Discography: 2007 - Live in Odessa (live-demo 18.05.2007) 1. Intro (01:41) 2. Unrequited Love to Reverie (09:36) 3. Monochromes Philosophy (11:47) 4. Marche Funebre (originally composed by Frederic Chopin)(02:24)
2008 - Monochromes Philosophy 1. Unrequited Love To Reverie (16:06) 2. Monochromes Philosophy (18:22) 3. Paradoxes of the Universe (16:05) 4. Imperceptible Noise of Moribund Impressions (07:51)
2009 - Krobak/Somnolent (split-EP) 1. KROBAK - Park Luny (11:10) 2. SOMNOLENT - Visible World Eraser (09:58)
Influences
Funeral Doom, Doom metal, Psychedelic/Art/Prog/Avant- Rock, Slow Jazz;
Pink Floyd, Esoteric, Pantheist, old My Dying Bride & Anathema, Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Opeth, Earth
Current Line-up Alexey – vocals
Konstantin – lead guitars
Nikolay - guitars
Alexandr - bass
Yuriy - drums
Biography: 'SOMNOLENT' band was founded by Konstatntin and Alexey in autumn of 2006 in Odessa (Ukraine). Later the band joined Dmitriy (bass), Nikolay (guitars), Yuriy (drums).
First official rehearsal took place in the 1st of December 2006 in Odessa with the next line-up:
Alexey – vocals,
Konstantin – guitars,
Nikolay – guitars,
Yuriy – drums.
Some days after the band joined new bass-guitarist Eugeniy joined the band and the regular rehearsals started. The style of the band could be defined as funeral death/doom. In winter of 2007 some songs were ready, and the most part of them entered an album 'Monochromes Philosophy'.
In 2007 joined some gigs in the cities of Ukraine: Odessa, Cherkassy, Illichevsk (Metal Special Fest IX), Kiev (Doom Over Kiev Fest I) and began recording new album in the 12th of December. During the recording SOMNOLENT temporary ended concert activity and worked at 'QS&BA' studio in Odessa, and worked under new conceptual material, which would enter the second album. In the 28th of May 2008 the recording of the debut album is finished. It is named 'Monochromes Philosophy'. The band concluded a contract with Russian label 'Solitude Prod.'.
In July 'SOMNOLENT' joined 'Dooms Day Debris Fest' in Chernigiv. Some time after Eugeniy was excluded from the band and new bass-guitarist Alexandr replaced him. With renewed line-up the band played on 'Doom Over Kiev Fest II' (Kiev) at the one stage with Draconian (Sweden).
Music style has changed. Now it’s experimental doom metal, that combined such music genres as funeral doom, slow jazz, art rock.
Nowadays 'SOMNOLENT' is preparing for new concerts and is working under composing the second album.
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New album out now! Press-release from a label: New album by the leading Ukrainian doom death band AUTUMNIA! Including in five majestic hymns "O'Funeralia" absorbed all the best traits characteristic of previous work of this group: excellent sound, beautiful melodies, perfect skill and mighty voice by Vladislav Shahin (also voice in Mournful Gust). What’s more for recording of the album extra musicians were invited who performed the parts of bass, piano and violin that introduced new mood and shades into the sound. Disc with gold evaporation and pit art.