Country of origin:
Greece
Location:
Athens, Attica
Status:
Active
Formed in:
2002
Genre:
Progressive/Neoclassical Metal/Shred
Lyrical themes:
Mostly instrumental, Life, Relationships
Current label:
Symmetric Records
Years active:
2002-present
Babis "Bob" Katsionis (Greek: Μπάμπης Κατσιώνης; born February 17, 1977 in Athens, Greece) is the lead guitarist and keyboard player for the heavy metal/power metal bands Stray Gods, Warrior Path, Outloud, and Serious Black; until recently he was part of Firewind but as of 2020 he has since left due to personal reasons.[1] He is considered to be Greece's most successful rock/metal keyboard player[citation needed], being the only musician to ever win the same category "Best Keyboardist" in Greek Metal Hammer's Annual Readers' Polls for 5 years in a row (2006–2011). He is founder of Progressive Vision Group, a videoclip making company, which has produced more than 90 videos for rock and metal artists since 2002. In 2014 he started his own records label "Symmetric Records" to help bands and artists he produced/worked with in Sound Symmetry Studio release their works. To date, Symmetric Records has 14 official releases, with Warrior Path's "The Mad King" being the most successful.[2]