollingworth
Sunday, 8 June 2014 Phase – ‘Amethyst’ – Review Phase – ‘Amethyst’ – Review [2014.06.03] Tom Hollingworth For NARC Magazine Demos – July Edition Phase’s song Amethyst creeps across the ears like an arachnid’s silhouette; a king of fear. Thanos Grigoriou’s vocals snarl over slow mixolydian chords as brutish drums march the beast forward….
A Dim Western Star and the Red Crescent
It’s our five years anniversary of our concert in the Syrian capital, right at the heart of Old Damascus. Although we’ve been observing the situation there closely, despite the media’s intermittent coverage, from the very beginning; we’ve never used our audience’s emotional responses to unethically drag their attention on us, in the name internet micro-fame,…
Phase Back on Track #11 ~ Amethyst
*Article edited in November 2024 to include details relating to the remastered version, Amethyst (Resurfaced). The main riff of Amethyst came into existence an evening when I was hanging out at a mate’s house with another mutual friend of ours, during the exam period for the course all three of us were attending at the time…
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