KARELIA’S DISCORD RELEASED THEIR FIRST EP IN 2017 TITLED 「RED ROMANCE」, FOLLOWING UP WITH A FULL LENGTH ALBUM TITLED 「CHRYSALIS」 AS THEIR FIRST MAJOR ALBUM IN 2018.
DURING THE RECORDING OF THE NEW ALBUM, KARELIA’S DISCORD RELEASED THEIR FIRST MUSIC VIDEO FOR 「RED ROMANCE」 AND CLOSED OFF THEIR YEAR WITH THEIR DOCUMENTED VIDEO JOURNEY IN「EMERGENCE」.
2019 MARKED A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE BAND AS THEY HAD RECRUITED A NEW LINE-UP AND INCORPORATED NEW MOODS AND STYLES TO THEIR EXISTING REPERTOIRE, TO PRESENT THE MINI-ALBUM 「SILENTIUM」WITH DARKER CONCEPTS, INTRICATE TEXTURES AND A MELANCHOLIC CONVEYANCE.
THE BAND COMPLIMENTED THE FINAL RELEASE WITH
「SILENTIUM - SCENES OF RECORDING 」FEATURING INDIVIDUAL MEMBER COMMENTARY AND DELVING INTO THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF 「SILENTIUM」.
AFTER A PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY THAT REVERBERATED THE WORLD, A NEW ERA BEINGS FOR KARELIA’S DISCORD WITH THEIR RETURN AND NEW RELEASE ‘AXIS LOOP’ THAT MARKS THE START OF THEIR TWO-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND ESTABLISHES THE THEME FOR THE BAND’S NEXT MINI ALBUM ‘ASPHYXIA’, THE CONCLUSIVE EVOLUTION OF THE BAND’S PREVIOUS WORK ‘SILENTIUM’.
Extensively drawing textures from bands such as DIR EN GREY, MIYAVI, and the GazettE - ZEPHIOS brings his own twist of ideas and amalgamates sonic textures to portray KARELIA'S DISCORD's soundscapes.
With a musical background in a punk rock genre, as well as drawing strands of inspiration from the likes of The Cure, Frank Turner, PUP and Arctic Monkeys, RAKKAS aims to infect the colour palette of KARELIA'S DISCORD with his own ingenuinity.
The prominence in his sounds stem from some of his favourites including the likes of The Gorillaz, Alter Bridge & The Cure as well as his love for grand instrumental soundtracks and inclination of norse inspired music. these tonalities shape a character of its own.