Greek psychedelic rock visionaries VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY have unveiled a brand-new music video for “Requiem”, another striking cut from their forthcoming studio album, Venceremos, out this Friday via Napalm Records.
With the release of Venceremos just days away, the album is drawing remarkable acclaim from the international music press. It has claimed several leading soundcheck positions and Album of the Month honors across Europe, while VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY currently grace the cover of METAL HAMMER Greece with an extensive feature on their new chapter.
Germany’s METAL HAMMER declares that “with their heaviest album to date, the band have also delivered their finest work yet”, while ECLIPSED MAGAZINE concludes that there is simply “no way around VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY anymore”. LEGACY calls Venceremos “outstanding”, while METAL.DE describes it as “a modern-day rock opus”. Hungary’s UNDERWORLD hails the record as “a post-rock masterpiece”, while ROCK HARD praises an album carried by melodies “the likes of which haven’t been heard in psychedelic rock for ages”. Also DEAF FOREVER MAGAZINE sees a “truly strong album poised to further cement the status of this extraordinary and unique band”, and Norway’s SCREAM MAGAZINE perhaps puts it most simply: “Their best album of their career so far!”
With “Requiem”, VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY now reveal another compelling facet of Venceremos. Reflective and uncompromising, the song turns its attention to endings and the final reckoning, when everything else falls away and all that remains is the truth of how a life was lived.
VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY on the new single:
“Requiem is a reflection on endings, where the journey fades, and only truth remains. It’s about facing yourself at the final moment, weighing a life lived. You lived your life or fell their fraud? Will you go with massive guilt or calm in serenity?”.
