Priest Creates Doom Metal with Guitar, Defying Church's View

Father Dionysios Tabakis, a Greek Orthodox priest living in Nafplio, a port city on the Peloponnese, creates music that blends rap and Byzantine sounds, earning critical acclaim. Despite his church's stance that electric guitars are the devil's work, Tabakis insists that 'the guitar was created by God' and that 'the devil cannot create anything; God created everything.' His favorite instrument is a modified Harley Benton R-457, purchased for 135 euros, which produces wobbly, atonal yet warm chords, which he compares to 'waves.' His music has been rated higher by a critics' magazine than Daft Punk. The priest lives a reclusive life surrounded by a vast collection of musical instruments and religious icons. The full portrait is available in the current issue of the Freitag.