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Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 12:00pm by Axl RosenbergIn Russia, metal sucks you!
If not for our recent discovery (courtesy Invisible Oranges) of Tantal, I’d be inclined to think that all modern Russian metal is as good as Gorbachev was attractive or Stalin was kind-hearted. Between yesterday’s porn-y but awful video by Stigmata and now the below clip from the Ruski’s in F.R.Y., it seems the former U.S.S.R. is in serious need of some fucking talent.
So let’s do the same thing we’ve been doing for chick-metal. If you know of any modern Russian metal bands that are actually good (and aren’t the aforementioned Tantal), let us know in the comments section below. Because as of right now, I do not hold the Rusian metal scene in very high regard.
-AR
Thanks to Chris Miller for sending us the video.
Is Sumatra russian? Anamnesis too i think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFYsAHe_NIw
I think Tvangeste has a female member, their debut album is amazing and Firestorm has great moments too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOsEoTTCKj0 the best song by them. http://www.myspace.com/tvangesteband
aren’t Hail of Bullets russian?
No, Netherlands
lol geography fail.
Old Wainds is an amazing Russian band. I’d recommend the album “Scalding Coldness”.
I doubt the mods would enjoy it, since it has talent and song structure, and the band wasn’t formed this year, nor are their albums available at best buy and target like the top 21 albums of the decade.
C’mon guys!!! I already spoke about Scartown in the post about Stigmata… anyway I’ll link it again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFH2xY3RTGo&feature=related
They’re amazing!!
I’ve never listened to Temnozor, so I can’t say if they’re good or not, but they’re Russian
ARKONA!!!!!!!
The best slavic pagan metal band ever!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiPFahcizfQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaP1wDvkA6E
This. Great band,
ARKONA !!
http://www.myspace.com/arkonarussia
Agreed! Arkona!
absolutely agreed! Arkona absolutely kicks ass
also Temnozor is quite ok at some moments
except for these 2 bands there is a strong black metal scene in Russia and Ukraine (which I am pretty sure sounds like “in Russia and on Mars” to you Americans) so go on and check Lucifugum, Dub-Buk, Nokturnal Mortuum just to name a few
Aria, and the band they became, Kipelov.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSUKks6V0Ts&feature=related “Calm” (probably their most well-known song outside of Russia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOpEfWzeztE&feature=related “Return of the Warlord” cover.
Korea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU63iUMB4eM&feature=player_embedded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXDlSwjNsFY&feature=player_embedded
Amatory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgKfq-BdC8o&feature=related
Enjoy
Hmm this song seems to rep em better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkvKBwbSYu8
These guys are pretty good from moscow
http://www.myspace.com/hieronymusboschrussia
kinda proggy, which i like, remind me of Gorod a bit
Yeah, those guys are pretty good.
Follow The White Rabbit.
A experimental mathcore band from Russia
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ftwrband
Download Free EP: http://ifolder.ru/9301038
For those who like Drudkh, Burzum:
Walknut
Walknut
Walknut murdockspace
Yeah Walknut!!
MYSTICAL GATE: these dudes are pretty awesome. very Gojira-esque. SIGN THEM NOW!!!
http://www.myspace.com/mysticalgate
I quite like these guys: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Price+of+One+Day sounds pretty much like psyopus I guess, they’re only done about 10 minutes of music but it’s all there for free.
i can’t believe nobody named Rakoth already…although in all fairness their last album came out in 2003
Butterfly Temple… pretty damn good folk metal. http://www.last.fm/music/Butterfly+Temple
Forest Stream….melodic/doomy black metal.
http://www.myspace.com/foreststreamband
Someone beat me to Tvangeste, the poor mans Dimmu Borgir. Hey, they moved to Canada so do they still count? Been waiting for the new album for years.
I was gonna say Red Tape. Then I looked them up and they’re from nor-cal. Fail.
this russian band is actually pretty cool
http://www.myspace.com/apostate1
Neverending War
http://www.myspace.com/neverendingwarband
Perimeter
http://www.myspace.com/perimeterband
I approve of these russian death metal bands.
ARKONA can go on the best russian bands and the actaully-cool-girls-in-metal lists.
I don’t think anyone has mentioned Master yet – they do some songs in English and some in Russian – a lot of their older stuff is just classic thrash and is excellent
Master – Talk of the Devil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsD2ZrfPNv8
Master – Palachi (Executioners) (in Russian)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpdmKGxryM8&feature=related
Also, Black Obelisk – older stuff is good ol thrash as well.
Black Obeslik – Polnoch (Midnight)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdz5ucPmr7c
And of course, Russian power metal sensation Epidemia. They are newer, but really technical and overall excellent.
Epidemia – Living in Twilight (english version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tDFO2s3T3k
There are more…this is just off the top of my head
WOW… this headline really got me pumped for the new BOONDOCK SAINTS II movie coming out!!!
come on people two words!!! GORKY PARK!!!
The band Instant Suppression is pretty sick. They sound really similar to Scar Symmetry so if you dig that stuff you’ll like them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbgY15Elob8&feature=related
They are the russian Scar Symmetry and they are awesome…. AND THEIR NEW ALBUM IS FUCKING FREE http://www.instantsuppression.com/
Listen to Sumatra, this band is AMAZING! They just released their album.
http://www.myspace.com/sumatrametal
I’m not gonna lie. I really digged that song. Cool bass lick in the chorus and the 1st part of that guitar solo sounded like an electric flute. Better than Stigmata but not as good as SUMATRA!!!!!
No entries in the deathcore roadrace yet? Let me remedy that with this Moscow band: Until I Breathe. If you think deathcore sucks, then don’t bother. Otherwise, they’re worth a listen:
http://www.myspace.com/uibnoise
Scrambled Defuncts. the best.
http://www.myspace.com/scrambleddefuncts
which band is more russian than russian circles?——Russia! vodka! tetris!
Vo Skorbyah. Absolutely crushing folk/doom metal.
Unfortunately, all I can find is this fan page with shitty quality. The awesomeness of the music should still come through.
http://www.myspace.com/voskorbyah
Atoll Nerat is pretty great from the little i’ve heard
this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvCgxJl06vY
the official website is mostly in russian though: http://www.atollnerat.com/
Hieronymus Bosch http://www.myspace.com/hieronymusboschrussia
Something that will make all you Death fans out there think it’s 90’s again
Slezy http://www.myspace.com/slezi
OK-ish metalcore that kicks ass live
Inexist http://www.myspace.com/inexistband
Your Russian In-Flames if you will
Catharsis http://www.myspace.com/catharsisofficial
Sypho metal stuff if there are any fans of this
Rasta http://www.myspace.com/rastabelarus
OK, so they are actually Belorussian but who can tell the difference here, right? :)
No Emotions http://www.myspace.com/noemotionswill
Nice tech black-death metal
Mazzar Records http://www.myspace.com/mazzarrecords
The biggest label dealing with metal in Russia
One more, Serdce http://www.myspace.com/serdceband
Simply love them, good tech music
I can go on like this for a long time actually, so tell me if you want this.
The thing is that in Russia itself there’s already somewhat of a market regarding heavy music and many bands are playing music that resembles American and European bands, which is more popular and lets them get some money from touring. I think it’s like in Japan, where there’s a real shitload of bands that are identical to anything you have in the West and are known only yo locals. That’s the effect of having a market. Of course there are good bands too, but you have to look very hard and they are usually not known to many people, because there’s no mass demand in something original. Of course there are bands like Arkona that are riding the pagan wave, adding some local folk flavor, but this happens pretty much all over the globe.
And there’s still the rest of the former Soviet Union, where there’s no market of metal music in its broad sense and where bands strive to be more creative and original just from the simple fact that no one gives a shit about their music and they aren’t doing it for the money. There are many bands in Ukraine, which is actually quite nice to tour, and some good bands in Belarus and Moldova (where I’m from).
If anyone’s interested, I’ll post some links to bands outside Russia that maybe will sound interesting
Isn’t Mental Home from Russia? I’m not sure they are still together and they are only “modern” if you are in your late 20’s or above but…Mental Home. That is my offering.
http://metal-archives.com/browseC.php?c=177
1659 bands according to the metal archives!
Check out Alley an “Opeth style” progressive death metal band from Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
http://www.myspace.com/alleyroad
You dug out some rare shit for this post, but there are good bands in this country. My addition to a bunch of great bands mentioned in the comments above is Seducer’s Embrace:
http://www.myspace.com/seducersembrace
Some decent melodic death
Oh, and there’s also an online radio station dedicated entirely to prog metal (mostly of death flavor) from the post-union: http://progress.fm/