Achelous was born in Athens in January 2011 by Chris Achelous as an one man project. After the release of 2 demos in the atmospheric extreme sound it was time for the project to evolve. It was November of 2013 when ex-Recflection singer Chris Kappas, joined forces and made Achelous a band. In April of 2014 the band released its first demo "Al Iskandar", which was sold out (500 copies) in a three month period. At the end of 2014 the band entered "The Music House" studio in order to record it’s first EP entitled "THE COLD WINDS OF OLYMPUS". The EP was released in February of 2015 and got very positive reviews giving the band the opportunity to promote it by performing live all over Athens, in clubs like Arhitektoniki, Kyttaro, Modu, Crow, etc with great local and international acts such as Forsaken, Martyr, Reflection, Powercrue, Mystery, Valor, Tidal Dreams, Fortress Under Siege, etc. The year 2018 found the band finishing the recordings of it’s first full length album entitled MACEDON, under the wings of producer/Reflection guitarist Stathis Palvlantis at the Music House Studio. The album was released on September of 2018 by Metal Fighters Records and was received with great reviews. As a part of the album’s promotion the band made a live appearance at the 10 years anniversary Malta Doom Metal Festival alongside huge bands like Demon, Ancient Rites, Necrophobic, The Skull, etc. and another one at Kyttaro Club alongside with legendary Lonewolf (Fr) and Battleroar. At this moment the band is booked for Riddle Of Steel festival in Germany and Skull Crush fest in France. See you all on stage …

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