Timisoara: Planet of Zeus // Methadone Skies // AFLMSMP at Escape Underground Hub

PLANET OF ZEUS

Planet of Zeus are reigning their guitar focused thunder across distant lands, marking the return of the band with their newest album  'Afterlife' - Out 11/10/2024, featuring single “Baptized in his Death”, .

Planet of Zeus emerged in 2000 from the heart of Athens, Greece, where ancient history meets the pulsating energy of modern rock.

This heavy rock band boasts a journey that spans from supporting heavy contemporaries Kvelertak, Mastodon and Clutch, to commanding festivals such as Graspop, Desertfest, Mystic Festival, Resurrection Festival, and this year taking to the stages at Wacken, Rock Im Wald and Hellfest. In Greece they have also played at Release Athens and frequently headlined sold out shows in their home country.

With a relentless passion for their craft, Planet of Zeus has cultivated a reputation for raw, sincere, and ever-evolving live performances, earning them a dedicated underground following that transcends the geographical boundaries of their homeland.

Their discography, including albums like "Eleven the Hard Way" and "Macho Libre," showcase a sonic journey from gritty riffs to melodic exploration. In their highly acclaimed fourth album, "Loyal to the Pack," they shuffle their musical deck, embracing blues’y melodies, clean vocals, and newfound dynamics while drawing inspiration from rock legends like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mastodon, and Clutch.

METHADONE SKIES

"Methadone Skies turn the genre on its head with a wild unexpected ride into the unknown. So expect major epic riffs that blend the Psych Rock/Jam Rock to amazing effect. It does get very loud at times." - Sludgelord Blog

    Methadone Skies is an independent psychedelic rock band from Timisoara. Active since 2009, the band's discography consists of 6 albums, each going in its unique musical direction, sonically exploring stoner rock, post-rock, doom metal and progressive rock.  When creating an album, they never put genre boundaries or limits, so every album of theirs has become an organic sum of musical inspirations based on different influences and constant exploration and development of their sonic limits.

    Methadone Skies have performed many concerts, consistently touring since 2012 in Europe, from festivals such as Exit, Lake on Fire, Doom Over Vienna, Dark Bombastic Evening and Fekete Zaj, to many club and alternative scene gigs.  Over the years, they have shared the stage with consecrated names such as Motorpsycho, Yawning Man, Samsara Blues Experiment, My Sleeping Karma, Stoned Jesus, 1000MODS, Nightstalker, Dopelord, along with many important names from the Romanian music scene.

Methadone Skies:

Alexandru Wehry - chitară

Casian Stanciu - chitară, E-Bow

Mihai Guta - bas

Flavius Retea – tobe, percuție, synth-uri

Am Fost La Munte Si Mi-a Placut

(I Went To The Mountains And I Liked It, also stylized as “AFLMSMP” or “Am Fost”) is a Romanian post-rock/ post-metal band consisting of five multi-instrumentalists.

AFLMSMP has shown an inclination towards a barefaced, riff-led take on the post-genres, inviting comparisons with bands such as Pelican and Cloudkicker (dunk!records, 2022) and If These Trees Could Talk (Everything is Noise, 2019). Fans have also generously likened AFLMSMP’s sound to bands like Russian Circles and Isis.

Following three full-length releases, as well as a few EPs and live recordings, I Went To The Mountains And I Liked It released their fourth full-length album - a self-titled record of sorts - I WENT TO THE MOUNTAIN, (February 2025), co-released by dunk!records (Belgium) and A Thousand Arms (USA).

With the release of their newest record, AFLMSMP present an unrestrained, hard-hitting iteration of their brazen, riff-led take on post-rock and post-metal, as well as more than a few reveals of their other influences outside the post-genres, especially prog and stoner.

The band toured Europe in 2025, completing two legs accounting for more than 20 shows & delivering an immersive live performance that has been very well received by fans & first-time-attenders altogether.

As seen at dunk!festival (2019, 2023), Tumult Festival (2025), Electric Castle (2017, 2019, 2021), and Rockstadt Extreme Fest (2017, 2025), among others.