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http://www.nightrage.com/ nightrage mystic prophecy , exhumation , dies irae , firewind , dragonland , marios iliopoulos
 marios iliopoulos non_vocal_instrumentalist 16 december 1969 guitar , bass heavy metal , melodic death metal marios-iliopoulos-nightrage . png thessaloniki , greece marios iliopoulos musician
marios iliopoulos

marios iliopoulos , born december 16 , 1969 in sydney , australia is an acclaimed greek heavy metal guitarist and founder of the greek/swedish melodic death metal band nightrage , and a former member of exhumation .
after recording three albums with exhumation -lrb- all of them produced in sweden -rrb- , marios felt he should form nightrage in order to utilize and make his wildest musical dreams come true .
marios formed nightrage along with fellow greek guitar hero gus g .
many prominent figures of metal such as tomas lindberg , nicholas barker , tom s. englund , mikael stanne , and per möller jensen have collaborated with the band .
marios has also made guest solo appearances for various artists , such as dragonland , dies irae , septic flesh , firewind , mystic prophecy and universum .
marios also helped death metal band the forsaken out on tour as bass player , and has been on tour with firewind filling the same position .
