Marios Iliopoulos

Marios Iliopoulos, born December 16, 1969 in Thessaloniki, Greece is an acclaimed Greek heavy metal guitarist and founder of the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band Nightrage, and a former member of Exhumation.

After recording three albums with Exhumation (all of them produced in Sweden), Marios felt he should form Nightrage in order to utilize and make his wildest musical dreams come true.

Marios formed Nightrage along with fellow Greek guitar hero Gus G. Many prominent figures of metal such as Tomas Lindberg, Nicholas Barker, Tom S. Englund, Mikael Stanne, and Per Möller Jensen have collaborated with the band. Marios has also made guest solo appearances for various artists, such as Dragonland, Dies Irae, Septic Flesh, Firewind, Mystic Prophecy and Universum. Marios also helped Death Metal band The Forsaken out on tour as bass player, and has been on tour with Firewind filling the same position.

Discography with Exhumation

• Seas of Eternal Silence (1997)
• Dance Across The Past (1998)
• Traumaticon (1999)

Discography with Nightrage

Demo albums

• Demo (2001)
• Demo 2 (2002)
• Demo 3 (2002)

Studio albums

• Sweet Vengeance (2003)
• Descent into Chaos (2005)
• A New Disease Is Born (2007)
• Wearing A Martyr's Crown (2009)
• Vengeance Descending (2010)
• Insidious (2011)

Gear/Endorsements

ESP USA Eclipse-II with Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB-1 pickups, ESP ECLIPSE-II VTB with Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB-1 pickups, Gibson Les Paul menace with Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB-1 Pickups, Gibson Les Paul Studio with Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB-1 Pickups, J.Nunis "Marios Iliopoulos signature" guitar with Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB-1 pickups, Amps: Randall V2, Randall XL cabinet RS412XLT,, Korg DT-10 stage tuner, Providence cables H101 model, Samson AirLine Guitar - Wireless System,Boss Noise Suppressor NS-2, BBE Green screamer overdrive,Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah GCB-95, Providence Anadime Chorus ADC-3, Dunlop Marios signature picks Ultex .73, Strings: Elixir: 011, 016, 024 (wound), 036, 046, 068. Straps: Seymour Duncan and Elixir.

External links

• Marios Iliopoulos Official Myspace

http://www.randallamplifiers.com/Artists/Featured-Artists/Marios-Iliopoulos-Bio.html

• Nightrage official Website
• Nightrage official Myspace