Marios Iliopoulos (born 16 December 1969 in

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, Australia) is a Greek guitarist and founder of the

melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavines ...

band

Nightrage Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band originally from Thessaloniki. They later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden. History Formation and ''Sweet Vengeance'' (2000–2003) Nightrage was founded by Marios Iliopoulos and his cl ...

, and a former member of Exhumation. After recording three albums with Exhumation (all of them produced in Sweden), Marios formed

along with fellow Greek guitar hero

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. Many prominent figures of metal such as

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, and

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have collaborated with the band. Marios has also made guest solo appearances for various artists, such as

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, Dies Irae,

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and

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. Marios also helped death metal band The Forsaken out on tour as bass player, and has been on tour with

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 ''A New Disease Is Born'' is the third full-length studio album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band, Nightrage. It was released by Lifeforce Records on 12 March 2007. The album features an entirely new lineup, excluding guitarist Marios ...

'' (2007) * '' Wearing A Martyr's Crown'' (2009) * '' Vengeance Descending'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' The Venomous'' (2017) * ''

Wolf to Man ''Wolf to Man'' is the eighth full-length studio album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band, Nightrage. It was released by Despotz on 29 March 2019. The album was recorded at Otse music studio Thessaloniki, Greece by Nik Logiotatidis ...

'' (2019)

External links

Nightrage official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iliopoulos, Marios 1969 births Living people Greek rock guitarists Greek heavy metal guitarists Musicians from Thessaloniki Nightrage members