GHOST IRIS er tech-metal bannerførerne i Danmark. Deres vækst har været organisk og deres succes skyldes først og fremmest deres tilstedeværelse på internettet, hvor især YouTube og Spotify har åbnet mange døre.
Ghost Iris havde det mest streamede danske metal album i 2016, med 1,6 mio. streams og deres samlede streams, på diverse platforme, tæller i skrivende stund 3,6 mio. streams.
Deres a...ndet album "Blind World" udkom i februar 2017 på det tyske pladeselskab Long Branch Records, et datterselskab af pladegiganten SPV. Albummet har fået enorm ros for sin legesyge, men stadig fængende tilgang til teknisk metal. "Blind World" har således modtaget rivende gode karakterer i bl.a. Metal Hammer, KERRANG!, It Djents og Danmarks egne Devilution, ligesom de får regulær air play på KERRANG! Radio, der er verdens mest toneangivende radiostation inden for Metal.
Deres 1. single Pinnacle fra det nye album lå ligeledes på en 89. plads over de mest streamede metalsange på Spotify i verden. Bandet har på succesfuld vis turneret Europa og DK og begiver sig i november måned i kast med Kina og Japan, på en omfattende 16 datoer lang turne, for at promovere ”Blind World".
Materia was formed in November, 2007 by two brothers Michał “Mihu” and Tadeusz “Tede” Piesak and their good friend Jakub “Marcia” Marciniak. The band surprisingly quickly started writing its own material. Finally in the beginning of 2009 they released their first demo “Vandals”. In 2010 Adrian “Adi” Dubiński joined Materia on the second guitar. His talent opened the band for new better sound and it was another step ahead. A Year later their first official EP called “Holidays On The Angels Island” (2011) was out. Materia had officially became popular in whole Poland, which led to them play the shows all over the country, winning young band competitions and starts to play therir first polish tours. After 6 years Materia gets to the breaking point of their musician path. On the begin of 2013 they finished and released first LP “Case of Noise” and gets to “Must be the music” – the most popular talent show in Poland. Finally 2nd place give them chance to promote their music in mainstream television and spread the word about band not only among metal fans. Until that time band played over 150 shows all over the country and they still have more and more offers. Currently the band is working on new material, that is about to be released in the begining of 2014. Till this time they are determined to reach their first European Tour with Russian friends from Change of Loyalty! Stay tuned… history just begins.