April 2010 saw ALIASES rise from the melting pot minds of ex SikTh guitarist Pin, guitarist Leah Woodward, drummer Darren Pugh, bassist Joe Heaton and vocalist Jay Berast. 

Following in the spirit of Pin’s legendary legacy, ALIASES are redefining the genre’s boundaries, with a hunger for experimentation and no fear of extremes. Pin explains: “We are interested only in taking Metal on a new and limitless path, allowing the music and vocals to grow organically and exist outside the common constraints of a single genre.”

 Wasting no time, the band set to work on their debut six track EP and in July put out the rough demo track “We Should Never Have Met”, which was received with an overwhelmingly positive response online. This prompted an invitation to play at this year’s prestigious Euroblast Festival in Cologne, Germany where the band stole the show, affirming them as a major force to be reckoned with. 

Listen here: http://soundcloud.com/basickrecords/aliases-we-never-should-have-met-2010-demo 

Finding the correct players was essential and the band were willing to go to any length to forge the right line up. Pin continues: “I had searched for three years to find a vocalist since SikTh drew the curtains, first bringing over, only to have deported, a singer from the USA and then finding the awesome talent of Jay Berast in Paris, a long distance situation which works brilliantly. Darren Pugh and bassist Joe Heaton joined from Manchester band Veils and Leah Woodward is a rare guitarist not only having a playing style which compliments my own, but she brings a ton of her own insanity to the mix!” 

Nathan ‘Barley’ Phillips, founder of Basick Records commented: “Working with bands that push the boundaries to create a new definition for Metal, is what Basick strives for, so when I heard that Pin was cooking up a new project after the demise of SikTh, my ears naturally pricked up. After hearing all the demos and then subsequently having my face ripped off by ALIASES’ live show at Euroblast in Germany, I just knew that we had to sign them. Not only has Pin managed to improve upon the insanity element of his former output, he’s also managed to put together a band of outstanding musicians that totally complement this interesting and complex music. So, after a few meetings and phone calls, we finally convened at the first ALIASES show in the UK and consecrated the deal over a healthy amount of Jägermeister. I’m totally stoked to have the opportunity to work with a band who are creating music for all the right reasons and I can’t wait to release their debut CD and Album!” 

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Thanks for passing by. Hope you enjoy the music. :)

Spiral Drop is a Croatian modern progressive rock/metal band formed in 2002 as one-man project by Robert Trpin after the original group named Spiral Wave broke up the same year just before entering the studio for their first demo. Most of the songs that were created during the Spiral wave sessions ended on the Spiral Drop demo album 'Ahead'.

Spiral Wave was the band formed in early 2000 by ex-Concrete band members: Zoran Basic (Vocals), Robert Trpin (guitars, vocals), Josko Putilli (guitars) and Ivica Djanovic (drums) after Marjan Desin (Beyond the Oblivion, F.E.B.R.A.) left the band. At the end of year 2000, Emir Mujdzic (ex-Puppy what's your name) joins the band on bass guitar. The band’s sound was influenced mostly by bands like Disturbed, From Zero, Tool, Incubus, 311, Helmet, Deftones, Snot, Nothingface, Slipknot, System of a down, Creed, Spineshank, Metallica, Faith no more, Rage against the machine, Foo fighters, Alice in chains, Soundgarden and many others.

In period 2003-2006 Spiral drop has changed the sound combining more electronic elements together with exploring some different progressive rock/metal areas. In 2008 second album 'Paragon' was released with 15 new songs. On the second album there were several guests participating on the new songs including and 3 cover songs. Vocals on song 'Empyrian' and on the coversong 'Time after time' (Cyndi Lauper) are recorded by Matej Trpin (ex-Nitrotaste &amp; Beyond the oblivion). Katarina Pavlicevic has landed her voice on 'Empyrian' &amp; 'Pigeon song' (also cover of one traditional songcalled 'Golubice bila'). As a special appearance on bass guitar Emir Mujdzic is back on track 'Time after time'. Anica Susic on vocals and Vedran Levi on bass guitar are guests covering Despina Vandi 'Gia'.

In 2012 SDH Records has issued a re-mastered edition of the original demo named 'Ahead' with some new 'old' songs as a 10 years anniversary album with the completely new recorded sound.

Discography:
Ahead (2003)
Paragon (2008)
Three fours (2017)
Hold the line (2022)

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