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

KOMPILACIJA BRODSKIH BENDOVA

Well, what do we have here? A release review? A compilation album, perhaps? Yup, that's exactly what it's about. A little change of pace here and there and honestly, it wouldn’t hurt to shed some light on something this obscure.

In the middle of internet deep hole digging (using various tools for google searches etc.), i found myself an online zine mentioning one band that played emocore and their music can only be heard on this compilation. I was intrigued by this so i had to see if i can find a way to get this on my hands and voila! Found a copy on Kupindo.com. It now proudly sits on my shelf and is on my "to-play-on-car-radio" list.

"KOMPILACIJA BRODSKIH BENDOVA" contains demo songs from local bands Faak Am See, Faul, Kriva Istina and Lotus - formed in Slavonski Brod, Croatia. All except Faul recorded in the Firov Kraj 43 studio. The compilation was released in 2003 and it's marked as the bands' starting point. Almost each band shares its members. Faul formed a little earlier before FAS and KI. Later on, FAS and KI would make a split together in 2006. To this day, only Kriva Istina remains as the longest running active band in the Croatian punk scene. The entire comp lasted for only thirty minutes.

Starting off with a South Park sample, FAAK AM SEE kicks off with their fast, brief and raw hardcore punk with three songs for a 5 minute runtime. Following FAUL whose energetic melodic hardcore elements pave their way for seven plus minutes and KRIVA ISTINA following Faul's footsteps, albeit in a more brooding way for eight more minutes.

Then lastly, we're having a change of pace with LOTUS here. This right here belongs to the slow-burning 90's emocore vibe, featuring Tijana on vocals and a different drummer. Quiet/loud dynamics and some passionate clean singing and shouting here and there. Sort of bordering between Directed Crew, Analena and Eldritsch Anisette. Raw and promising. It's definitely a treasure worth finding.

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Pa šta imamo ovde? Recenziju izdanja? Kompilaciju, možda? Pa, upravo to. Malo promene ritma tu i tamo, i iskreno, ne bi škodilo da se osvetli nešto ovako opskurno.

Kopajući po internetu (koristeći razne alate za pretragu), naleteo sam na online fanzin koji je pomenuo jedan bend koji je svirao emocore, a njihova muzika se može čuti jedino na ovoj kompilaciji. Intrigirano, morao/la sam da vidim da li mogu da dođem do nje i evo ga! Našao sam primerak na Kupindo.com. Sada ponosno stoji na mojoj polici i na listi “za puštanje u kolima”.

KOMPILACIJA BRODSKIH BENDOVA sadrži demo pesme lokalnih bendova Faak Am See, Faul, Kriva Istina i Lotus — svi iz Slavonskog Broda. Sve osim Faula snimljene su u studiju Firov Kraj 43. Kompilacija je objavljena 2003. i označava početak ovih bendova. Skoro svi članovi su svirali jedni s drugima. Faul je nastao nešto ranije nego FAS i KI, a kasnije su FAS i KI izdali split 2006. Danas, jedino Kriva Istina ostaje najdugovečniji aktivni bend na hrvatskoj punk sceni. Kompilacija traje oko 30 minuta.

Počinje South Park semplom — FAAK AM SEE startuje brzo, kratko i sirovo hardcore punkom kroz tri pesme od ukupno 5 minuta. Sledi FAUL sa energičnim melodic hardcore pristupom od preko 7 minuta, pa KRIVA ISTINA koja ide stopama Faula, ali malo mračnijim tonom, još 8 minuta.

Na kraju imamo promenu tempa sa LOTUS. Ovo je onaj polako-tinajući 90’s emocore zvuk, sa Tijanom na vokalu i drugim bubnjarom. Quiet/loud dinamika, malo strastvenog čistog pevanja i vikanja. Negde između Directed Crew, Analene i Eldritsch Anisette. Sirovo i obećavajuće. Pravi dragulj za pronaći.

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