INSIDEAD BIO Having the foundations for a bright future and by acquiring much useful experience from their first concerts, INSIDEAD begin their creative era somewhere in mid-2003.
The recordings of their first promo ((Premeditate Your Death, Dead Again) along with the 10-day presence of two members of INSIDEAD in Germany in order to establish a closer co-operation with multinational music labels, depict the band’s seriousness of making it in today’s ever-demanding music industry.
One and a half years later, and after many live performances around Greece that increased INSIDEAD’s fan base substantially, they record their second promo with three songs this time ((Paranoia, Blind faith, Sweet Misery) and received positive criticism from magazines and webzines. The photo session is done by Seth, a well-known photographer/designer that has worked in the past with many bands such as Paradise Lost, Exodus, Soilwork etc.
2007 finds INSIDEAD in the studio once again for the completion of their third promo of two songs (No I.D., In My World), songs that boost INSIDEAD to win the national ‘Battle of the Bands’ competition that take place within this year. The continuation of the promo is completed by the song ‘Have No Fear’ in a professional studio owned by the bass player of the band. This particular song is chosen to be INSIDEAD’s first video, and the shooting/editing/mastering is done by Bob Katsionis, a famous musician with relatively great past work experience on that field with other well-established bands.
‘Have No Fear’ automatically becomes one of the most successful songs in the Greek metal community with catholic acceptance from local music channels, something that sky-rocketed INSIDEAD’s popularity in the underground metal scene. Furthermore, INSIDEAD is offered sponsorship by many music companies such as Schecter, Koch, Mapex etc. and they start to support popular metal acts such as Ensiferum and Nightrage for their appearances in Athens.
In March 2008, INSIDEAD is qualified rather easily from the semi-final round of “Wacken Metal Battle†(Greece) and now they have the chance in competing at the Greek National Final where the winning band gets to perform live at Wacken Open Air 2008. In addition, INSIDEAD is one of the dominate bands in the Greek “Rockwave Festival†competition, where the band will play alongside with major acts such as Judas Priest, Within Temptetation, Opeth and so on. Today, INSIDEAD is working diligently on their first full-length album and most important of all, the band is starting to grow in popularity by creating a very dynamic and loyal fan base in Greece and abroad.
