Biography

New album 'Norchestrion: a song for the end' is out now! With almost 15 years of active presence in the metal scene, Need were for long the best kept secret of european prog metal. But after the critical acclaim of their last album ‘Hegaiamas: a song for freedom’ (2017), Need have been working relentlessly to spread their music to the metal masses. The promo cycle of ‘Hegaiamas’ ended with an impressive 72 shows wordlwide. Summer of 2017 saw them touring for a month in US/Canada with Sweden’s Evergrey. The two of them teamed up once more in the fall for a 22 date euro tour and performed in 10 countries in the span of 25 days. 2018 was as busy for the band that did a 10-date headline greek tour, appeared in numerous festivals including the 20th anniversary edition of ProgPower Europe in the Netherlands and SoundArt Fest in Romania and also a headline balkan tour in October of 2018. They also opened for Fates Warning, Pain of Salvation and Coroner in their greek dates. 
 2014’s album ‘Orvam: a song for home’ had started the buzz in the underground and gave Need a slot in ProgPower USA in the same year. A live DVD from that show entitled ‘Orvam: a song for Atlanta’ was released a year later in the fall of 2015 building the momentum. 2006’s ‘The wisdom machine’ and 2009’s ‘Siamese God’ were the band’s first two albums that started it all and led Need to tour Europe with Jon Oliva’s solo band (of Savatage/TSO fame) in 2010.