Carl Begai

By Carl Begai

Free music, acquired legally and available to anyone that wants it. A novel idea in this day and age, and one that could result in some well-deserved attention for Kinetic when they finally unleash their next album. The long suffering Greek sextet did the deed in 2008, releasing an EP entitled 6.6.6.6. via their official website as a free digital download for diehard fans and the merely curious, a deal that’s still up and running to this day (see below). As Kinetic enters its eighth year together – a much different animal now compared to their early years – bassist / vocalist Savvas Betinis believes the band is finally on track. In essence, 6.6.6.6. was a new beginning for the progressive death metal outfit and things can only get better as far as he’s concerned.

“Things in Greece are rather good for us,” says Betinis. “Kinetic has been around for over seven years and most of us were members of other historically important Greek metal bands. I was part of Acid Death for 12 years, for example, and we were the first progressive death metal band in Greece in the ‘90s. Kinetic has become fairly well known in Greece so things have been good I’d say, but we’re faced with the question of how to make our importance stronger outside of Greece. (continue reading…)