I think the liner notes on the digital release of the remixes EP circa 2018 sum most of it up, so to avoid duplication I am citing that below: download ‘Point of You‘ must have been written sometime in 2012, in a practice room in Greece at a time when we already had a few…
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Back on Track #6 ~ Evening on my Dark Hillside
When we set out to put our debut record together, we had a clear vision of what we wanted to achieve. We wanted to revisit a time when albums weren’t just collections of songs but journeys, each track offering something distinct yet contributing to a cohesive whole. Bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull,…
Back on Track #8 ~ Hypoxia
Hypoxia emerged on the back of sorting and working on the first lot of riffs I had written for Phase. I remember working on the song on two different occasions, once in 2004 with Chris Gioldasis and once later around 2006-2007 with Damos way before we ended up actually playing together, but either attempts were…
Back on Track #22 ~ He(a)lter Skelter
Even though the band has never really reached consensus on the role or place of a cover song in our setlists (let alone which covers to be doing), I’ve always firmly believed that covering other artists’ material gives first-time listeners a familiar reference point during a live performance and helps them identify where to place…
Sticking to the Beat: Life Behind the Drumkit #4
Entry 4 – 22th February 2023 ‘Waiting on a new purpose‘ The long-awaited homecoming trip to Larissa finally arrived. The train journey was almost identical to the one I used to do from Valencia to Gandia, in the sense that you leave a Kolohóri (Κωλοχώρι – a shithole, most commonly referred to god-forsaken villages), go…
Sticking to the Beat: Life Behind the Drumkit #2
Entry 2 – 14th November 2023 After a short break from playing after Amsterdam, we’re dusting the cobwebs off the guitars and drums and getting back into the swing of things. In the first two midweek sessions back, we’ve basically got 90% of two new tracks down. These stats are a delightful anomaly that’s taken…
Back on Track #12 ~ Magical Thinking
The idea for Magical Thinking came about around 2010. I remember playing the opening riff along with bits and pieces of the lyrics in a hotel we stayed at in January 2011 and I can clearly recall I have been trying that out for longer, and certainly a good while before that time. Lyrically, the…
Sticking to the Beat: Life Behind the Drumkit #1
Entry 1 – 22nd October 2023 We’ve just been for a gig in Amsterdam. Ferry was fun, the bingo announcer had the enthusiasm of a funeral director. Everyone had troubles with the swaying, but I preferred it. Joint on the top deck was wavey to say the least. We visited some of the establishments, mainly…
Back on Track #4 ~ The Smile
Can’t think of a better way to open an album other than a bit of good old William Blake, could you? I instantly fell in love with his body of work the moment I first encountered a painting of his, getting overwhelmingly humbled by his artistic industriousness, and naturally, I have since spent hours and…
Interview to Daily Metal
Phase? As far as I know, you debuted with a cooperation with Microsoft. What was this cooperation about and what was the result? Microsoft was running this campaign when we were starting off recording as a band and we thought we’d go for it so we secured our name that some acts seemed to covet…
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