Country of origin: Russia
Year of creation: 1995
Genre: Folk/Pagan/Doom/Black Metal
In Slavic mythology, Alkonost (Алконост) is the goddess of the land of the dead. She is pictured as half-woman/half-bird.
The band stands on non-political and anti-racist positions.
ALKONOST was founded in 1995 by bass player Elk. He had many ideas of music which would be based on European medieval music and Russian folk melodies. Not long after that Elk switched to lead guitar and Alex Nightbird took on bass duties. In August 1997 Alkonost recorded the "Shadows of Timeless" rehearsal tape and the "Shadows of Glory" demo.
During several occasions in 1998-2000 Alkonost recorded the album “Songs of the Eternal Oak”. Alex Nightbird contributed the vocals himself. The debut album was re-recorded in 2007, this time with a way better sound and Russian lyrics. The album was initially released on cassette by Latvian label Beverina Production and German label Ketzer. During year 2000 Alkonost shoot the promotional video “Years of Prophecy”, shortly after which female lead vocalist Aljona joined the band. In July 2002, the self-titled "Alkonost" CD was released on Beverina Production/Ketzer. It included the "Songs of the Eternal Oak" album, "Spirit Tending to Revolt" demo, and 2 videos. The CD was well reviewed in the West, the German RockHard magazine giving it 7.5 points out of 10 for example.
In September 2002 they began to work on the new full-length album, the album where female vocals dominated. Alkonost recorded both English and Russian versions of the album “Between the Worlds”. In September 2003 Dmitry Sokolov (ex-member of Flaming Hate as Anton) officially entered the band ass second guitar-player. At the end of 2003, the band signed on with Soyuz label (Russia) for the re-release of the 2002 “Alkonost” CD. In 2004 ALKONOST continued the extensive touring, performed in Folk Metal Fest-2 (St. Petersburg). In August 2005 ALKONOST went to studio for the recording of the next full-length Russian album named “Put’ Neproydenny” (“The Path We’ve Never Made”). The album was mastered in famous Moscow studio “CDM-records”. Finally “Mezhmirie” and “The Path We’ve Never Made” were released by Metallism Records in spring 2006 and in April-June 2006 ALKONOST started a big Russian tour in support of “The Path We’ve Never Made. Vic Records bought the rights of these 2 albums for a world wide releases (except the former Sovjet Union). Meanwhile CD “The Path We’ve Never Made” continued to get good reviews and finally it took the 1st place in one of the most significant Russian metal-charts – "Top Metal Album-100. VIC RECORDS released both 'Between the Worlds' (Vic Records, 2009) and 'The Path We've Never Made' with bonus video (Vic Records, 2009) in the rest of the world'.
The brand new Alkonost album On The Wings of the Call, Russian title - На КрыльяхЗова, will be released on Einheit Porductionen on May 29th! EINHEIT PRODUKTIONEN proudly announce the signing of one of the oldest and at the same time best Russian Epic Pagan Folk Metal bands ALKONOST. The seventh master piece of their glorious career entitled "Na Kryliah Zova (On The Wings Of The Call)" will be released May, 29th 2010. We are really excited to hear their new material and first audio teasers will be available any time soon. With a sensational live performance ALKONOST managed to drive the audiences to tears of joy at last year's well-known RAGNAROK FESTIVAL. The dedicated men and women will soon cause more excitement on Germany's stages.
Memoris
- My Last Day
- Vortex of Times
- Life on Glory’s Blade
- Temple of the Forest
- Shadows of the Dark Days
- Pain of the Victory
- Time of Rage
- Dance with Fire
Межмирье
Tracklist:
- Лихолетье
- Безвременье
- Бездна
- Ожидание
- Кровавые Травы
- Неведомые Земли
- Пред Эпохой Забвенья
- Мать-тоска
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