The first demo entitl… Read Full Bio ↴Gire was formed back in 1995 in Makó, Hungary.
The first demo entitled On dist. was recorded in September, 1996. After the release of the material based on extreme/thrash/death metal, Tamás Kátai - who also takes part in atmospheric/experimental act Darklight and avantgarde black metal band Thy Catafalque - joined the band. In the Autumn of 1997 Gire was asked to support industrial/grind band Intense on their tour due to the great echoes from underground magazines and fanzines reflecting to 'On dist.'. Just before the tour (in August, 1997) Balazs Hermann joined the band as a new bass guitar player.
Meanwhile members were trying to move towards a more instinctive, expressive and special way of art, where plenty of colours would have entwined from classical music to the most experimental motifs. Not everyone in the band shared these ideas about music, so first vocalist Imre Jáksó, then drummer Gábor Borbás left Gire by the June of 1998. This process made the work slower and harder as new members have not arrived, the two guitar players took the microphones and programmed drumming has been used instead of a flesh-and-blood drummer.
In 1999 Gire released their second demo called 'Energire' including seven songs and by September 2000, a promo CD was created, entitled 'Hét madár' (Seven birds).
In the time after this, they changed their poems' language from Hungarian to English and special instruments were also added, like the conga, the darbuka and the didgeridoo. The result is the promotional CD "Metabiosis", released in March 2002. For the titlesong, a video came out in September 2002.
On the 22nd of April, 2003 Tamás Rozsnyai (guitars/vocals), a founder member of Gire left the band after 8 years. No new member arrived again, Gire appeared in the IV. Nightbreed Festival was made as a trio and a new three-track demo (the fifth) came out in September called simply 'V'. Guest musicians also participate, namely Anita Bíró on violin and Lambert Lédeczi, singer of cultic Hungarian black metal act Ahriman.
By the end of this year the band appears in an underground death/black metal compilation disc of Surlity Fanzine from Thailand and in a Hungarian CD magazine Stereo Morphium as the honouring company of Aebsence, Stereochrist or Angertea.
On the 12th of March, 2004 Gire supports Soulfy in Petőfi Csarnok, Budapest. The concert is filmed and a new video is coming out in September together with the sixth material 'Nádak, erek'. This short demo contains the nine-minute long titlesong, a Sepultura cover and the video of Eocén Expressz. 'Nádak, erek' is the first song ever featuring female vocals by Judit Sarkadi.
By the October of 2004 the third video of Gire (Nádak, erek) is about to launch.
In the March of 2005 supporting Katatonia in JATE Club, Szeged and a day after a gig in Budapest at MetalMania 2005 Festival together with Cradle of Filth, Apocalyptica, Katatonia, Moonspell or The Haunted.
In the May of 2005 Balázs travels to Scotland. 'Till he's back, Péter Patkós (Gőzerő, Hitemp) plays as a session bass player playing with them at VI. Nightbreed Festival in July where Lambert also performes on stage during Aranyhajnal. Balázs arrives back by the end of the summer and the band is about to start the recording session of their first full-length album entitled Gire, finally released in the February of 2007 as a self-financed digipack CD.
The End:
On the 4th of September 2007: Tamás Kátai has announced the split up of the band. He wrote the following:
"I am sorry to announce that Gire has split up. The main cause is guitarrist/vocalist Zolcsi's unactivity and will to stop all his musical activities. As bassplayer Balázs is employed outside Hungary, the band is not able to exist as a band any more. Our last gig will be held in on 22 September in Hódmezővásárhely.
This site or our myspace page will remain active though.
In the future Balázs will play in Scotland, while I'll record the new album of my avantgarde metal act Thy Catafalque. After the release of this CD, I'll try to build another band worthy to the legacy of Gire.
All the best for you!
Tamás / Gire"
Zoltán Kónya - guitars, vocals
Balázs Hermann - bassguitar
Tamás Kátai - keyboards, programs, poems
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Zöld zivatar
Gire Lyrics
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Lassan és lassan, mindig csak lassan
Feslik az emlék, elveszik innen,
Eltûnik, aztán felhõ lesz minden.
Homlokán árnyék játszik,
Hasában fény virágzik.
De ablakot nyit, ha az õsz hegedül,
Utaid fölött ha megáll ma este,
Zöld zivatarral a földbe merül.
Homlokán árnyék játszik,
Hasában fény virágzik.
Telve az éjjel az õsz sûrûjével,
Hajadban motoz kis rozsdabogár.
Lopakszik lassan a zöld zivatarban
S lehunyja szemét a vénád falán.
Magában, egymagában
Csak a ringó óceánban.
Magában, egymagában
Csak a ringó óceánban.
The lyrics to Gire's song Zöld zivatar evokes a sense of wistful reminiscence and transience, as the singer reflects on their experiences on summer boats and autumn trains, where memories slowly slip away and disappear. The image of clouds and shadows is used to represent the fading memories, leaving behind a vague sense of nostalgia. The second verse introduces the idea of light and shadow, where shadow plays on the forehead while light blossoms in the stomach, which could be interpreted as a metaphor for the coexistence of joy and sadness.
The third verse brings in the image of a summer citra, a traditional musical instrument, playing in the singer's room while the autumn violin plays outside, resulting in a merging of two seasons. The final verse describes a night full of autumn where a small rusty beetle slowly sneaks up on the singer's hair in the midst of a green storm. The last line uses a metaphor of the singer's veins falling asleep, suggesting that the singer is overwhelmed with the sight of the storm, which soothes them in a way that enables them to put their mind to rest.
Overall, the song portrays the idea of letting go of memories and accepting the fleeting nature of life while finding solace in natural phenomena.
Line by Line Meaning
Nyári hajókon, õszi vonatban
Traveling on summer boats and autumn trains
Lassan és lassan, mindig csak lassan
Slowly and slowly, always just slowly
Feslik az emlék, elveszik innen,
The memory unfolds, disappears from here,
Eltûnik, aztán felhõ lesz minden.
It disappears, and then everything becomes a cloud.
Homlokán árnyék játszik,
A shadow plays on its forehead,
Hasában fény virágzik.
Light blooms in its belly.
Szobája mélyén a nyár citerázik,
The summer plays the zither deep in its room,
De ablakot nyit, ha az õsz hegedül,
But it opens the window when autumn plays the violin,
Utaid fölött ha megáll ma este,
If it stops above your roads tonight,
Zöld zivatarral a földbe merül.
It sinks into the earth with a green storm.
Telve az éjjel az õsz sûrûjével,
Full of the density of autumn tonight,
Hajadban motoz kis rozsdabogár.
A little rusty beetle crawls in your hair.
Lopakszik lassan a zöld zivatarban
It slowly sneaks in the green storm
S lehunyja szemét a vénád falán.
And closes its eyes on the wall of your vein.
Magában, egymagában
Alone, all alone
Csak a ringó óceánban.
Only in the rocking ocean.
Contributed by Camden L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Cs Cz
a rock-kocsmában, ahova járunk, mindig ezt a számot rakatom be jutubon...:D
ふぁみ
daaamn. this is pretty good. same guy from thy catafalque right? no wonder. that guy is an avantgarde metal wizard.
heavendissection
Exquisite. I hope I'll be able to find this album or pretty much any Thy Catafalque one in Budapest Saturday morning.
Márió Szlovák
Nosztalgikus :)
Lehoczky Péter
Szeged, Rock Klub. Nézd meg, érdemes :)
Abraham Fikon
Holy fuck this is good stuff!
EndeAbgrunds
I guess they hate drummers in Hungary.
szty0pa
haha :) yep, they used a drum machine because there was no one capable of playing this song on drums as far as i know
Kamen Minkov
I bet someone like Inferno, Pete Sandoval or Kerim Lechner would be able to play it.
HellAwaits
This song makes me a lot of nightmares :'v. Fuck this song, Its very cool xD