Astarte "Rise From Within (Greece, Black Lotus Records, BLR-CD 016)"

Astarte was an all-female black metal band from Athens, Greece, named after the goddess Astarte.

Rise From Within is their second album released February 13th, 2000.

Tracklist:

1. Furious Animosity 04:38   
2. Rise from Within I (Mystical Provocation) 07:46
3. Rise from Within II (Selenium Erring) 06:07
4. Naked Hands 05:11
5. Genesis 01:57
6. Liquid Myth 05:38  
7. Non Existent Equilibrium 05:55   
8. Rise from Within III 10:59
9. Risen from Within 02:53

Time:  51:04  

Recording information:

Recorded at Studio Praxis in February-March 2000.

Astarte "Demonized (Enhanced CD, France, Season Of Mist, SOM 162)"

Demonized is the fifth album by the Greek black metal band Astarte. Just like its predecessor Sirens, Demonized was recorded in hometown Athens, Greece and mixed at the renowned TicoTico Studio’s in Finland. The band also managed to invite some very renowned guest-musicians once again to play on their album.

Tracklist:

1. Mutter Astarte 04:43
2. God I Hate Them All 05:11
3. Lost 04:53
4. Whispers of Chaos 00:33   
5. Demonized 03:59  
6. Lycon 05:41
7. Queen of the Damned 05:29   
8. Heart of Flames (Burn) 05:36
9. God Among Men 05:05
10. Everlast 03:33
11. Black at Heart 04:47   
12. Black Star 05:28
13. Princess of the Dawn (Accept cover) 05:17   
14. Everlast II (Phoenix Rising) 04:13

Time:   01:04:28  

Enhanced content:

- Mutter Astarte (Video)

Recorded at Fragile Studio in June 2006.

Mixed & mastered at Tico Tico Studios, Finland.

Astarte "Sirens (Italy, Avantgarde Music, AV077)"

Sirens is the fourth album released by the Greek Black metal band Astarte. It was released in 2004.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tristessa.

1. "Dark Infected Circles (Outbreak)" 4:40
2. "Black Mighty Gods" 5:37
3. "Lloth" 2:38
4. "Bitterness of Mortality (Mecoman)" 4:52
5. "Deviate" 4:31
6. "Oceanus Procellarum (Liquid Tomb)" 6:30
7. "The Ring (Of Sorrow)" 6:50
8. "Twist, Nail, Torture" 4:31
9. "Sirens" 3:57
10. "Underwater Persephone" 1:31

Recorded during August & September 2003 at Praxis Studio.

Mixed and mastered in October 2003 at Tico Tico Studio.

Astarte "Quod Superius Sicut Inferius (Russia, CD MAXIMUM, CDM 1102-1226)

Astarte was an all-female black metal band from Athens, Greece, named after the goddess Astarte.

Astarte first formed under the name Lloth in September 1995 at Athens, Attica. The original line-up included Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri (bass, guitar, keyboards), who subsequently took over on lead vocals, Nemesis (guitar), and Kinthia (vocals, guitar). They had Psychoslaughter, the drummer from Greek band Invocation, play for the sessions on their demo, Dancing in the Dark Lakes of Evil, released as Lloth in 1997. Shortly thereafter they adopted the name Astarte, named after the Semitic goddess of sexuality.

Their debut full-length album, Doomed Dark Years, appeared in 1998 on Black Lotus Records; two further LPs followed on the label. After lineup changes in which Nemesis and Kinthia left to be replaced by Katharsis (keyboards) and Hybris (guitar), they released their fourth and fifth albums on Avantgarde Music, the most recent of which, Demonized, was released in 2007. In 2003 the band participated in the Celtic Frost Tribute album Order of the Tyrants, released by Black Lotus Records, covering the song "Sorrows Of The Moon".

On December 30, 2013, Maria Kolokouri's husband Nick Maiis released a statement revealing that she had leukemia and was critically ill. On August 9, 2014, Maiis posted another statement on behalf of his wife, saying that, while Maria had beaten the leukemia, the complications from the disease had caused her to take a turn for the worse and she was not expected to survive the day. Shortly afterwards another post was made to Tristessa's official Facebook page saying that she had just died.

On August 10, 2014, Metal Archives reported that, following Tristessa's death Astarte had split-up, as she was the leader and only consistent member during Astarte's nearly-twenty year career.

In September 2014 the remaining members of Astarte announced that they would be reuniting and adopting their initial name, Lloth. They said that they would be joined with some previous members from the band's early incarnation to release a new album (their first since their 1997 demo Dancing in the Dark Lakes of Evil) dedicated to Tristessa's memory and legacy. The group also revealed their new logo, which draws attention to the "t" in Lloth, which is also in Tristessa's honour.

Quod Superius Sicut Inferius is their third album, released February 1st, 2002.

Tracklist:

1. Reign Unfold 05:34   
2. Inflamed Paradox 07:24  
3. Oblivious Darkness 08:35   
4. Deep Down the Cosmos 05:49
5. Astarte 09:05
6. Incarnate Legend of Mummy Queen 06:14
7. In Velvet Slumber 07:01
8. Sickness 02:42  
9. Quod Superius Sicut Inferius 06:14  
10. Crossing the Wounded Mirror of Death 07:31

Time:  01:06:09  

Recording information:

Recorded at Praxis Studio.