Savvas Betinis (ACID DEATH, Bass guitar & Lead vocals) edited this page.
To all our fans!! ACID DEATH IS BACK! From January 10 2011 the band is active. Check:
www.myspace.com/aciddeathgr
www.reverbnation.com/aciddeathgr
www.youtube.com/user/aciddeathgr
Here is a complete press-release/biography of the band:
They were characterized by many as the most subversive, controversial and “heretical” Death Metal band that took the Greek scene until 2001. Recordings for them began when the word "discography" sounded very new to the Greek underground. Received numerous enthusiastic reviews from world press and a host of opponent arrows especially in their own home country.
ACID DEATH, one of the oldest Greek bands that have been active for 12 years, from 1989 to 2001, started from classic Thrash Metal and ended up being the sole representatives (for many at a European level) of Progressive Death Metal up until their disband. Now they are making their comeback! Having the assets of an EP, a split LP, two full length CDs and countless live appearances at times where live gigs where worth their weight in gold, they played along with bands such as KREATOR, THE HAUNTED, IMPALED NAZARENE, CHILDREN OF BODOM, MAYHEM, ROTTING CHRIST, they have come full cycle and the years that followed only strengthened their name... Their members were found in other bands of the scene, giving good examples. The "Total Recall" of 2011, almost 10 years after their disband, finds them with a revamped lineup, endless inspiration and above all the mood for a lot of hard work. The band has already started work on new material for the new, yet untitled, musical step.
Key Points about ACID DEATH.
-1991. ACID DEATH at their first steps in recording, they perform a independent production of their first mini LP called Balance Of Power, a piece of work that was to remain on the shelf and see the light many years later when the band had dissolved in the form of free downloading.
-1993. The year they released their first official work, the EP HYPERLINK “Apathy Murders Hope” by the Greek independent label MOLON LAVE recs, providing the first evidence of the Progressive Death Metal path that the band was to follow a few years later.
-1995. Two years later, a split-LP is recorded and released with Spanish Extreme Metallers AVULSED. The band have already loses the opportunity of a very good record deal with a famous label of that time due to military services.
-1998. The first full length CD “Pieces Of Mankind” is recorded, showing the Progressive character that is to be followed by the band. ACID DEATH were walking a tightrope between Death Metal and Fusion/Jazz and the first negative arrows began to come... The album, released for first time by the Greek label METAL MAD Music, remains forgotten and scorned to domestic record store shelves, but the re-release of 1999 by the English fledgling label Copro Recs/Casket Music makes it "Album of the Month" in a VERY well-known English magazine site, which is radical and unheard-of for its time...
-2000. The swansong full length CD is released by the already established BLACKLOTUS recs making the name of ACID DEATH affirmed and applauded by the European press and made fun-of in their own country! The provocative cover of the album is censored the CD is removed from the German market... For the first time the foundation of the band start grinding unusually strange...
-2001. After 12 years and 4 official releases, the band announced it’s disband while being in the studio for the pre-production of their third full-length.
-2008. Pieces Of Mankind is to be the first among the "Greek Metal Scene-40 Most Distinctive Album of all Time" as voted by the editors of the Greek RockHard Magazine.
-2009. 18 years after it’s recording, the first -unreleased- mini LP of ACID DEATH sees the light in the form of a free downloading as a "gift" to those who had appreciated the band all the past years.
-“Live After Death"... A case not rare, but with an another application. The name of the band is strengthened and boasted while practically ACID DEATH “are non-existent for over 10 years”.
Psycho Love
Acid Death Lyrics
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Once I was like you and everyone
Sense excelled in my mind
And my love for you was endless
The bitterness you gave me was abundant
The pain nestled in my soul because of you
Although I got tired of forgiving your mistakes
[Chorus]
We'll meet each-other somewhere, that's for sure
Maybe between fire and steel or clouds and sun
The blood spreading around your body will remember me
The passion and the deliverance from this Psycho Love
Once I made you come closer, feeling some compassion despite my mental illness
Your dead body lying behind me, your lifeless eyes looking me
Prove that you can't be behind me alive anymore
I took your life joined with me
I'm not begging for sympathy or understanding
Walking together on life's highway might be useless
If your soul is alive
She will hate me, that's for sure
I feel bad, but maybe I should have done it earlier
Although you were always the king of my dreams
Soon I'll go away from your slaughtered body
Even more I want to be here forever
My acts can't offer me a normal life like everyone.
But everything is changing in life
Psychical limits are getting closer suffocating
Undiminished passion, so ferocious
Is changing logic to madness:
The lyrics of "Psycho Love" by Acid Death explore the theme of obsessive, destructive love that turns into violence. The persona in the song is someone who was once in love like everyone else but has now become mentally ill due to the bitterness and pain caused by the object of their affection. They acknowledge their own mental illness and the fact that forgiveness has become tiresome, but they still do not hate their former lover. Instead, they embrace the idea of meeting them again, perhaps in death, where the blood that spills from their body will remember the persona's passion and the deliverance from the psycho love that consumed them.
The second verse of the song contains the most disturbing imagery, where the persona admits to having killed their lover and taken their life, joining it with their own. They are not seeking sympathy or understanding, and the act may have been a long time coming, given the king-like status their lover held in their dreams. The persona acknowledges that their actions cannot offer them a normal life, but they are unable or unwilling to control their passions, which have now turned into madness.
Overall, "Psycho Love" is a chilling portrayal of how love can turn into an all-consuming obsession with destructive consequences. The persona's mental illness and their inability to control their emotions have led to a violent end for their lover, and they seem resigned to their fate as someone who will never be able to experience a normal life.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't be scared of my view
Don't fear me or my perspective
Once I was like you and everyone
I used to be just like you and everyone else
Sense excelled in my mind
I possessed exceptional intellect
And my love for you was endless
I loved you unconditionally
The bitterness you gave me was abundant
You caused me a lot of pain and suffering
The pain nestled in my soul because of you
The pain I felt because of you was deep-rooted in my soul
Although I got tired of forgiving your mistakes
Even though I grew tired of forgiving your errors
I didn't let you think I hate you
I didn't want you to believe that I hated you
We'll meet each-other somewhere, that's for sure
We will cross paths again without a doubt
Maybe between fire and steel or clouds and sun
Perhaps in a place where extreme heat and metal or clouds and sunlight collide
The blood spreading around your body will remember me
Your blood will remind you of me as it spills from your body
The passion and the deliverance from this Psycho Love
The fervor and liberation from this deranged love
Once I made you come closer, feeling some compassion despite my mental illness
I drew you near me, despite my mental illness, hoping to evoke sympathy
Your dead body lying behind me, your lifeless eyes looking me
Your corpse lies behind me, and your vacant eyes gaze at me
Prove that you can't be behind me alive anymore
It's proof that you cannot be living and standing behind me any longer
I took your life joined with me
I took your life while feeling intimately connected to you
I'm not begging for sympathy or understanding
I am not seeking pity or comprehension
Walking together on life's highway might be useless
Journeying together on life's path may be futile
If your soul is alive
If your soul exists
She will hate me, that's for sure
It will surely despise me
I feel bad, but maybe I should have done it earlier
I feel remorse, but perhaps I should have taken action sooner
Although you were always the king of my dreams
Despite you being the ruler of my aspirations
Soon I'll go away from your slaughtered body
Soon I'll leave from beside your lifeless form
Even more I want to be here forever
Yet, I wish to remain here indefinitely
My acts can't offer me a normal life like everyone
My actions prevent me from living a normal life like others
But everything is changing in life
Life is continually evolving and transforming
Psychical limits are getting closer suffocating
Physical confines are suffocatingly near
Undiminished passion, so ferocious
My unrestrained and intense fervor
Is changing logic to madness
Is altering rationality to insanity
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Dimitrios Zafeiropoulos
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