VERDICT DENIED is a metal band influenced mostly by the progressive-thrash metal movement. Founded in the mid 90s as Verdict, they started rehearsing covers and writing original material. In 1997, the band recorded a demo of 6 tracks, which received great reviews by the heavy metal press and gained a significant cult following. This demo is entitled “3RD Alternative The Name”
Line Up:
Koumroglou Vassilis: Guitars, Vocals
Kritsalos Costas: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
Exarchakos Costas: Drums
Marignias “Mariner” Nick: Keyboards
Seferlis Dennis: Bass
Tracklist:
“Somewhere In The Daylight”
“Nighthunting”
“3RD Alternative The Name”
“The Verdict”
“Sentinels Of Zed”
“Far Beyond Moonlight”
After several line-up changes necessary for the band's progress, Verdict Denied entered the studio in the year 2000 to record their following demo, which was entitled “Coming While You Sleep”.
Line Up:
Bernardo Steve: Vocals
Koumroglou Vassilis: Guitars, Back Vocals
Exarchakos Costas: Drums
Tassakos Costas: Bass
Papadopoulos Costas: Guitars
Tracklist:
“Fake Alibies”
“94 X 1 Vain”
“Serenade Of A Dream”
A 5-song demo was recorded in 2003 by the band for pre-production and arranging purposes only. After gathering budget to buy equipment and get to a recording studio, Verdict recorded 8 songs (total time: 50 minutes approx.). The recording process started in February of 2004 and finished in May. The mixing process was something of an endless procedure as it was done three times, in three separate studios and by three different mixing engineers, with the last one being the official, when Jeff Waters of Annihilator Fame took over and offered to mix the album at his Watersound Studios in May 2005. Meanwhile, the band took note of a significant number of bands with the same name, which led to a new name…. Verdict Denied. In the following years, Verdict Denied started negotiations with respective labels of the genre and ended up signing with Secret Port Records.
The album was released in November of 2009 and is entitled "Condamned"
Studio Line Up:
Koumroglou Vassilis: Guitars Vocals
Rouvell Jim: Drums, Bass and guitars
Papadopoulos Costas: Guitars
Tassakos Costas: Bass
Official “Condamned” Line Up:
Koumroglou Vassilis: Guitars Vocals
Rouvell Jim: Drums, Bass and guitars
Papadopoulos Costas: Guitars
Kokliotis Tassos: Bass
By 2010, the band had built their own home studio and rehearsal place, which was a long learning process. In the meantime, the line-up had to change once more and new troops came on board. Verdict Denied started working on their most ambitious project to date which is a concept album with a musical direction that looked as a quantum leap compared to the band’s previous material. A pre-production demo was recorded as part of the songwriting process. Right then, Secret Port Records offered to release an EP titled “…State To End All Terror…” to prepare the ground for the band’s 2nd full length album. The EP will hit the stores this fall.
Line Up:
Koumroglou Vassilis: Guitars, Vocals
Rouvell Jim: Drums, Vocals
Kokkinakis Anastasses: Lead Guitar
Sioulas Thanassis: Bass
