New Zero God: Fun Is A Four Letter Word 2010 + XMMIII 2013

 

New Zero God is a Greek Gothic/Post Punk rock band formed in 2006 by frontman and vocalist Mike

Pougounas, bassist Costas Spanos, drummer Dimitris “Sidheog” Steves, and guitarist Averkios Hadjiantoniadis.
                          

New Zero God's popularity in Greece may be due to the veteran musicians who make up the band; as most Greek rock fans were already familiar with Mike Pougounas and Averkios Hadjiantoniadis from

The Flowers Of Romance, which is considered a legendary Greek gothic rock group. Costas Spanos and Dimitris Steves played with Pougounas in his previous band, Nexus. While New Zero God is billed as a post-punk group, their sound may lack any true classification, as their current style is a culmination of a musical evolution that began with The Flowers Of Romance's pure punk style, later gothic rock style, and then Nexus's industrial style.
                      

Although Mike Pougounas's Cyberdelia Records closed in 2005 and Nexus disbanded along with it,

Pougounas, Steves, and Spanos did not go their separate ways. They instead formed New Zero God a year later, reuniting Pougounas and Hadjiantoniadis who played together in The Flowers Of Romance before Hadjiantoniadis left the group to tour Europe.
               

New Zero God has been performing primarily around Greece, especially Athens, playing new songs as

well as covers of Flowers Of Romance songs. New Zero God has performed at several notable shows thus far, such as opening for the Legendary Pink Dots and Christian Death. In 2007, after the departures of Hadjiantoniadis and Spanos from the lineup, they were replaced by guitarist Elias “E-raptor” Raptis and bassist Babis “B-abyss” Diakoumeas.
         

New Zero God completed production on their debut album, Fun is A Four Letter Word, in 2009, and digitally released their album that same year. During recording, New Zero God's “In Your Dreams

Again” was featured on the 4-part compilation set Because God Told Me To Do It. Additionally, the band was featured in “Back In Black”, a 2009 documentary film by George Kagialedakis about the Greek rock scene, and they were also interviewed and featured on a Greek TV show. After having been signed on the day they finished recording, their debut album, "Fun Is A Four Letter Word" was physically released in January 2010 by Puzzlemusik Records.
                   

The band announced their newest guitarist, Apostolos "MadzTuxedo" Takos (ex-The Drops) on July 17,

2013, and on October 18, 2013, released their third single, "Destination Unknown". This two-track release served as a prelude to their limited-edition coloured vinyl collector's single under the same title, which was released on December 13, 2013.
                         

              
In keeping with the charitable spirit of New Zero God's effort to make at least one significant

contribution each year, on January 29, 2014, the band took part in the "Festival To Benefit M.K.I.E.". The event was organized by Mike Pougounas through The Greek Underground Scene with the specific aim of gathering medicines for those less fortunate through the Μητροπολιτικό ΚοινωνικόΙατρείο Ελληνικού (M.K.I.E.).
                 

NEW ZERO GOD - FUN IS A FOUR LETTER WORD 2010

                  

New Zero God – Fun Is A Four Letter Word
Label: Puzzlemusik – Piece 014
Format: CD, Album
Country: Greece
Released: Feb 8, 2010
Genre: Rock
Style: Goth Rock, Post Punk, Dark wave

                      

TRAXS

      

01. Bang Bang    3:32
02. Pain Called Pleasure   2:48
Backing Vocals – B-Abyss
03. Kiss The Witch   5:37
Tambourine – Mike Pougounas
04. Dead Inside    6:48
05. Lap Of The Universe    4:16
06. Fun Is A Four Letter Word    3:56
07. Eon    2:24
08. Strangest Of Fruits    4:06
09. Winners   5:16
Drums [Military Snare] – B-Abyss
10. The Love Hatesong    3:38
11. Spider Jack    3:08
12. Nightshift   3:36
Keyboards – Mike Pougounas/Loops – Sidheog

LINE - UP

                 

                
Bass – B-Abyss
Drums – Sidheog
Guitar [All Guitars] – E-Raptor
Music By – B-Abyss (tracks: 02-03, 06-09, 11-12), E-Raptor (tracks: 02-03, 06-09, 11), Mike Pougounas (tracks: 01-12), Sidheog Steves (tracks: 02-04, 06-09, 11)
Vocals, Words By – Mike Pougounas

Flac Size: 344 MB

NEW ZERO GOD - MMXIII 2013
                   

New Zero God – MMXIII
Label: Secret Sin Records – SS-CD-009
Format: CD
Country: UK & Europe
Released: Jan 13, 2013
Genre: Rock
Style: Dark Wave, Goth Rock, Post Punk

   

TRAXS

             

01. Damaged    6:16
02. Hypnotised    2:38
03. No Cure For Love    4:26
04. Sinners & Lovers    3:28
05. In Dreams We Trust    4:05
06. Freakshow    5:42
07. Angeline    4:36
08. Pinups    3:32
09. Intoxication    4:40
10. Until The End Of The Line    4:56

LINE - UP

                 

 
Bass – Harris Stavrakas
Drums, Design – Sidheog Steves
Guitar – Lao
Lyrics By, Vocals – Mike Pougounas
   

Flac Size: 290 MB