About me

Alright, let’s crank it up!

I’m Orpheus Spiliotopoulos, born on July 27th, 1980, in Rhodes, Greece.

With both my parents being musicians, I was destined for a life filled with music and mayhem.

In 2001, I took charge as the chief editor of Metal-Temple.com, and man, did we take the metal world by storm!

The webzine shot to global fame, and I had the honor of interviewing plenty of metal’s finest — JUDAS PRIEST, KAMELOT, STRATOVARIUS, Uli Jon Roth, HELLOWEEN, SAVATAGE, CRIMSON GLORY, SAXON, BIOHAZARD, SKYCLAD, MEGADETH, GAMMA RAY, ATROCITY, ANVIL, RAMMSTEIN, ANNIHILATOR, ROTTING CHRIST among others.

It was a headbanger’s dream come true for me, in 2005, when legendary German record label Nuclear Blast Records called me up to be their exclusive promoter in Greece. Around the same time, I started writing for a printed publication (that later went online like everything else), getting to interview more icons like Lemmy and Ronnie James Dio. 2006 was an insane year!

I jumped into the DJ game as DJ Painkiller on Hard Rock Radio Live, an online station from the USA, blasting killer tunes across the airwaves.

I also hit the local scene with a live metal radio show on Atlantis 105.2 FM in Piraeus. Whether on the air or on the ground, I was bringing the noise! In 2007, AFM Records pulled me in as their Greek promoter, and by 2008, I was rockin’ with Warner Music Greece.

I was the local promoter for Nuclear Blast and Roadrunner Records, while also tearing it up in Warner’s New Media department.

On the DJ front, I rocked Athens’ hottest metal clubs/bars/cafes, from the Texas Club in 2006 to Alley Cat, Poquito Grande, Underground Cafe, Fly Bar and Intrepid Fox, to name a few. But the real kicker? Rockwave Festival in 2007! I was the festival’s DJ and kept tens of thousands of metalheads pumped during the intermissions, with METALLICA headlining the day! It was a massive adrenaline rush!

And yeah, I’ve been a band manager too because, why not?

My first big score was signing Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's NEVERLAND to AFM Records in 2006, leading to the release of their debut album “Reversing Time” in 2008. This album means the world to me as aside from Iris Mavraki being my mum, the album features such amazing guest musicians from the world of metal as Hansi Kürsch (BLIND GUARDIAN), Tom Englund (EVERGREY) and Mike Baker & Gary Wehrkamp of SHADOW GALLERY. “Reversing Time” also features lyrics of mine, for the songs “Shooting Star”, “Everlasting Tranquillity” and “Mountain of Judgment”.

I also managed SIC from the Faroe Islands and added more Greek metal bands to my roster like SCAR OF THE SUN, KINETIC and DISHARMONY. Memorable moments: the European tour, supporting HATESPHERE, that I managed to get SIC on (I went with the band) and the record deal I got SCAR OF THE SUN with Scarlet Records, for their debut album that tore through the scene!

It doesn’t get more metal than that! And to top it all off, I brought the metal to TV screens as a co-host of MTV Greece’s “Headbangers Ball” in 2010.

Alongside my co-host, Vanessa Christodoulou, I got to interview bands like SLIPKNOT, SLAYER, SEPTICFLESH, and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN. We had two seasons of headbanging glory, and it was epic!

On the side, I also do video editing (I love Davinci Resolve Studio) for a living and a bit of video production/directing/acting. I play around with Capcut when I’m bored on social media.

I have three short films out, all available on Youtube and TikTok: “Dr Niet” (2023), “Mind Bender” (2023) and “Tune in, Freak Out, Get Beaten” (2023)

Feel free to contact me if you would like to know more about my video editing services (globally) or my production/direction/editing services (locally).

Keep the horns up, and let’s keep this metal train rollin’!