Actually, "Eleftheria" is Greek (and also used as a name for girls in Greece) and means "Freedom". And since that is a term that goes together with the kind of music & content we have, we thought it would fit quite nicely ;)

We like to play live very much, in fact so far we are probably a better live than studio band ;) But we're working to improve the studio work as well of course! We've only played a few shows so far, the best experience was probably a Metal Band Contest in May this year, where we made 2nd place (out of 10 bands) in our only second ever gig, and even scored a pretty good ranking in that contest's finals!


Right now we only play in Austria (mostly Vienna and surroundings, but we also played in Graz), but of course we hope that some day we may be able to play elsewhere as well!

Well it sure does change the industry! I think for new and upcoming bands and solo artists it is a great way to make themselves heard, and for some groups and artists it is even a big chance to manage their own careers (since only a very few "chosen" get the opportunity to receive major label deals which finance their record productions, promotion etc...). Of course, the issue of mp3 downloads remains to be discussed; but we generally think it is a good way to learn about new bands before blindly buying an album, and we think that many people will rather buy an original album if they first hear some samples of that band's or artist's music, when otherwise they might never buy an album of theirs in the first place!

Of course we would ;) Even in the short time we've been together as a band we've come to know that producing a really good sounding record in high quality is an extremely costly thing and it is very hard for young bands to finance that. So this support of labels is still needed in many aspects, we think!

What you can expect from Eleftheria (hopefully more mp3s to come in the near future): Heavy guitars, great melodies, interesting and sometimes thoughtful lyrics, and hopefully a great time listening to our songs!


Our musical influences range from bands like Stratovarius and Hammerfall over the terrific vocal works of Savatage, over darker regions of metal like Dimmu Borgir and Children of Bodom to classics like Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Judas Priest and many contemporary bands from the Melodic Metal Genre (Rhapsody, Kamelot, Human Fortress, Altaria, Sonata Arctica, Helloween...)

Vienna, of course ;) The city of music itself!

Well since we are a metal band we only have some keyboards in ways of electronic equipment. Our keyboarder uses Korg, Roland and Yamaha boards.

Check our tunes and let us know what you think in the guestbook!


Any constructive criticism, opinions and ideas are welcome.


Also, make sure to visit our website at www.eleftheria.at


Be seeing you on stage!