New Promo: Concrete
"Ethereal Atrocities"
(Old School Death Metal / Bulgaria)
Release Date: September 25, 2021
FFO: Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Exhumed
Back
in 2011 Kalin Kolev decided to form a death metal band so he started
writing riff material on his own. Soon, somewhere around July the same
year, Zhivko Stoyanov, an old friend of Kalin, came into the picture.
Kalin asked him if he was willing to play bass in a nameless death metal
band and he confirmed without hesitation. Kalin wanted to do vocals
also and then it was time to look for a second guitarist and a drummer.
Ivan Ivanov, also a good friend of Kalin, was the first and the current
person to become second guitar player. The three continued writing riffs
and observing ideas and had a couple of songs done pretty fast. The
tough part was finding an accurate drummer to play something as
challenging as death metal. After going through several players, the
band understood that it will be a hard time finding the correct guy. The
band went through several name ideas and chose CONCRETE for a permanent
solution.
On
April 18th, 2012 they released their first self-titled EP "Annihilation
Of Humans", containing 5 songs. Even though it was recorded in poor
conditions it was a strong start and was greatly appreciated by both
fans and media. The band used a drum machine for that release. In the
summer of 2012 CONCRETE was introduced to Ivo Ivanov (Lord Curse),
formerly of a local thrash metal band, named Ira Deum. Kalin, Zhivko and
Ivan decided to take a test rehearsal with Ivo and things came out
pretty good right from the start. Many shows with local bands followed
including opening acts for a couple of foreign colleagues both in venues
and open air. In November 2014, founding member Ivan Ivanov (rhythm
guitar) decided to part ways with the band. The post was filled soon
enough by Peter Dimitrov. The band remained in that lineup until June
2018, when drummer Ivo Ivanov left the band due to personal reasons. His
position is filled by Pavlin Nikolov since then. Currently, CONCRETE is
located in its hometown Shumen, playing shows and constantly working
over new material of PURE DEATH METAL.
Check out this video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuEi5bbuSrg