┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Bob Katsionis - Rest In Keys + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Jan-17-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │ │║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2012 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........13 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... http://bobkatsionis.tripod ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Bob Katsionis Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Rest In Keys Label : Progressive Vi ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ http://bobkatsionis.tripod.com/ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I started playing keyboards when I was 10 years ║ │ │║ old and only 4 years later (1992) I bought my ║ │ │║ first guitar which seemed to excite me much ║ │ │║ more, as the only thing I was playing in the ║ │ │║ keyboards till then was the crap they used to ║ │ │║ teach me in the conservatory.Of course I was ║ │ │║ only 14 years old then and I had no musical ║ │ │║ preferences or anything like this. But this ║ │ │║ until the last days of 1994 when I first came in ║ │ │║ touch with the music of Dream Theater and other ║ │ │║ keyboard oriented bands.Soon I noticed some ║ │ │║ keyboard players like Kevin Moore, Jens ║ │ │║ Johansson and the mighty Keith Emerson the sound ║ │ │║ of whose has influenced drastically my way of ║ │ │║ approaching the keyboards.The most important ║ │ │║ thing, though was that I soon developed good ║ │ │║ improvising ability which was the only thing ║ │ │║ which opened doors in finding more bands to play ║ │ │║ with as a session member apart from my standard ║ │ │║ band which has been up till then SKYWARD later ║ │ │║ renamed to RETROSPECT. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Being one of the few keyboard players in my ║ │ │║ country,Greece that are really into metal sound ║ │ │║ gave me the comfort to choose between offers ║ │ │║ that interested me or not. As a result was the ║ │ │║ ROCK OF GODS 1996(first ever open air festival ║ │ │║ in Greece!) where I played for FATAL MORGANA who ║ │ │║ were the opening act for Slayer,Saxon Blind ║ │ │║ Guardian and Rage,or the supporting act of ║ │ │║ KREATOR (Jan 1998) where I played with techno- ║ │ │║ thrash progsters ACID DEATH. Then was the ║ │ │║ live-on-the-air appearance of TIDAL FLOOD ║ │ │║ (instrumental prog-psych rock ala Ozric ║ │ │║ Tentacles) in the Jammin┤ live show on Greek ║ │ │║ ET3 channel and the recording of the keyboards ║ │ │║ in power metaller┤s CASUS BELLI debut CD that ║ │ │║ released from Greek Sound And Vision Records. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ In the meanwhile I got a diploma in classic ║ │ │║ organ (based on suites and fuges by J.S. Bach as ║ │ │║ well as modern jazz pieces for pedal double ║ │ │║ scale organ), theory, classical harmony and ║ │ │║ history of music, things that basically helped ║ │ │║ me more to learn how to study and analyze a ║ │ │║ musical piece rather than playing fast or ║ │ │║ improvising. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Right after this, I had to join the army which ║ │ │║ took me 1.5 year of doing almost nothing music- ║ │ │║ wise but the best was yet to come! After ║ │ │║ finishing my military duty I joined NTX (Nipto ║ │ │║ Tas Heiras) a crossover hip-hop nu metal band ║ │ │║ that already had released a very interesting ║ │ │║ debut cd which was advertised by TV and had good ║ │ │║ airplay. I made some live gigs with these guys ║ │ │║ that helped me a lot in developing a more steady ║ │ │║ and mature playing especially on stage. For a ║ │ │║ while it seemed like I was losing my heavy metal ║ │ │║ identity and then, was the call from Efthimis ║ │ │║ Karadimas the lead singer of NIGHTFALL who was ║ │ │║ inviting me to join this famous band and play ║ │ │║ live in one of the biggest heavy metal festivals ║ │ │║ of the world: WACKEN OPEN AIR 2001! As soon as I ║ │ │║ got back from Germany, I started working on my ║ │ │║ first solo work while I was playing with power ║ │ │║ metallers CASUS BELLI which also was a great ║ │ │║ experience because the level of the musicianship ║ │ │║ of the members was very high and our gigs were ║ │ │║ apart of a true metal experience a very good ║ │ │║ show-off, too. At one of that gigs I was seen by ║ │ │║ Sakis from Rotting Christ who spoke with the ║ │ │║ guys from SEPTIC FLESH and by the end of summer ║ │ │║ 2001 I joined them and started a series of very ║ │ │║ hard working rehersals in order to start touring ║ │ │║ Greece and Europe for the promotion of their ║ │ │║ latest release Sumerian Daemons. Meanwhile, my ║ │ │║ debut cd Turn Of My Century was released from ║ │ │║ Finnish prog label LION music and started taking ║ │ │║ amazing reviews from all the world which, along ║ │ │║ with the numerous gigs with Septic Flesh, helped ║ │ │║ me to grow my reputation within the metal fans. ║ │ │║ Later, I also did some session recordings for ║ │ │║ STARQUEEN (FIN) and Greek epic metallers ║ │ │║ BATTLEROAR, I released the forgotten recordings ║ │ │║ of my power metal project IMAGINERY (initially ║ │ │║ named MIRAGE back in 1996) and I also recorded ║ │ │║ all keyboards for NIGHTFALLs latest release I Am ║ │ │║ Jesus for Black Lotus Records. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ At the time being,and after the split-up of ║ │ │║ SEPTIC FLESH, Im a standard member of ║ │ │║ NIGHTFALL,working on our new cd and DVD as well ║ │ │║ (I also run a video-clip making company named ║ │ │║ Progressive Vision Group) , played some guest ║ │ │║ keyboard solos on the 2nd cd of MAGIC KINGDOM ║ │ │║ (soon to be released through LMP)and I got this ║ │ │║ great invitation by mr Gus G. for joining ║ │ │║ FIREWIND on their Japanese and European tour. My ║ │ │║ second solo cd Imaginary Force is finished with ║ │ │║ a release date around April and I also record ║ │ │║ the 2nd cd of IMAGINERY play modern power metal ║ │ │║ with Swedish Bjorn Jansson singing in the vein ║ │ │║ of J.S Soto and Jorn Lande and ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - On My Own (Feat. Peter Ellis) [04:55] │ │ 02 - Gravity Dance (Feat. Gary Wehrkamp) [04:15] │ │ 03 - Game Of Drones (Feat. Chris Amott) [04:19] │ │ 04 - Epirus Rising [04:13] │ │ 05 - In My Little Big Planet [03:26] │ │ 06 - Another World (Feat. Maxi Nil) [05:20] │ │ 07 - Poseidon┤s Rage (Feat. Gus G.) [05:34] │ │ 08 - Falling From The Edge Of Space [04:42] │ │ 09 - Rendez-Vous In The Sky (Feat. Liv Kristine [06:25] │ │ 10 - Rest In Keys [06:38] │ │ 11 - The Four Seasons Of Lve [12:00] │ │ 12 - Being Me (Bonus Track) [04:29] │ │ 13 - Dawn Of Nostalgia (Bonus Track) [03:30] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [69:46 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘