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Passengers In Panic: When Greek Folk Meets Metal’s Dark Heart
Athens’ Passengers In Panic aren’t just another folk-metal band: they’re a storm of raw emotion and ancient tradition, wrapped in riffs that hit like a riot. Formed in late 2019, this quartet stitches heavy metal to the haunting wail of the Macedonian gaida, the mournful kaval, and the rhythmic pulse of daouli. The result? A sound that’s as much about the weight of history as it is about the fury of the present.
"Their music doesn’t just echo the past, it claws at it, bleeds it, and turns it into something terrifyingly beautiful."
Their lyrics dig into the ugly, the unjust, and the all-too-human: toxic love, survival, femicide (like their devastating Leap of Faith, inspired by Eleni Topaloudi’s story), and the kind of social wounds that never quite scab over.
Their 2020 debut, Leap of Faith, dropped just as the world locked down, but it wasn’t just background noise, it was a statement. And when they played their first gig, it was for a cause: raising funds for Greece’s wildfire victims, with Eleni Nota (ex-Nervosa, Ankor) crashing the drums.
From the Stage to the Frontline
Since then, they’ve torn up stages from Gothoom Open Air (sharing bills with Kataklysm, Suffocation) to Chania Rock Festival, where they snagged the top prize. They’ve stood alongside legends like Paradise Lost and Sakis Tolis, and turned charity gigs for flood victims into anthems of solidarity.
Oh, and their cover of the Greek traditional Kaixis featuring actor Yiannis Tsortekis (yes, Maestro’s maestro) and folk singer Garifalia Liana Bardis, is the kind of track that makes you wonder why more bands don’t dare to bridge past and present.
Now Comes Amnesia
Now "Amnesia", nine tracks of orchestrated chaos, mixed by Psychon of Septicflesh, with Tsortekis lending his voice to Erase Me and Christos Antoniou (also of Septicflesh) weaving symphonic nightmares into How to Breathe.
The artwork? Ina Damianidou’s haunting vision. The photos? Stella Mouzi, whose lens has captured everyone from Septicflesh to Nightstalker.
"This isn’t just an album, it’s a reckoning. And if Kaixis is any indication, Passengers In Panic are here to make sure you remember."
Links
🎧 Watch Official Video 1 | 🎧 Watch Official Video 2
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