BW&BK; has received the following press release:

"Indie Recordings is proud to present this amazing debut-act from Athens, Greece.

Mencea delivers groove oriented, intense modern metal that bends the listener's perception of the various genres of extreme music. Their music oscillates in between fast, aggressive moods, melodic hooks, and is executed with punishing precision. Big and spacey melodies over raging riffs and extreme drumming, ear-grinding vocals and atmospheric passages demonstrate the band's songwriting skills and technical prowess.

Having raised the eyebrows of some well known European and U.S record producers a couple of years ago, their pre-production demos, also reached the hands of Daniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, IN FLAMES, SOILWORK, SYL etc), who instantly expressed his interest in taking up mixing duties on their debut album.

With two up and coming producers in their ranks, Mencea entered their part-owned 210 Studios in Berlin, Germany, with their own Stamos Koliousis and Vangleis Labrakis taking up engineering and production duties on Dark Matter, Energy Noir.

Dark Matter, Energy Noir was mixed by Daniel Bergstrand, at Dug Out Studios, in Uppsala, Sweden. Having previously worked with the likes of some of the most prominent bands in the modern metal world, he took the band's auditory assault to the next level.

Finally, mastering was done by the legendary mastering engineer, George Marino (METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, AC/DC, etc), at Sterling Sound Studios in New York, giving it an extra push in what may soon be cited as one of the best produced metal debut albums to have been released on an independent label.

Indie Recordings is extremely proud to finally present Mencea to the world. It has been a long time in the making, but has no doubt been worth the wait. On top of this great album you also get a free bonus DVD with their amazing live-show from K17 in Berlin at the Indie Recordings Label Night during PopKomm 2008."

Click here to check out the Mencea e-card.