Greek alternative metal trio Misty Route presents their new full-length album »Ethos«; out today via Bitume Prods!
Athens, Greece based alternative metal trio Misty Route return with their sophomore full-length album, entitled »Ethos«, which was just released today, March 20th, 2026 via Bitume Prods.
Tracklist:
01. Hail
02. Last Night’s Dream
03. Born With A Price Tag
04. Blind God
05. No Destination
06. The Corridor
07. Freedom
08. Dictator
Courtesy of Bitume Prods PR:
»Ethos«, the new album from the Greek alternative metal band Misty Route, is now available on marbled coloured vinyl, digipack CD and digitally on Bandcamp, as well as on streaming platforms.
»Ethos« is Misty Route’s second full-length album. Sonically the album revolves around dark ambient soundscapes and emerging heavy grooves that often escalate to liberating metal breakouts. The lyrics focus on some of the biggest problems of our modern society, from a human being’s point of view. The album’s title »Ethos« comes from the Greek word “Ήθος”, which encapsulates a person’s values, morale, way of life and behavioral characteristics. The album cover is inspired by the flame that we carry deep in our souls, which refuses to go out despite the challenges, symbolizing our last resort in the darkest of times that we are going through.
Photo credit: Cristina Alossi
“»Ethos« is built around dark ambient soundscapes and heavy grooves, which often build in intensity before giving way to liberating metallic explosions. Following »Without A Trace«, the Athens-based trio has confirmed their credentials: solid, inspired, uncompromising alternative metal.”
Misty Route is an alternative metal band formed in 2019, in Athens, by Lefteris Saatsakis (guitar and vocals) and George Armando Konomi (bass). After a few auditions, Kostas Bacopoulos joined the band on the drums in October 2019 and completed the lineup that later recorded the album »Without A Trace«. In September 2023 Konstantinos Kaloudis was the last to join the band to replace Kostas on the drums. The story begins when mutual friends of theirs introduced Lefteris and George to each other, who began jamming together and creating some first tunes. All the band members had some short experience as solo artists or as members of local bands in the past. However, Misty Route represents a joint attempt to take things to the next level.
Misty Route is a unique name chosen to reflect the band’s musical style as much as possible. It symbolizes the passage of the human being through life and the journey towards the destination. In parallel, it also evokes the deep thoughts and dilemmas of the wanderers, as well as the unexpected at the other end of the mist waiting to be discovered.
The band’s music is inspired by a mix of different genres and is mainly defined by its dark, ambient and groovy character. Touches of psychedelic rock are harmoniously brought together with metal breakouts. After the release of a 3-track demo in 2020, Misty Route officially launched digitally on December 26, 2021 their debut album entitled »Without A Trace«. The album became available as digipack CD from November 24, 2023 via Bitume label.
»Ethos« is available on March 20, 2026 in digital format, digipack CD and vinyl via Bitume label. Order your copy here:
bitume-prods.band.fm
bitumeprods.bandcamp.com/album/ethos
mistyroute.bandcamp.com/album/ethos
All songs composed and performed by Misty Route.
Lyrics written by Lefteris Saatsakis except for the track »Dictator« written by Kostas Bacopoulos.
Produced by Misty Route.
Recorded by Antonis Kontozoglou at 9800 Studios, Greece.
Mixed by George Prokopiou at Jerry’s Studios, Greece.
Mastered by Hector.D.
Album artwork by Manster Design (Manthos Stergiou).
Synthesizers performed by Lefteris Saatsakis.
Choir vocals for the track »Blind God« by Marilou Kappou, Magdalini Makrygianni, Magdalini Sangou, Athina Petropoulou, George Armando Konomi, Konstantinos Kaloudis, George Prokopiou and Antonis Kontozoglou.
Crowd vocals for the track »Born With A Price Tag« by George Armando Konomi and Konstantinos Kaloudis.
Misty Route is:
Lefteris Saatsakis – Guitars & Vocals
George Armando Konomi – Bass
Konstantinos Kaloudis – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well