Prepare for a heavy night infused with melodic awesomeness: today, November 8th 2023, the well-loved Sakis Tolis of Rotting Christ and Thou Art Lord will embark on a 4-day trip across Romania with his solo project. This tour will take the bands through Cluj, Bucharest, Iasi and Constanta, so make sure to catch up on them in (at least) one of those cities!
Along for the ride there will be two special guest bands: our local melo-death boys from Machiavellian God and Greek death/doom veterans On Thorns I Lay.
Tour info
Step beyond the void this November in Romania! The mini-tour begins on Wednesday and then it will travel around the country thus:
- 8 November – FORM Space, Cluj – tickets here.
- 9 November – Quantic club, Bucharest – tickets here.
- 10 November – Underground club, Iasi – tickets here.
- 11 November – Rock Halle, Constanta – tickets are available only on site.
Hurry up! the Iasi gig is almost sold out!
For Constanta, you can purchase your tickets at the bar in Rock Halle.
Pre-sale tickets are 100 lei, and on the day of the event the price jumps at 120 lei. This price point is set for all the gigs in this tour.
Schedule
For all four gigs, the concert schedule will look like this:
19:00 – doors open
19:40 – Machiavellian God
20:40 – On Thorns I Lay
21:50 – Sakis Tolis
Sakis Tolis
The man doesn’t really require any introduction: one of the easiest-to-recognise voices in extreme metal, Sakis Tolis is a force to be reckoned with on any stage. The lead singer of beloved Greek band Rotting Christ, he has been shaping the face of European extreme metal for almost 40 years. After releasing five albums with Thou Art Lord and 13 with Rotting Christ, Sakis launched his first solo album, Among The Fires Of Hell, in March 2022. You can check out the first single off of this album below:
On Thorns I Lay
On Thorns I Lay is a death/doom metal band from Greece. They formed in the early ’90s, and have since released ten studio albums. Their most recent album is freshly out of the prints: the eponymous On Thorns I Lay album was released on October 13 via Season of Mist. Take a listen to the absolute head-bopping third single Thorns Of Fire below:
Machiavellian God
Machiavellian God is already a known name in the Romanian undergorund scene. They are melodic death metal band from Bucharest, Romania, founded in 2017. From a compositional stand point, their songs are created in a unique manner, combining elements from doom, black, atmospheric, and many more, all ingeniously layered over a solid foundation of melo-death. Lyrically, Machiavellian God delves into intriguing subjects like Gnosticism, esoteric practices, mythical stories, and ancient beliefs, perfectly complementing their music.
They are currently working on their second album titled Beyond the Void. Take a sneak peak of the first single from this upcoming album, The Burden of Existence:
