Hydra

About

Not to be confused with the heavy metal band Hydra from Jakobsberg, Stockholm. Hydra was created in 1995 as a project by Titan on guitars, playing old-school primitive downtuned death-black metal. Due to some lazy members in the band, Hydra was put on ice for a couple of years and during this time some rehearsal tapes were recorded by Titan. In 1999, Titan recruited the multi-talented musician Flame (guitars/bass) and the raw vocalist Erebus. Later on Tornado was taken in on drums. With this line-up Hydra recorded four demo CDs: "Polemos", "Cursed Battlegrounds", "To Aima Emon" and "Tantalus". The music style had evolved to grim hellenic pagan metal and suited the band perfectly. In 2002 the band kicked Tornado and recruited Karl Thunder on drums instead, and Maugrim on bass so that Flame could concentrate on his guitar playing. With this ultimate line-up Hydra signed a deal with the newly started Off-Beat Records for a split-LP with the cult-band Unholy Archangel which was to be released in the Autumn of 2002. In early 2003, Hydra signed a deal with Portuguese label Heretic Sound for a full-length CD called "Phaedra", which was released in summer 2003. Compilation appearance(s): - "Head of Medusa" on Ancient Ceremonies Compilation Vol. 10, 13 (CD, Ancient Ceremonies Magazine, 2007)

Discography

Grown from the Cold

Demo · 2010

• 1 Shapeless 5:57 +
• 2 Usurper 4:34 +
• 3 Grown from the Cold 6:25 +

Head of Medusa

Demo · 2004

• 1 Head of Medusa 6:21 +
• 2 Homage to the Horned God, Pan 5:15 +

Phaedra

Full-length · 2003

• 1 Baptism of Royal Blood 5:24 +
• 2 Dread Battalions 6:39 +
• 3 Sacrifice of Nobler Blood 4:37 +
• 4 Phaedra 6:01 +
• 5 Sanctuary of Tantalus 4:30 +
• 6 Portents of Achilles 5:39 +
• 7 Altar Fires 6:49 +
• 8 In Exercise of Power 6:42 +

Cursed Battlegrounds

Demo · 2000

• 1 Unholy Stormclouds 10:29 +
• 2 Cursed Battlegrounds 12:57 +
• 3 Hidden in Hell 8:00 +
• 4 Thunder from Below 9:47 +

To aima emon

Demo · 2000

• 1 Ghost of Tantalus I (Doulia) 6:26 +
• 2 Ghost of Tantalus II (To aima emon) 4:00 +
• 3 Ghost of Tantalus III (Ypogeia) 6:02 +