ABSINTHE GREEN began as a personal project in 2016, led by songwriter and producer Eirini ‘Absinthe Green’ in Dortmund, Germany. After moving back to Greece in 2019, Absinthe was joined by drummer Harry Mason, bassist Villy Pirris, and later guitarist Panos Economakis, forming the full band lineup. Since then, they’ve been captivating audiences with their emotionally charged sound, fusing pop elements, aggressive guitars, groovy rhythms, and a versatile vocal range.

Genres blur and definitions falter when it comes to ABSINTHE GREEN. Whether you call them Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, or something else entirely, their music is a rich tapestry of influences and life experiences. A critic once described them as “a melodic storm of beauty and heartbreak, both ferocious and tender.” Soul-stirring vocals shift seamlessly between power and fragility, while skilful guitar work and infectious grooves underpin melodies that cut straight to the core.

Absinthe’s song-writing is raw and unflinching, revealing deep truths about love, pain, and redemption. Their lyrics explore life’s duality – where joy and sorrow, hope and despair coexist in an ever-shifting dance. The band’s debut album, “Of Love and Pain”, produced by renowned producer Hiili Hiilesmaa, will be released on 19th September (with a physical release on 10th October). It ventures into the contradictions of the human experience, where destruction and creation, light and darkness, merge in a symphony of emotional depth and power.

The concept of “Death By A Thousand Cuts” is inspired by an ancient form of torture, the historical Chinese method of slow slicing (Lingchi), where many small wounds, individually non-lethal, cumulatively lead to death. Symbolically, the song re ects how love can feel this way: a series of small betrayals, slights, or pains that gradually erode the heart. Each wound alone may seem minor, but together they leave a lasting, deeply felt impact. In this nal confession, Absinthe stands stripped of all defense, not merely singing of pain, but surrendering herself to it, turning her own undoing into ritual. She paints the song with what remains of her life, bleeding devotion into every note, until love has consumed every last vein of mercy. It becomes the hymn of slow erasure, a valediction of the soul, bleeding out to the final silence until there is nothing left to offer, nothing left to be, but the ruin of truth. As the valediction and epilogue of OF LOVE AND PAIN, it is the closing heartbeat of the journey, a shadowed farewell written in scars, a testament to love endured and lost, fading like a ghost through the silence of what remains.

ABSINTHE GREEN is:
Eirini ‘Absinthe Green’ – Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
Villy Pirris – Bass / Panos Economakis – Guitar
Harry Mason – Drums