Aphasia by Stonus

"Aphasia" is the long waited Debut album of the Cypriot Heavy rockers STONUS, a fully analogue 41:43 minute LP recorded live at Wreck it Sounds Studios in Corinth, Greece under the supervision of George Leodis and John Modes. The man behind the artwork, this magnificent creation, is Diogo Soares.

'After half a decade of musical experimentation and constant learning, between UK and Cyprus, Stonus managed to define their sound seeking deep into their roots, combining a mix of psychedelic, stoner, doom and hard rock. Their debut album "Aphasia" tries to imitate the mental disorder in a more spiritual and personal perception allowing the listener to travel in their own musical path...'

Aphasia impairs a person’s ability to use or understand words. People who suffer from it may have difficulties speaking and finding the words to complete their thoughts, understanding conversations, reading, comprehending words and using numbers. Aphasia will always stay inside of you shrinking your thoughts remaining in your consciousness, trying to run after you...Can you handle it?...Can you handle it?...Can you Handle it?

Tracklist

1.	Intro (First Breath)	0:49

2.	Awake	7:14

3.	Aphasia	6:36

4.	Mania	6:35

5.	Nadir	8:33

6.	Dead End	5:34

7.	Ghost Town	6:20

Credits

released March 6, 2020

Vocals: Kyriacos Frangoulis
Lead Guitar: Pavlos Demetriou
Rythm Guitar: Nicky Ray
Bass: Andreas Aristides
Drums: Kotsios Demetriades

Recording: Wreck it Sounds
Mixing and Mastering: George Leodis
Artwork: Diogo Soares

- #1 on best selling hard rock vinyls on Bandcamp
- "Mania" featured in top 13 heavy rock songs of the week in Metal Hammer
- Ranked 18th on Doom Charts February 2020

Reviews:

“APHASIA is yet another deadly weapon in the new Greek Stoner uprising! Chock full of hot Desert licks and molten metal, Stonus carve out seven huge hunks of solid rock and fashion them as idols to the Sun God.” ~REEK OF STOOM (DOOM CHARTS)

“ Stonus have whipped up an explosive cocktail of fuzz, heaviness, psych, tripping and doom. This album will rock your socks off! Oh, and how about the fabulous cover...the band is pulling out all stops to make this a memorable piece of work.
As Aphasia nests forever in your consciousness so will this album. Stonus have created a stone cold killer album"
~ROBERT CAMASSA (Music/Radio Producer CYBC)

“The guys know their craft and the fuzz is strong with this ones, the vocals are a nice surprise as I don’t get reminded to OZZY OSBOURNE or one of the other usual suspects, bass and drums are also very present.” 8.5/10
~ REFLECTIONS OF DARKNESS

The production and overall sound of the album is excellent and allows Aphasia to be quite a load and action-packed album indeed. Aphasia has a cool and addictive warm glow to it. Overall, Stonus have released a superbly entertaining record that will hopefully enhance their reputation within the Stoner Rock/Metal community. ~ STEVE HOWE (OUTLAWS OF THE SUN)

“This is a band that is growing into their sound and I really dig it!” ~ FUZZY CRACKLINS

“It becomes really clear by the end of this record that Stonus definitely meets that criteria with their debut being far more than just notable. So much about what makes “Aphasia” great is in its loyalty to all that is modern rock, and the whole of the record flourishes because of that.” ~HEAD-BANGER REVIEW

“Recorded in Greece, at wreck it sound studios in Corinth, "Aphasia" has a raw, fat, well-mastered, hyper-saturated sound, and yet very heavy and fuzz rock. Far from being apathetic, stonus shows immediately visible energy. From the first notes of " awake, " Nadir " or " Ghost town ", we enter the subject... under a sun of lead! The seven tracks of the album are of tremendous efficiency, and the maturity of the young band surprises. To Discover urgently! ~ FRANCOIS ALAOURET (ROCK'N FORCE)

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