AKEDEIA

Location: Slovenia

Year active: 2004-2008/9, 2017 (reunion)

Members: Andrej (vocals), Gašper (drums), Ize (bass, vocals), Jure (guitar)

Related bands: Bogdan, Elodea, Kripl, Melete, Paperplanecrash

FFO: Orchid, His Hero is Gone, Reversal of Man, In/Humanity

"It's all hardcore!" - Ize

Akedeia formed in 2004 after a concert where the members were already performing with their respective bands. Initially intending to start a grindcore project, they quickly shifted toward what would become a volatile blend of emoviolence and hardcore.

During their first year, Akedeia played extensively across Slovenia and Croatia. Their first three shows were part of a mini-tour with Sweden’s Smackdown, and they later shared stages with Annihilation Time (USA), Sick Terror (Brazil), and Czech legends Sheeva Yoga.

On September 11, 2007, they released their sole album, Only Sick Music Makes Money Today, before embarking on a two-week European tour through Austria, Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. By the end of that same year, after several additional shows in Slovenia, the band amicably disbanded. Roughly a decade later, Akedeia briefly reunited for three rehearsals and a one-off performance celebrating the 40th birthday of their friend Lele, who had designed the album’s artwork.

Sung in Slovenian, the album delivers eight tracks of crushing, chaotic screamo-infused hardcore, underscored by grindcore and crust punk influences. The production is raw and unruly, the vocals strained with anguish, and the lyrics steeped in dark political undertones, creating a claustrophobic and hopeless atmosphere that defined their short-lived presence.

In the aftermath, Gašper gradually stepped away from the scene. Jure works as a radio and live sound engineer in Ljubljana. Kobra later played drums in Melete and Paperplanecrash, and now runs a high-end bakery. Ize went on to front the black’n’roll band Kripl and remains active in organizing concerts and festivals, while also cooking for touring bands passing through his town.

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"Sve ti je to Hardcore!" - Ize

Akedeia je nastala 2004. godine nakon jednog koncerta na kojem su članovi već nastupali sa svojim tadašnjim bendovima. Iako je prvobitna ideja bila da pokrenu grindcore projekat, vrlo brzo su se usmerili ka zvuku koji će postati nestabilna mešavina emoviolencea i hardcorea.

Tokom prve godine postojanja, Akedeia je intenzivno svirala po Sloveniji i Hrvatskoj. Prva tri koncerta bila su deo mini-turneje sa švedskim bendom Smackdown, a kasnije su delili binu sa Annihilation Time (SAD), Sick Terror (Brazil) i češkim veteranima Sheeva Yoga.

Dana 11. septembra 2007. objavili su svoj jedini album, Only Sick Music Makes Money Today, nakon čega su krenuli na dvonedeljnu evropsku turneju kroz Austriju, Nemačku, Poljsku i Češku. Do kraja iste godine, nakon još nekoliko nastupa u Sloveniji, bend se sporazumno razišao. Otprilike deceniju kasnije, Akedeia se nakratko ponovo okupila za tri probe i jedan jednokratni nastup povodom 40. rođendana njihovog prijatelja Lelea, autora omota albuma.

Album, pevan na slovenačkom jeziku, donosi osam pesama razornog, haotičnog hardcorea prožetog screamo elementima, uz primetne uticaje grindcorea i crust punka. Produkcija je sirova i neukrotiva, vokali napregnuti i puni teskobe, a tekstovi obojeni mračnim političkim tonovima, stvarajući klaustrofobičnu i beznadežnu atmosferu koja je obeležila njihovo kratko postojanje.

Posle toga se Gašper postepeno povukao iz scene. Jure radi kao radio i live tonski inženjer u Ljubljani. Kobra je kasnije svirao bubnjeve u bendovima Melete i Paperplanecrash, a sada vodi visokokvalitetnu pekaru. Ize je nastavio kao frontmen black’n’roll benda Kripl i i dalje je aktivan u organizaciji koncerata i festivala, dok takođe kuva za turnejske bendove koji prolaze kroz njegov grad.

CLUB SCHRON - POZNAN, POLAND