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Грай [Grai] – “О Земле Родной” [“O Zemly Rodnoj” – “About Native Land”] (2011)

October 31, 2013

Label: Sound Age Production Review by Luisa Mercier From Russia with love. Following their most famous country mates, Arkona, Grai play folk metal, maybe a bit more lively than the…

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Mirror Morionis – “Eternal Unforgiveness” (2013)

October 26, 2013

Label: Endless Winter Review by Vard Aman I have waxed lyrical before about well played Doom Metal, but as it’s been a while let me remind you. Doom Metal is…

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Cold Sight – “A/H1N1” (2013)

October 7, 2013

Independent Release Review by Vard Aman I first heard about Cold Sight a few years ago when they were still living in Bryansk (they’re now in St. Petersburg) and not…

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Alkonost – “Сказки Странствий” [“Skazki Stranstviy” -“Tales of Wanderings”] (2013)

October 7, 2013

Label: Sound Age Productions Review by Vard Aman Alkonost is back! Since 1996, they have deservedly grown into one of Russia’s best known and most accomplished Epic Pagan/Folk Metal bands…

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Андем [Andem] – “Зимние Слёзы” [“Zimniyе Slyoziy”- “Winter Tears”] (2013)

August 20, 2013

Label: Sound Age Productions Review by Vard Aman My introduction to Andem (whose name is derived from a combination of Angels and Demons) came with the release of their debut…

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WitchcrafT – “7” (2013)

August 19, 2013

Label: Metalism Records Review by Vard Aman WitchcrafT are one of those bands that you know you can always trust even though you know they’re not going produce the same…

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Narwhal Tusk – “Memory Lane” EP (2011)

July 8, 2013

Label : Musica Production Review by Tony Cannella Russia’s Narwhal Tusk released their debut album “In Despair” back in 2010. Now this operatic, symphonic power metal band returns with a…

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Guaho [Гуахо] – “Vozvraschenie” [“Возвращение” – “The Return”] (2013)

June 30, 2013

Independent Release Review by Vard Aman What an apt name for an album! Guaho are back with their second full length album, after their brilliant first offering, “На Пути в…

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Arkona – “Decade of Glory” LIVE (2013)

May 24, 2013

Label : Sound Age Productions/Napalm Records Review by Vard Aman Arkona (Аркона) have existed for only 10 years (well, 11 now), it feels like they have been around much longer…

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Оксидерика – “Step to Darkness” (2013)

May 24, 2013

Independent Release Review by Vard Aman Transliterated as Oksiderika or Oxiderika (I’m going to use the latter). Oxiderika are from Samara in Russia. They formed in 2011, and are therefore…

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North Diamond – “По Ту Сторону Бытия” [“On the Other Side of Being” – “Po Tu Storonu Biytiya”] (2012)

May 11, 2013

Label : Grailight Productions Review by Vard Aman North Diamond formed in Moscow in 2008 and play what could be described as a combination of melodic Black Metal and Death…

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Pesante – “Overplayed” EP (2013)

April 18, 2013

Independent Release Review by Vard Aman Pesante formed in 2008 in the city of Tver, about 160km North East of Moscow. In 2012, they were joined by their new vocalist,…

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Natalia Alvane Sibilskaya & Alexio Sunwalter – Sunwalter

April 18, 2013

Interview by Vard Aman Sunwalter – an Extreme Metal band from Moscow who have recently released their debut album, “SETI Evidence”. I caught up with their vocalists: Natalia, to talk…

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Экскалибур [Excalibur] – “Душа” [“Dusha” – “Soul”] (2013)

March 15, 2013

Independent Release Review by Vard Aman Excalibur come from the fairly small city of Orel (Орёл – pronounced Oryol) about 400km South of Moscow, which is just next door in…

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Sunwalter – “SETI Evidence” (2013)

March 12, 2013

Label : Grailight Productions Review by Vard Aman 2013 is off to a very promising start on the Russian/CIS Femme Metal scene with some great releases scheduled and some already…

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Anna Belaeva – Lanewin

February 18, 2013

Interview by Vard Aman To rise from the sea of Female Fronted Symphonic Metal and stand out as a band that is both of an exceptional quality as well as…

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Irina “Rishafox” Lvova & Andy Ostrav – Risha

February 4, 2013

Interview by Vard Aman Near Manaus in Brazil the dark clear Rio Negro joins the muddy Amazon and the water from two rivers flow beside one another without mixing, distinctly…

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Lanewin – “Eclectic Tour” (2012)

February 4, 2013

Independent Release Review by Vard Aman There is currently no shortage of really good Female-fronted Symphonic Metal bands around the world plying their trade, so for a band to really…

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Voiceless Void – “Song of Black Roses”(2010)

January 21, 2013

Label: Mazzar Records Review by Luisa Mercier Voiceless Void come from Russia and “Song of Black Roses” is their fourth full-length. They offer to the audience a gothic-doom metal played…

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Russian Doom Gothic metal VOICELESS VOID Issues New Album Recording Update

January 21, 2013

Russia’s Voiceless Void has checked in with the following announcement about recording a new album: “Voiceless Void started recording the fifth full-length album. The album, tentatively called “Music of the Scarred…

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