Meden Agan

Meden Agan were formed back in November 2005 in Paris, France by guitarist Diman Koutsogiannopoulos. Their first demo was released in April 2006 and received very good reviews and feedback. Later on they recorded their debut full-length album entitled "Illusions" which was released in November 2007. It contained epic/progressive metal songs with male vocals. During that period, the band shared the stage with bands like Pain Salvation, Skyclad, Within Temptation, After All, Bloodtales, ETHS, and The Old Dead Tree. After a one-year hiatus as Diman returned to Greece, Meden Agan were reformed with new members and started working on new material resulting in the release of an EP under the name "Nemesis – Promo 2010" containing five progressive/symphonic metal songs with operatic vocals. The line-up was: Iliana Tsakiraki (vocals), Diman Koutsogiannopoulos (guitars), Tolis Mikroulis (keyboards), Aris Nikoleris (bass), and Panos Paplomatas (drums). Soon after, the band entered the studio in order to record their full-length album "Erevos Aenaon" which was released in September 2011. Upon the release of the album, Panos (drums) left the band to be replaced initially by Ploutarchos Tsouris and later on by Philip Stone. Meden Agan performed several live shows including support acts for Tarja, Epica, Maiden United, V.O.A and participated in the "Metal Female Voices Fest X" in Belgium in October 2012. In February 2013, Meden Agan parted ways with lead vocalist Iliana due to musical differences. After 5 months of auditions, coloratura soprano Maya Kampaki joined the band and together with Meden Agan's original drummer and main lyricist, who returned behind the drumkit, the band entered ARTemis studios late 2013 to record their new album entitled “Lacrima Dei”. Mastering was done at Finnvox studios, Finland by - the well known - Mika Jussila (Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Stratovarius). The album was released on 22nd of September 2014 via "No Regrets Records" (a sub-division of "No Remorse"). A Japanese version of "Lacrima Dei" followed in February 2015 - via Rubicon music - including a bonus track. In December 2015, Maya Kampaki was replaced by Dimitra Panariti. The band is currently rehearsing extensively for forthcoming live shows to promote their latest album "Catharsis" which was released by No Remorse Records on 5th January 2018. The album was mixed at Morton studios and Mastered at Fascination street studios by Jens Bogren (Arch Enemy, Symphony X, Angra, Opeth, etc). New album "Catharsis" out 05/01/2018 via No Remorse records