Daemonia Nymphe

{{Short description|Greek music band founded in the 1990s}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Δαιμόνια Νύμφη

| image = 2013 WGT 132 Daemonia Nymphe.jpg

| caption = Daemonia Nymphe (Δαιμόνια Νύμφη) performance at Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2013 in Leipzig, Heidnisches Dorf.

| origin = Athens, Greece

| genre = Ancient Greek music, neoclassical, neofolk

| years_active = 1994–present

| label = Prikosnovénie

| website = http://www.daemonianymphe.com/

| associated_acts =

| current_members = Spyros Giasafakis
Evi Stergiou
Maria Stergiou
Christos Koukaras
Daphne Kotsiani
Vangelis Paschalidis
Stephen Street

| past_members =

}}

Daemonia Nymphe (Δαιμόνια Νύμφη) is a Greek music band established in 1994 by Spyros Giasafakis and Evi Stergiou. The band's music is modeled after Ancient Greek music and is often categorized as neoclassicalhttp://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20041118082957813, Heathen Harvest or neofolk.

Daemonia Nymphe uses authentic instruments, including lyre, varvitos, krotala, pandoura and double flute, which are made by the Greek master Nicholas Brass.{{cite web |url=http://www.prikosnovenie.com/groupes/daemoniak.html |title=Prikosnovénie/daemonia nymphe |publisher=Prikosnovenie.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-17 |archive-date=2016-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004010800/http://www.prikosnovenie.com/groupes/daemoniak.html |url-status=dead }} Their shows are very theatrical, with members wearing masks and ancient dresses. Their lyrics are drawn from Orphic and Homeric hymns and Sappho's poems for Zeus and Hekate.

Members

  • Spyros Giasafakis
  • Evi Stergiou
  • Maria Stergiou
  • Victoria Couper
  • Vangelis Paschalidis
  • Stephen Street
  • Christopher Brice

Discography

  • The Bacchic Dance of the Nymphs, 1998
  • Tyrvasia, 1999
  • Daemonia Nymphe, 2002
  • The Bacchic Dance of the Nymphs – Tyrvasia, 2004
  • Krataia Asterope, 2007
  • Psychostasia, 2013
  • Macbeth, 2016

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