This is already Grey Gallows’ third album, released through Cold Transmission Music, following two previous full-length records and a self-released mini-album. The Greek band now returns with eight new songs, featuring several guest vocalists.

This work fits perfectly within what I consider the new Cold-Wave and Gothic generation—a musical evolution in which a group like She Past Away has acted as a trendsetter. I don’t want to push the comparison too far, because Grey Gallows certainly has its own sonic identity: primarily electronic, with vintage string sounds that revive the icy chill of the ’80s. The vocals generally sound deep and dark, adding another layer to the already shadowy atmosphere that permeates the entire album. One track, featuring female vocals, recalls the cold yet sensual expression of Elena Alice Fossi.

The album unfortunately contains only eight songs and perhaps lacks a true standout climax, but it is nevertheless an engaging and atmospheric release from a band that deserves far more recognition. (Rating:7).

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About Grey Gallows

Grey Gallows is a darkwave duo from Patras, Greece, formed by Konstantin and Dionisis. The project mixes cold-wave, gothic, and post-punk with electronic textures and vintage synths, and records for Cold Transmission Music.

The 2023 album “Strangers” featured guest vocalists Kriistal Ann of Paradox Obscur and Irini Tiniakou of Incirrina, and followed the earlier album “Garden of Lies”. “Dunkelheit” (2025) continues on Cold Transmission Music, again with several guest vocalists.

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Grey Gallows is a Greek duo hailing from Patras. The band is driven by Konstantin (vocals & keys) and Dionisis (guitar, bass & keys). They this year released their fourth full-length album “Strangers” which also is the second one released by Cold Transmission Records. The band take us back to the darkest hours of Dark-Wave and Post-Punk while adding a personal touch on top of the composition. “Strangers” deals about different themes which can be summarized to human psyche, love, pain, alienation, and the redemption of the individual, concerning social issues that plague the modern era. I got in touch with Konstantin to know a bit more about this cool formation.

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Q: Grey Gallows is now active for a couple of years. How did the band saw the daylight and what do you consider as your main accomplishments so far?

Dionisis: We formed as a band in 2016 when I moved to live in Patras and met Konstantin. We became close friends and as we understood that we shared the same taste in music, we decided that we would like to make our own band and express ourselves.

I believe that signing with a label like Cold Transmission and be given the opportunity to perform abroad and especially at WGT is something that we didn’t expect back then and that makes us really proud.

Q: I think your music sounds obviously 80s Dark-Wave / Post-Punk inspired with something extra on top which makes me think to an imaginary hybrid between The Sisters Of Mercy and She Passed Away. Does this description fits to your own perception of sound and what have been the main sources of inspiration?

Konstantin: Well, this is an interesting description, we definitely love The Sisters Of Mercy and we have high respect for She Past Away. We are obviously into 80s Dark-Wave / Post-Punk, listening all those great bands of the past, such as The Cure, Joy Division and Deine Lakaien, but we also like more recent bands, like Lebannon Hanover.

Τhe latest years, being on Cold Transmission, I think that we have been influenced by its distinctive sound and musical approach in general.

Q: You already released several albums but especially both last productions released by Cold Transmission Music give you a wider exposure. How do you analyze the evolution of the band and what’s the impact to be signed on a leading label of the Dark-Wave / Post-Punk scene?

Konstantin: Signing to Cold Transmission gave us both the artistic freedom to express ourselves musically without limits and, on the other hand, to have the chance to reach a broader audience, especially in Germany and central Europe. So, being on a label as supportive as Cold Transmission, is very benefic for us.

We share with Suzy and Andreas our music ideas, discuss the evolution of the band which resulted in friendship.  Moreover we are now family, we belong to the Cold Transmission family and we are very happy and proud of it.

Q: Tell us a bit more about your new album “Strangers”. How did this album saw the daylight and what did you try to express by its lyrical themes?

Konstantin: Some of the songs, for example “Strangers”, were written during the pandemic, so in one aspect they reflect a state of sentimental and social isolation we found ourselves being into those days.

Musically, we tried to evolve our sound, combining a traditional Dark-Wave sound with Cold-Wave and experimenting with more Electronic elements than our previous albums.

Of course we had the honor to have two great female singers in two songs, Kriistal Ann from Paradox Obscur and Irini Tiniakou from Incirrina, a fact that we believe gave a different kind of emotional approach to our songs.

Lats but no least, we had the opportunity to work again with Nick ‘TheMute’ Chalntoupis, our sound engineer, who gave to ‘’Strangers’’ its distinctive sound.

Q: I experienced “Strangers” as your most accomplished and best work to date. Do you think the last album is always the best one? Do you handle specific criteria and/or references when it comes to composition and production?

Dionisis : For Grey Gallows I think that this is true. “Strangers” is our most complete work until now in terms of composition and production. We tried to add more elements in our sound and explore more genres and so we loved that we were able to do different things in each song of this album.

We try in every release, to have let’s say a ‘pallet’ of songs that shows our influences and in “Strangers” we experimented more so that we could broaden our musical horizons.

Q: I noticed you last year also released a live EP/mini-album featuring five songs. How important are live shows to you -and especially after the lockdowns all over Europe? How do you look back at WGT you played this year?

Dionisis: These songs were recorded during the last lockdown for a stream event and later on we came up with the idea to release it as EP.

It was a strange and hard era during the covid for every musician and for their fans also, because gigs are the best way to share your energy and feelings with people who support you and listen to your music.

WGT was an amazing experience and I would say that it was the best gig we had until now. The feedback that we got and the support during the show was something that we really hadn’t expected so we couldn’t be happier. It was a really memorable experience.

Q: What comes next for Grey Gallows?

Dionisis: We are currently working on some new songs for our next album, this is our fuel that keeps us evolving and moving forward.

Furthermore, we have scheduled some live gigs for September, we are a band who loves playing live. In one of those we are supporting the mighty Covenant in Athens on December, along with our friend Night In Athens. So we would like to thank you for this interview, it was a real pleasure and honor for us.

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Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Post-Punk.

Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.

Background/Info: “Strangers” is the fourth official studio album by Greek formation Grey Gallows. It also is their second opus released by German label Cold Transmission Records.

Content: The work reflects the darkest hours of Dark-Wave music and especially the opening cut sounds like emerging from the grave. Guitar and singing are once again reminding me of The Sisters Of Mercy but the production also features very explicit electronic sound treatments. In the end you get a perfect twist between guitar and electronics; between dark power and melody lines. The work also features interesting collaborations with guest singers Kriistal Ann and Incirrina.

+ + + : This is a great dark production revealing a band which has seriously improved most aspects of their production. They first of all found a better balance between typical Dark-Wave guitar playing and elevating, melodic, Electronics. The low singing vocals only accentuate the darkness of the work while female guest singers -and especially Kriistal Ann, injects her familiar cold, sterile, and sensual way of singing.

– – – : Both last songs aren’t my favorites and a bit like an antithesis to a great piece of music.

Conclusion: Grey Gallows reinvents the 80s Dark-Wave spirit; kind of imaginary hybrid between The Sisters Of Mercy and She Passed Away.

Best songs: “Strangers”, “Lies”, “Spirits Feat. Kriistal Ann”, “Dying Light”, “Bare Inside Featuring Incirrina”.

Rate: 8.

Artist: www.facebook.com/greygallowsband

Label: www.darkdimensions.de /  www.facebook.com/pages/Dark-Dimensions-Label-Group/486014725206 Read the news on ‘Strangers’.

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About Grey Gallows

Grey Gallows is a Greek dark wave duo from Patras, formed in 2016 by Konstantin (vocals, keys) and Dionisis (guitar, bass, keys). The band signed to German label Cold Transmission Records, which gave them a wider audience across Germany and central Europe and led to a performance at Wave-Gotik-Treffen. “Strangers”, released in 2023, is the band’s fourth full-length album and its second for Cold Transmission Records. Partly written during the pandemic, the record combines the duo’s Dark-Wave and Post-Punk foundation with Cold-Wave and electronic elements, and features guest vocals from Kriistal Ann of Paradox Obscur and Irini Tiniakou of Incirrina, mixed by longtime sound engineer Nick “TheMute” Chalntoupis.

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Grey Gallows, the Patras, Greece-based darkwave duo (Konstantin and Dionisis), are back with “Strangers”, their fourth full-length album. The album will be released tomorrow, 5th May. With this album, the band has experimented with both hardware and software analogue synths, incorporating more electronic elements than in their previous albums.

Participating on the album are two female singers, Kriistal Ann (Paradox Obscur) and Irini Tiniakou (Incirrina). Also involved in the production and mixing of the release is sound designer Nick “The Mute” Chaldoupis, with whom Grey Gallows also collaborated on their last album “Garden of Lies”.

Lyrically, the album addresses both experiential and fantastical narratives about the human psyche, love, pain, alienation, and the redemption of the individual, concerning social issues that plague the modern era.

The album will be available on CD, vinyl, and digitally.

Grey Gallows released their first self-financed mini-album “Beyond Reflections” in September 2017. One year later, they released “Tears” via In Club Records on tape. Having spent almost a year producing their new material, they joined forces with the German label Cold Transmission Music to release their third album “Garden of Lies” in spring 2021.

Now, they are back with their fourth album, “Strangers”. Read the review of ‘Strangers’.

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Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave.

Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.

Background/Info: Greek duo Grey Gallows have already released a number of albums, and now joined hands together with German label Cold Transmission Music to unleash “Garden Of Lies”. This is the band’s third official album.

Content: I never heard of this formation before. “Garden Of Lies” brings us back to the darkest hours of 80s Cold/Dark-Wave music. The singer’s low timbre of voice will for sure remind you of Andrew Eldritch while sound-wise I also noticed some links with The Sisters Of Mercy. Let’s say that Grey Gallows sounds more electro-driven, but still produces this dark and moody touch reminding the British idols of Cold-Wave music. One of the songs is featuring female guest singer Cleopatra Kaido who injects an heavenly, angelic touch to the work.

+ + + : Grey Gallows is not just inspired by 80s music, but they masterly accomplished a fascinating work reminding me of some idols of the genre while at the same time injecting a more personal, Electronic touch. The synths accentuate the darkness hanging over the album while it also brings a more melodic flavor to the production. The production of the drum sections also have this typical 80s sound. The cavernous production of the vocals is another essential element.This is a work with several attention grabbers.

– – – : I’m missing a bit more diversity in the sound formula and some extra guitar sounds would definitely inject a boost.

Conclusion: Grey Gallows have found the perfect home at Cold Transmission Music to spread their cool Cold-Wave music around.

Best songs: “Peels Of Time”, “Dissociation”, “Garden Of Lies”, “Don’t Bring Flowers”.

Rate: (7 ½).

Artist: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100053636354364

Label: www.coldtransmission.com / www.facebook.com/coldtransmissionmusic

About Grey Gallows

Grey Gallows is a dark-wave duo from Patras, Greece, formed in the winter of 2016 by Konstantin (vocals, keys) and Dionisis (guitar, bass, keys). Discogs lists the promo mini-album “Beyond Reflections” (2017), the cassette album “Tears” on InClub Records (2018), the digital releases “Under The Grey Skies” (2018) and “Nothing Will Remain” (2019) and the album “Shades” (2019).

“Garden Of Lies” was released by Cold Transmission Music on 19 March 2021 on CD, as a limited LP and as a download. The ten tracks are “Garden Of Lies”, “Love Moan”, “The Fall”, “At The Crack Of The Dawn”, “Dissociation”, “Don’t Bring Flowers”, “Cold Hearts”, “Grey Is Our Colour”, “Peels Of Time” and “All Men”. The songs were recorded at H.K. Studios with vocals recorded at SoundCave Studios in Athens; Nikos Haldoupis mixed and mastered the album, Cleopatra Kaido of Meat Injection sings on “Dissociation”, Ermis Samsa co-wrote one track, Infrared Media made the artwork and Marilia Fotopoulou took the cover photo.

The duo stayed with Cold Transmission Music for the remix EP “(RMXS)” and the album Strangers (2023), announced on Side-Line in Greek darkwave duo Grey Gallows present new album ‘Strangers’ and followed by the Click Interview with Grey Gallows in September 2023. Dunkelheit was reviewed in December 2025. “Garden Of Lies” is the band’s third album and its first Side-Line review.

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