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If you believe it’s becoming ever harder to make music that’s individual, fascinating, contemporary, timeless and just tinglingly exctiting, then you’ve clearly not come across Achilla as yet.

So, just who are Achilla, and what makes them one of the best young rock bands around right now?

Take a Hungarian singer, Martamaria, and an Italian guitarist, Daniele Panza. Add the Greek bassist Gus Macricostas to the Italian drummer Vincenzo Infusino. Stir vigorously in a London setting and you have Achilla. It’s a four-piece where each person having a tremendous range and instinctive talent, but the combination is almost magical. Truly a case of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts.

They blend a smorgasbord of influences (from extreme metal to gothic, electronic to world music, folk to progressive), in the process coming up with a visionary sound. Martamaria’s amazing range (she’s actually cited in the Guinness Book Of Records!) is brilliantly complemented by astonishing instrumentalists. Power, power, precision and passion - this lot have it all. Acclaimed by TotalRock Radio, Metal Hammer magazine (UK), Classic Rock magazine, Fireworks magazine and The Guardian newspaper, the band have already had one track – Wild Flower – showcased on a cover mounted CD by Powerplay magazine, while another song, Arashi, is included on a Metal Hammer CD.
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  • MelancholyRage

    Impressive to me.

    11 May 4:50am Reply

  • MartamariaDC

    Hi everybody! Thank you so much for celebrating Halloween with us. Our gig supporting Lauren Harrins (Six Hour Sundown) in the Boston music Room (london) on the October 29 was great. Our last gig will be an acoustic show with a special guest. We will be supporting Breed77 in the Nambucca (London) 596 Holloway Road London N7 6LB. Please see more information about the gig here: http://www.breed77.com/ We hope to see you there:)

    7 Nov 2011 Reply

  • dadderem

    I saw the band twice in london they were amazing I enjoyed both gigs very much!! I think they are really talented and creativ and was absolutely worth to buy their album!!!!!!!!!!!!! can`t wait to rock with them again!!!!!!!!

    26 May 2011 Reply

  • DeadDogma

    I saw them supporting Forever Never at Islington. The guitar work was great but the vocal lines were terrible.

    9 May 2011 Reply

  • BrianMaysClogs

    I dunno, the girl's got a accent but she hasn't got the best voice. I still like it...sort of.

    4 Feb 2011 Reply

  • Amosccc12

    I saw them supporting delain at leeds in march. I wasn't to keen on them.

    1 Jul 2010 Reply

  • dreaded209

    RECENTLY FEATURED ON THE PLANET METAL CD from METAL HAMMER We are a Korean metal band and Part of a Busan Based International Record Label... Check out the band and our Label http://www.last.fm/music/FatalFear lots of artists on Realize Records (check the myspace www.myspace.com/x24crewx and www.realizerecords.net (korean page)

    30 Apr 2010 Reply

  • Athrun1234

    Me too, came from Manchester to see Delain. Shame that there was problems that night but they sure countered for it.

    29 Mar 2010 Reply

  • gdb107

    Yeah I saw them in Leeds, they are really good.

    26 Mar 2010 Reply

  • Comedy_Dave

    Saw them in rock city last night absolutly amazing band

    23 Mar 2010 Reply

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