 MetalBite has premiered the official video for "Once Upon A Time In Russia" from prolific Russian Metal band Second To Sun. The song is taken from the band's forthcoming album Legacy. Check it out below. "Once Upon A Time In Russia" (official video) metalbite.com/news/11842/mb-premiere-and-review-second-to-sun-once-upon-a-time-in-russia Second To Sun will release new album Legacy on November 7! Consistent with previous albums, the group will also release an instrumental version of the album on November 16.
Second To Sun mastermind Vladimir Lentinen had this to say about the forthcoming album: "I'm proud to present you our new album named Legacy, which is even more aggressive and heavier than previous one, but still retains the melodic, hypnotic and cinematic qualities of its predecessor. Legacy is logically divided into three ideological arches: one dedicated to social solitude; an occult part, which is closely intertwined with actual historical events, and a traditional part of our music, which is based on culture of the Finno-Ugric people. We see it as a trilogy unified by a sole idea, which was earlier dubbed as social-decay black metal. All tracks are undoubtedly our legacy, which is the foundation of our album's name. Brilliant artwork for both versions of the release, created by Denis 'Forkas' Kostromitin, who also worked with such bands like Behemoth and Children of Bodom. We live in incredible times, when a band like our can exist without support from the psychopathic musical industry and shortlived trends.Our music simply exists because there are people, who listen to it. Thank you for your attention and support." Pre-order Legacy: - https://smarturl.it/STSLEGACY Pre-order Legacy (Instrumental Edition): - https://smarturl.it/STSLEGACYINSTR "Monster" (Official Video):- youtu.be/RXPOfgu8Ezc "Devil" (Official Video):- youtu.be/KbbiCG_PXg0 Second To Sun is a band from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The most important musical inspiration source of the band is Scandinavian black metal along with creations of groove metal bands Pantera and Fear Factory. Their songs are performed in Russian language or in instrumental versions, and the main lyrical themes for the songs are mystic, mythology and social decay. The basic work unit for the band is still releasing new music, one new song almost every month.
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 Joining the ranks at Sliptrick Records this week are Russian Instrumental Folk Metal / Progressive Hard Rock trio Helena Aleksandre’s (we prefer Avant-Garde Folk Metal). The group is led by Helena who was born in Kostroma, Russia. She started playing guitar at 15 and took the next 5 years learning to understand her music and discover the talent to create music in her own style. Helena is joined by vocalist Vera Moore who also writes the text for the songs and Stasy Short who plays classical guitar and is also fond of playing bass guitar and synthesizer. Helena Aleksandre’s music combines several styles. There is no framework for the compositions and the music specifically tries to avoid copying anyone. In any song, you may find a lot of non-recurring moments, which makes each song interesting and makes you want to listen to it several times. Influences include Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow and Kipelov while the sound has elements of folk, metal and progressive hard rock. The all female line-up was created a year ago in 2018 with the band accumulated tracks ready for their debut album due to be released worldwide via Sliptrick Records. Helena Aleksandre’s are: Helena Aleksandre – Composer/Lyrics/Guitarist Vera Moore – Vocals/Lyrics Stasy Short – Guitarist Band links: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | On Sliptrick  Masterful Norwegian storytellers Wardruna sign to Sony Music/Columbia Records for the world, and announce European tour dates for 2020. Dates below with tickets going on sale on 11th October at 10am BST, 11am CEST. Details of the upcoming album shall be revealed in due course. Einar Selvik comments: “Wardruna has been a DIY to-the-bone kind of project since the very beginning. Slowly and patiently evolving. Working hard and always keeping the art itself as the primary decisive factor. This will never change for me, and so having people on our team that also embrace this way of working is paramount. Partnering up with Sony Music / Columbia Records is a new steppingstone for us and I am very confident that this new addition to the team will give us new opportunities to further develop our art and take it to the next level.”  2019 marks ten years since Wardruna’s first release. A series of sold out shows at prestigious concert venues around the world culminate in the highlight of the fall; Wardruna will perform in the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater in the United States, followed by sold out European tour. The group's critically acclaimed “Runaljod” trilogy based on the Nordic runes reached its conclusion and was followed by a stripped-down, fully acoustic album exploring the ancient poetic traditions of the Skalds. This spring, a new chapter for the band will start. New music is being worked on as well as further steps in the band´s concert production. “I don’t wish to reveal too much at this point but can say that we are now deep into the process of writing and recording a new album. When Wardruna gets up from the current studio-hibernation and initiate the concert-year of 2020, it is clearly allowed to hope for new music!" Says Einar Selvik. WARDRUNA 2020 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES: 28 Mar - Oslo (NOR) - Sentrum Scene 2 Apr - Kristiansand (NOR) - Kilden Teater 3 Apr - Stavanger (NOR) - Konserthus 4 Apr- Bergen (NOR) - Grieghallen 30 Apr - Moscow (RUS) - Crocus City Hall 01 May - St. Petersburg (RUS) - Yubileyny Sports Palace 03 May - Poznan (POL) - Hala Ziemi 04 May - Krakow (POL) - ICE Congress Center 05 May - Bratislava (SVK) - Refinery Gallery 07 May - Belgrade (SRB) - Sava Centar 08 May - Bucharest (ROM) - Arena Romanele 04 Jun - Manchester (UK) - Albert Hall 05 Jun - Dublin (IRL) - Vicar St. 06 Jun - Birmingham (UK) - Symphony Hall 07 Jun - Glasgow (UK) - Royal Concert Hall 09 Jun - London (UK) - Royal Festival Hall 10 Jun - Cambridge (UK) - Cambridge Corn Exchange 01 Aug - Savonlinna (FIN) - Savonlinna Opera Festival 21 Sep - Reykjavik (ISL) - Harpa  Prolific Russian Metal band Second To Sun have released the official video for "Devil," a track from forthcoming album Legacy. Worship the "Devil" at the following location: youtu.be/KbbiCG_PXg0 In other news, the band has announced the upcoming 'Legacy Tour' of Russia, which includes dates in both October and December. Gig and ticket information is available at secondtosunband.timepad.ru/events/ Second To Sun will release new album Legacy on November 7! Consistent with previous albums, the group will also release an instrumental version of the album on November 16. The official video for the album's first single, "Monster," is also available for relentless head-banging at youtu.be/RXPOfgu8Ezc
Second To Sun mastermind Vladimir Lentinen had this to say about the forthcoming album: "I'm proud to present you our new album named Legacy, which is even more aggressive and heavier than previous one, but still retains the melodic, hypnotic and cinematic qualities of its predecessor. Legacy is logically divided into three ideological arches: one dedicated to social solitude; an occult part, which is closely intertwined with actual historical events, and a traditional part of our music, which is based on culture of the Finno-Ugric people. We see it as a trilogy unified by a sole idea, which was earlier dubbed as social-decay black metal. All tracks are undoubtedly our legacy, which is the foundation of our album's name.Brilliant artwork for both versions of the release, created by Denis 'Forkas' Kostromitin, who also worked with such bands like Behemoth and Children of Bodom. We live in incredible times, when a band like our can exist without support from the psychopathic musical industry and short-lived trends.Our music simply exists because there are people, who listen to it. Thank you for your attention and support." 
Second To Sun is a band from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The most important musical inspiration source of the band is Scandinavian black metal along with creations of groove metal bands Pantera and Fear Factory. Their songs are performed in Russian language or in instrumental versions, and the main lyrical themes for the songs are mystic, mythology and social decay. The basic work unit for the band is still releasing new music, one new song almost every month. Second To Sun is: Gleb Sysoev - Vocal Theodor Borovski - Drums Max Sysoev - Bass Vladimir Lehtinen - Guitars, songwriting, programming, samples, lyrics facebook.com/secondtosun youtube.com/user/secondtosun instagram.com/secondtosunofficial  Russian groove metal act Bagira released their debut English-language mini-EP called "From Russia With Groove", available now in digital. Two-songs with melodic guitar leads and solos with Alla’s wide ranging voice that ranges from brutal screams to soulful clean singing to give interesting impact to heavy music. About the EP Alla Bulgakova (Bagira’s vocalist) says:- “We live in Russia, we play our music in Russia, we love our Russian listeners. But we wanna say powerful 'Hello World!' with our new EP. It’s my desperate hymn. I took the piece of my soul and put it into these two songs. So... That’s what we do here, in Russia, and I hope - you’ll enjoy it”. Listen "From Russia With Groove" on Spotify Buy "From Russia With Groove" on iTunes
Bagira is a Russian groove metal band from Kazan, Tatarstan, formed in 2011 by Alla Bulgakova and Alexander Shadrov. Bagira’s current line-up consists of vocalist Alla Bulgakova, guitarists Alexandr Shadrov and Gleb Vodennikov, bassist Rival Zakirov and drummer Bulat Sadreev. The band was originally played songs like classic heavy metal with melodic vocals parts, but over the time Bagira’s music has progressed and has become more extreme with clean and extreme vocal elements. Bagira has released 3 full-length albums, several singles and many bootlegs (cover versions on some popular Russian - and English-language songs, demos from studio). Their third studio album "Scars" was released on February 7th, 2017 by Fono Ltd. In 2018, Bagira recorded three singles in their own studio by Alexandr Shadrov’s production, mixing and mastering. Although the Russian-language releases didn’t land on any charts, it attracted the interest of non-Russian listeners. After that Bagira was re-recording two of their songs, "Whisper" (previously released in 2015) and "Shadow" (previously released in 2018), with new sound and with English-language lyrics. It was called as “From Russia With Groove”. FACEBOOK | WEB  Russian female progressive metal act Next Door To Heaven has released the new album "V Ways To Accept" via Sliptrick Records. "The album takes the listener into a long journey through all stages of grief and life changes. It contains 10 songs all of which will make you feel involved into a very personal story. Despite the fact that the album is very sacramental for musicians created it, listeners can find something for themselves. "V Ways To Accept" is a painful cure for a human being but it helps to see the way out". Check the video for the single "Light" and the lyric video for "Acceptance II: I See Through".
Next Door To Heaven: Next Door To Heaven was formed in St.Petersburg, Russia on September 2014. The band was founded by Eugene Mazunov (guitars, bass, back vocals) and Daria Mazunova (vocals and lyrics). Next Door To Heaven plays progressive/alternative metal, with the debut album "Exit Station" released in November 2016. FACEBOOK | VK | WEBSITE Russian Pagan Metallers Intothecrypt stream Ordo MCM debut via "Legacy" magazine's website21/6/2019  Russian pagan metallers Intothecrypt stream the entirety of their striking debut album, Vakor, at Legacy magazine's website. Set for international release on June 21st via Ordo MCM, hear Intothecrypt's Vakor in its entirety exclusively HERE. Although an otherwise-new name, having been formed in 2016 as a studio project, Intothecrypt feature members of Russian cult band Scald: guitarist Ivan "Harald" Sergeev, bassist/vocalist Ilia "Velingor" Timashev, and drummer Aleksand “Ottar” Kudryashov, all of whom also played in Russian folk metal band Tumulus. The main goal of Intothecrypt is to create dark, extreme music which includes elements of Scald, Bathory, old-school doom/death, black metal, and Northern folk music. So, one could understand Intothecrypt as an extension of where Scald could've gone but also a separate entity unto itself. Uniquely, Intothecrypt's lyrics are based on a peculiar combination of Slavic and Finno-Ugric mythologies which emerged in the North and North East regions of Ancient Rus when Slavs settled there and made contact with Finno-Ugrians and their culture. The songs are written from the viewpoint of a shaman who lived at a crossroads of cultures and combined both Slavic and Finno-Ugric believes and magical practices. Some of Intothecrypt's lyrics are in English; the rest of them are based on Ancient Russian grammar, with the use of Ancient Russian, Finno-Ugric and Russian dialectal vocabulary. A significant contribution to the music of Intothecrypt was made by Gervald (project KI.EN.GI) and other guest musicians. In 2017, Intothecrypt created a four-song demo. A year later, the band finished their debut album, Vakor. Epic and expansive, Vakor creates a colourful canvas during its hour-long duration, with its kaleidoscopic landscape taking in pagan metal, folk, prog, traditional black/death, and of course that magical touch of Scald and their pagan-era forebears Bathory. Each of the album's ten main songs weaves a fantastical spell that immediately penetrates the soul and stirs the imagination. At once, Intothecrypt is emblematic of Russia's reigning pagan metal paradigm and defiant of it, creating a tapestry of glory entirely their own.
Apart from the main members of Intothecrypt – Harald, Velingor, and Ottar – the following musicians took part in recording this album: Gervald on sound effects, percussion, and backing vocals and Marina Sokolova of Sedmaya Voda on vocals, altogether making for a truly unique and collaborative experience. Completed by Andrey Andreev’s cover artwork, Intothecrypt's Vakor is a timeless tale of past, present, and perhaps future! Fully ponder the future exclusively HERE, courtesy of Legacy, Germany's extreme metal authority. INTOTHECRYPT main line-up Ivan "Harald" Sergeev – guitars Ilia "Velingor" Timashev – vocals, bass Aleksandr "Ottar" Kudryashov – drums and percussion Guest musicians Gervald (KI.EN.GI project) – backsound, keyboards, back vocal Marina Sokolova (SEDMAYA VODA) – vocals Maria Chirkova (ROS’ band) – vocals Kuchma (TUMULUS band) – vocals Kurbat (TUMULUS band) – vocals www.ordomcm.com www.facebook.com/OrdoMCM  Russian Slavic folk metal band Sieta has started a crowdfunding on their debut album "Novgorod". View The Campaign: https://igg.me/at/Novgorod The album is based on real events. It involves the times when in the 10th century knyaz Vladimir declared Christianity as the state religion of Russia. He forced the people to renounce paganism. But there was one region that did not obey his will and fought for its freedom. This was Novgorod. The album represents the opposing forces of the knyaz and the people of Novgorod using black metal and folk metal. The lyrics are in two ancient languages: Old Russian and Old Church Slavonic. They also represent paganism and Christianity in the album. In addition, as part of the crowdfunding campaign, Sieta has also made a full-band cover video of the legendary Forefather. Line-up: Alexander Mokin - vocals Sergey Stepanenko - guitars Vuk Brankovich - bass Dmitry Kim - drums Crowdfunding: https://igg.me/at/Novgorod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sietaband VK: https://vk.com/sietaband YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt1dDJSXKmiq4VMq1gzcwHA Sieta — Novgorod Crowdfunding (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=ejbuLoqv07M Forefather – Theodish Belief (Full Band Cover by Sieta) - video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kM2rWLFkbI Russian Post Metallers Second To Sun release 'Vasilisa' music video; taken from 'The Black' Album12/3/2019  Russian Metal band Second To Sun have released the official video for "Vasilisa," a track from The Black album. Check it out at youtu.be/iNXddJ0iTVE The Black was released in May of last year. It can be purchased at this location and is streaming in its entirety on Second To Sun's Bandcamp page and YouTube Channel. The Black is available on Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp, and other digital retailers.  The Black is a reissue of the Blackbound (2016) album, which was re-recorded to add vocals, among several other enhancements. A drum playthrough video for The Black album track "Chokk Kapper," featuring Theodor Borovsky, can be viewed at this location. Subsequent to the release of The Black, Second To Sun released The Walk, which can be purchased and streamed in its entirety at secondtosun.bandcamp.com/album/the-walk www.facebook.com/secondtosun www.instagram.com/secondtosunofficial Second to Sun YouTube Channel secondtosun.bandcamp.com Russian Atmospheric Black / Death Metal duo Absence Betrayal release "Devotion" music video12/3/2019  Russian Atmospheric Black/Death Metal band Absence Betrayal released new video clip for "Devotion" - https://youtu.be/b1UMflLmHqA Absence Betrayal it's when emotions, experiences and morality entwining together, creating a live extreme music unit. Every song from this band is a separate and sad history with its philosophical implication and sense. The band was created as a studio project of one man (vocalist Andrey Baranov) but actual themes and music quickly found the response, so there came a desire to play this music live. https://www.facebook.com/absence.betrayal/ |
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