Eight Lives Down are an international four-piece progressive extreme metal band, founded by Greek-Kiwi vocalist and lyricist Aliki Katriou and completed by bassist Marcin Orczyk, guitarist Paul Allain and drummer Jean-Philippe Louvancour.

Their sound has its roots in Thrash and Groove Metal, but Eight Lives Down throw it all into a progressive whirlwind of wildly diverse influences. Death and Black Metal rub shoulders with raw Punk, NWoBHM, Blues and even traditional Folk, while unconventional time signatures and song structures keep things constantly shifting.

Aliki's vocals range from deep growls and high screams to clean singing and operatic passages. Combined with crushing riffs, prominent, grooving bass lines and complex drum parts, the result is a sound unmistakably their own: uncompromisingly heavy and aggressive, refreshingly different – and always unpredictable.

Fittingly, Eight Lives Down's members are a motley crew of different nationalities, hailing from Greece, New Zealand, France and Poland and currently based in Croatia, Spain and the UK.

Since their formation, Eight Lives Down have brought their energetic live shows to stages across Europe, with performances in the UK, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and France. Highlights include opening for Norwegian black metal veterans Ancient in London in 2020, co-headlining shows with Scardust in Belgium and Germany, appearances at the Bremer Metal Fest 2022, the official W:O:A Warm-up Shows in Bremen in 2023 and 2026, FemME Festival 2023 in the Netherlands, Queens & Metal Babes Festival 2023 in Belgium as well as reaching the semi-finals of Metal2TheMasses London and the finals of the FemME battles in 2019.

Their debut album HUMANS was released through Cult of Parthenope in September 2020. HUMANS explores aspects of the human condition and mental tendencies. Perspectives are often shifted within songs, jumping from rage to fear to sociopolitical statements and the confusion they cause. This is reflected in the music, which plays with time signatures, song structure and a variety of musical influences. Mixed and mastered by Dan Baune at Noise Foundry Productions, the album received widespread critical acclaim.

The band followed it with the independently released FATES in March 2025 – an even more progressive and intricate second album, mixed by Dan Baune at Tectonic Tone and mastered by Rasmus Andersen at Raw Sound Studio in the UK. Like its predecessor, FATES earned praise from reviewers around the world.

FATES also marked the end of an era. After its recording, founding member Rodrigo Moraes Cruz sadly had to part ways with the band, after having done his magic on the drum kit for more than nine years. His musical and personal influence helped shape Eight Lives Down and will forever be part of the band.

Following a longer hiatus, Eight Lives Down returned to the stage in 2026 with new drummer Jean-Philippe (JP) Louvancour – and much more coming your way. Stay tuned!