Hilltops Are For Dreamers will be releasing their debut album "In Disbelief" via Rockshots Records on March 25th. The album itself is a world of extremes and vastly different from the band’s musical past. It blends influences from post-hardcore with acoustic blues melodies, progressive structuring, heavy riffing, a dash of black metal along with exploring electronic and cinematic paths. The record is meant to be a journey from a gloomy emotional state to a possible healing point through the process of realization. It is divided into three parts, Shadows, which is the dark unfolding of the path, Overturn, where the growing consciousness leads to the hope of a better self, and Awakening, which depicts a moment of revival and prospective remedy. For the album's mixing and mastering, they teamed up once again with Steve Lado at SL Studios.
" In Disbelief has a loose concept and it’s not a storytelling album from the point of having a main character or hero. However, each of the songs has a lyrical and musical theme that matches with the part where it belongs to." adds band founder Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos (Guitars / Bass / Keys / Programming).
Band Line Up:
Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos: Guitars / Bass / Keys / Programming
Michael Enger: Vocals
Dionysus Maratos: Programming
Album Credits:
- Guitars & bass recorded and played by Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos
- Keys and programming by Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos
- Vocals performed by Michael Enger
- Drums arranged and programmed by Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos & Dionysus Maratos
- Drums refined and edited by Defkalion Dimos
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All music & lyrics by Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos, except ‘Unsoiled
Soul’ music by Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos & Dionysus Maratos;
classical guitar lead by Victor Lamprinos
- Recorded by Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos at Hilltops Recordings & Michael Enger
- Produced by Steve Lado at SL Studios (Black Fate's "Ithaca", released via Rockshots Records)
- Mixed & Mastered by Steve Lado at SL Studios
- Co-Produced, edited & engineered by Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos
- Artwork synthesis & design by Sophia D.
- Band Logo by Sophia D.
- Artwork photography by Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos
About:
Hilltops are for Dreamers
(HAFD) is an ambitious project that took shape and form in London
around 2018 by Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos. However, they pride
themselves in being a multinational band, specifically, UK and
Greece-based. The band was born through the ashes of the five-piece
Greek metalcore act ‘From Zero To Hero, (FO2H)’ that was disbanded in
2012 immediately after the release of their debut album and Dionysus
Maratos (ex-FO2H, Celene) was the only one who joined HAFD in their
first steps.
Since 2018, the band has managed to self-release their first ‘self-titled’ EP (January 2020) in digital format, receiving a number of positive reviews, including Metal Hammer, Greece (07/10). Mainly focused on a post-hardcore direction, the EP has successfully blended early ‘00s metalcore elements with blues licks and catchy melodies. One lyric and a unique music video have also been produced to support the achievement.
Additionally, during the first Covid-19 lockdown, they wrote and then released the split digital EP ‘A Transition’ (July 2020) with the fellow band ‘Repent For Joy’, pushing their music a step further. That release was accompanied by a music video for the song ‘The Tide’, featuring Michael Enger, who also does vocals on the debut album, ‘In Disbelief’.
What first began as a studio project by Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos from the unfulfilled musical restlessness of the past has become a strong collaboration of fellow international musicians to create and record.
In the end, everyone's goal remains the same; to create influential music following the vision of a no-boundaries-physical or not-world where people connect with sounds and emotions.
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