After the passing of Astarte's mastermind Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri in August from complications of leukemia, the Greek black metal act will finish the new album they were working on called Blackdemonium and release it in her honor.

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Greek black metal act Astarte have lost their main member Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri. After battling with leukemia, previous updates suggested she might be getting better but today her husband broke the sad news of her passing after complications. Maria founded the band with Kinthia and Nemesis back in 1995.

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The last time we heard of Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri, she was in critical condition battling leukemia. The frontwoman of the Greek black metal band Astarte seems to be improving with the treatments and the updates on her health condition have been regular.

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Sadly, it has been announced that Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri, the mastermind of Greek black metallers Astarte, is in critical condition battling leukemia. According to Tristessa's husband, she is fighting for her life right now. The band had before announced a new album for 2014. Hopefully, she can win this battle.

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After a long silence, Greek black metallers Astarte will enter the studio to record their sixth full-length album Blackdemonium for a 2014 release. The new opus will contain "9 or 10 tracks of black/death metal music with some thrash influences," according to the band. The cover artwork will be designed by Maggot Meister and will be revealed later. This is the first new material from the group since Demonized (2007).

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Greek female black metal trio Astarte has posted the cover artwork for its upcoming fifth album, "Demonized", at this location (cover artwork by Timo Wuerz). The CD, which is tentatively due next month via Avantgarde Records, was mixed at Tico Tico studios in Finland. It features guest appearances on vocals by Arch Enemy's Angela Gossow, Mayhem's Attila Csihar, God Dethroned's Henri Sattler and Lloth's Nicolas Sic Maiis. The track listing is as follows:

01. Mutter Astarte
02. God Among Men (feat. Nicolas Sic Maiis)
03. Demonized
04. Heart Of Flames
05. Lost
06. Black Star
07. Lycon (feat. Attila Csihar)
08. God I Hate Them All
09. Queen Of The Damned (feat. Henri Sattler)
10. Everlasting
11. Princess Of The Dawn (Accept cover)
12. Black At Heart (feat. Angela Gossow)
13. Everlasting (outro)

Watch the "Mutter Astarte" video at this location.
Download the "Mutter Astarte" MP3 here.

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Astarte have officially started recording their "Demonized" album. The complex recording process is taking place in two different studios in Athens and then going to be mixed in Finland, at the internationally famed TICO TICO Studio. As previously reported, a bunch of Tristessa's friends musicians will take part to this recording as guests. Words were already spreaden about Martin Walkyier (ex-Skyclad, now Clan Destined) and Henri Sattler (God Dethroned) but the latest surprise from Athens is about a guest-vocals appearance by Angela of Arch Enemy.

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