Marios Iliopoulos
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Marios Iliopoulos, born December 16, 1969 in Thessaloniki
, Greece
is an acclaimed Greek
heavy metal
guitarist and founder of the Greek
/Swedish
melodic death metal
band Nightrage
, and a former member of Exhumation.
After recording three albums with Exhumation (all of them produced in Sweden), Marios felt he should form Nightrage
in order to utilize and make his wildest musical dreams come true.
Marios formed Nightrage
along with fellow Greek
guitar hero Gus G. Many prominent figures of metal such as Tomas Lindberg
, Nicholas Barker
, Tom S. Englund
, Mikael Stanne
, and Per Möller Jensen
have collaborated with the band.
Marios has also made guest solo appearances for various artists, such as Dragonland
, Dies Irae
, Septic Flesh
, Firewind
, Mystic Prophecy
and Universum
. Marios also helped Death Metal band The Forsaken out on tour as bass
player, and has been on tour with Firewind
filling the same position.
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
is an acclaimed Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
guitarist and founder of the Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
/Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
melodic death metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
band Nightrage
Nightrage
Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...
, and a former member of Exhumation.
After recording three albums with Exhumation (all of them produced in Sweden), Marios felt he should form Nightrage
Nightrage
Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...
in order to utilize and make his wildest musical dreams come true.
Marios formed Nightrage
Nightrage
Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...
along with fellow Greek
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
guitar hero Gus G. Many prominent figures of metal such as Tomas Lindberg
Tomas Lindberg
Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg is a Swedish musician who has fronted many heavy metal bands. He has been active as a musician and composer since the late 1980s. He teaches at a high school.-Career:...
, Nicholas Barker
Nicholas Barker
Nicholas Howard Barker is an extreme metal drummer .- Biography :He was the original drummer for British metal band Cradle of Filth, playing on the first three albums. After leaving in 1999, he joined Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir...
, Tom S. Englund
Tom S. Englund
Tom S. Englund from Sweden currently plays guitar and sings lead vocals for the band Evergrey. He is married to Carina Englund, who does backing vocals in most of their albums.-Discography with Evergrey:* The Dark Discovery...
, Mikael Stanne
Mikael Stanne
Bengt Mikael Stanne is the vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity and the ex-vocalist for Swedish power metal band HammerFall.-Dark Tranquillity:...
, and Per Möller Jensen
Per Möller Jensen
Per Möller Jensen is a Danish drummer in the Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. He has earlier played drums in Invocator, Konkhra and Nightrage.-References:...
have collaborated with the band.
Marios has also made guest solo appearances for various artists, such as Dragonland
Dragonland
Dragonland is a power metal musical group from Sweden. The group is most notable for basing their two first albums upon the self-produced The Dragonland Chronicles fantasy saga and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmlid...
, Dies Irae
Dies Irae (band)
Dies Irae is a Polish death metal band founded in 1992. Their early recordings were heavily inspired and influenced by Vader and Morbid Angel.-Biography:...
, Septic Flesh
Septic Flesh
Septic Flesh is a death metal band from Athens, Greece, which was founded in 1990.- History :Septic Flesh was formed in March 1990 by Sotiris Vayenas , Spiros Antoniou , and Christos Antoniou , and quickly released a debut EP, Temple of the Lost Race in December 1991...
, Firewind
Firewind
Firewind is a Greek power metal band. Formed in 1998, the group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist, Gus G. to showcase his demo, Nocturnal Symphony in 1998. Firewind later became a full band over three years later when they recorded...
, Mystic Prophecy
Mystic Prophecy
Mystic Prophecy is a power metal band from Bad Grönenbach, Germany. They have been described as sounding like US-power metal, similar to bands such as Iced Earth , but still without losing the melodies found in European power metal.The band was formed by Valley's Eve bandmates R.D. Liapakis and...
and Universum
Universum (band)
UNIVERSUM are a melodic death metal band hailing from Adelaide South Australia. The band completed formation in early 2007 and describe their sound a fusion of Scandinavian melodic death metal, new wave American metal, old school thrash metal and progressive metal...
. Marios also helped Death Metal band The Forsaken out on tour as bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
player, and has been on tour with Firewind
Firewind
Firewind is a Greek power metal band. Formed in 1998, the group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist, Gus G. to showcase his demo, Nocturnal Symphony in 1998. Firewind later became a full band over three years later when they recorded...
filling the same position.
Discography with Exhumation
- Seas of Eternal Silence (1997)
- Dance Across The Past (1998)
- Traumaticon (1999)
Demo albums
- Demo (2001)
- Demo 2 (2002)
- Demo 3 (2002)
Studio albums
- Sweet VengeanceSweet VengeanceSweet Vengeance is the debut full-length studio album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band, Nightrage. It was released by Century Media Records on July 30, 2003. It features a bonus track "Gloomy Daydreams" which is a demo version from either their first or second demo which is only for...
(2003) - Descent into ChaosDescent into Chaos (Nightrage album)Descent into Chaos is the second full-length studio album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band Nightrage. It was released by Century Media Records on 21 February 2005 in Europe, on 5 April 2005 in the US and by King Japan on 27 April 2005 in Japan...
(2005) - A New Disease Is BornA New Disease Is BornA New Disease Is Born is the third full-length studio album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band, Nightrage. It was released by Lifeforce Records on 12 March 2007...
(2007) - Wearing A Martyr's CrownWearing a Martyr's Crown-Musical appearances:* "A Grim Struggle", "Collision of Fate", "Shed the Blood", and "Wearing a Martyr's Crown" were made available as downloadable content for the Rock Band video game series on Xbox...
(2009) - Vengeance DescendingVengeance Descending (Nightrage album)Vengeance Descending is a double CD reissue by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band, Nightrage. It was released by Century Media Records on November 19th, 2010. The Sweet Vengeance disc features the bonus track "Gloomy Daydreams" which is a demo version from either their first or second demo...
(2010) - InsidiousInsidious (Nightrage album)Insidious is the fifth album by the melodic death metal band Nightrage. The album is set to be released September 26th in Europe and a day later in North America through German label, Lifeforce Records...
(2011)