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ENEMY OF REALITY: RELEASE TRIBUTE TO THE GREEK PONTIC GENOCIDE

by MythofRock

Greek symphonic metal act Enemy of Reality has just released a new music video for the song “Tin Patrida M’Ehasa” (I Lost my Homeland) which is an impressive adaptation of a traditional Pontic Greek song and a tribute to the victims of the Pontic Greek genocide. May 19 is the day of remembrance for the Greek genocide since February 24 1994, when the Hellenic parliament voted to recognize it. The adaptation is based on the title song from the album “Mavrothalassa” (Black Sea) [1999, Nitro Music] by Kostas Siamidis. The lyrics are written by Christos Antoniadis. 

The band stated: “We are very excited to present to you our latest work. May 19 marks the remembrance of the Pontic Greek Genocide (1916-1923), one of the darkest moments in Greece’s history. Entire villages and cities were devastated. By 1923, out of 700.000 Pontian Greeks who lived in Asia Minor, as many as 353.000 were killed and almost all the rest were forced to flee to neighbouring countries. This was the end of one of the ancient Greek civilizations in Asia Minor. We will never forget. This video is dedicated to all those who have been violently forced to flee their homes and countries.”

The Greek genocide, including the Pontic genocide, was the systematic killing of the Christian Ottoman Greek population of Anatolia which was carried out during World War I and its aftermath (1914–1922) on the basis of their religion and ethnicity. It was instigated by the government of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish national movement against the indigenous Greek population of the Empire and included massacres, forced conversion to Islam, forced deportations involving death marches, expulsions, summary execution, and the destruction of Eastern Orthodox cultural, historical, and religious monuments. Several hundred thousand Ottoman Greeks died during this period. Most of the refugees and survivors fled to Greece (adding over a quarter to the prior population of Greece). Some, especially those in Eastern provinces, took refuge in the neighboring Russian Empire.
 
The Allies of World War I condemned the Ottoman government–sponsored massacres. In 2007, the International Association of Genocide Scholars passed a resolution recognizing the Ottoman campaign against its Christian minorities, including the Greeks, as genocide. Some other organizations have also passed resolutions recognizing the Ottoman campaign against these Christian minorities as genocide, as have the national legislatures of Greece, Cyprus, the United States, Sweden, Armenia, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.

Enemy of Reality are currently in the recording procedure of their upcoming third full length album. It’s noteworthy that in the past they have participated in significant festivals such as Metal Female Voices Fest (Belgium), Artmania (Romania), Dames of Darkness (UK), VOTS Fest (Malta) as well as toured with Swedish symphonic metal act Therion.

• Starring: Spyros Bibilas, Magda Lekka, Mikes Glykas, Gewrgia Mauroidopoulou, Rebekka Kofina, Dimitra Avramaki, Agapi Tsigkou
• Lyre by: Dimitris Kosmidis
• Filming, Editing, Color Correction by: Bob Katsionis at The Black Box / Sound Symmetry Studio
• Recorded & Mixed by: Michalis Skarakis at 133 Studio
• Mastering by: Nasos Nomikos at VU Productions Mastering Studio
• Produced by: Enemy Of Reality & Angelo Vafiadis
• Photos: Stella Mouzi
• Cover artwork: Thoth Graphics.

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