Virgin Mary`s Eyes
The band of avant - garde metal
which is equivalent to the secretion of serotonin
What could a scarecrow have to do with a mermaid? In the case of Virgin Mary's Eyes (V.M.E.), the radio-friendly rock and avant-garde metal band, the answer becomes rather obvious. When allegory is elevated to a dominant means of expression and a lever of stylisation, and the image is turned upside down, almost obsessively, then many "unorthodoxies" are effortlessly interpreted. Such as, for example, the emergence of pink, which becomes the dominant colour of the band's image, since for its animated contributors, "pink is the new black", "it could be the colour of revolution". As for the band's devoted fans, "Virgin Mary's Eyes' music is equivalent to a secretion of serotonin".
Virgin Mary's Eyes were created in 2015 in Komotini by singer Michalis Hadjivassiliou and drummer Antonis Mallidis, both students at the Democritus University of Thrace. The first EP was released a year later with the title "Delirium Tremens". The descent to Athens is now a matter of time and the band members dive straight into the deep end, which means that they are determined to kick each other out of the comfort zone of a musical beaten path, to create and serve sounds amalgamated, with influences from metal (black, death, core, doom, grunge) to rap, reggae, ska, blues, surf. The concept of alternative and experimental almost haunts the band that, with a renewed line-up, starts live performances, immediately after the end of the alarm due to covid. With the arrival of 2024, the full album "Creatures" is released.
"A scarecrow and a clown are my friends, and a mermaid is my lover", from the first lyrics of the band's iconic song. The founding members decipher, "The clown evokes laughter, but also terror, and dances on the wave of existence; the scarecrow is static, like a man afraid to pursue his dreams; the mermaid symbolizes detachment as she swims in the beauty of freedom. All of these creatures are symbols of imaginary friends, but they are not limiting, each person knows for themselves what their personal symbol is, one or more, perhaps even conflicting with each other. The "Creatures" are the sum total of every allegorical and literal reflection of each of us. In fact everything is parallel, from a love or professional frustration in a country of the Western world to the reality in wartime in Ukraine or Palestine, and all of it is nothing but a struggle to escape from the shallows, from the nets, to sail flat out for freedom. And these parallels are inscribed in our music. Our sounds are chasing each other, from the openings of the most melodic extensions and commercial forms of music to the darkest and most furious musical caches."
As for the pink, which becomes the band's distinctive colour, "pink becomes the colour of the revolution, an intense colour that in our case replaces black. Besides, every dream is a revolutionary act, creation is a revolutionary act..."
The current line-up of the band is:
Michalis Hadjivassiliou - Voice
Stefanos Ouzounidis - Lead Guitar
Kostas Filippou - Bass
Angelos Gouma - Guitar
Antonis Mallidis - Drums
Releases:
“Delirium Tremens” EP – 2016
“First Voices” Single – Μάιος 2023
“Creatures” Single – Σεπτέμβριος 2023
“Taste the Unknown” Single – Οκτώβριος 2023
“Creatures” Full Album – Ιανουάριος 2024
