This is absolutist black/death metal with pagan elements, stripped down for travel, using fewer chords and arpeggiated overlays and more direct and sinuous riffing of power chords and sturdy but intricate leads. Grating in an ear-abusive manner this music elaborates on the European style of narrative black/death metal with simple thundering music.
Often disconnected, these songs betray a confused heritage of rock, metal and underground Swedish death metal which they fuse with pure rhythm and abrupt interrupt-based structure. This seam is smoothed by adroit use of percussion in both drums and guitar, which through deft hints drops a framework for changes to come. Where excellent they are both pugilistic and synthetic in joining randomness to a line of understanding, especially on the atmospheric instrumental concluding the music.
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ATTENTION!!!
We have finished working on our album "ENERGY-FREEDOM" and we are looking for a record label for release it on CD !
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WE LOOKING FOR CONCERT & TOUR ORGANIZATORS AND 'ZINES
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We are also looking for groups who play similar music for joint appearances, splits, etc.!
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SVYATOGOR "War Anthem" - [Live in Metal Point Fest, Khmel'nitskiy 07.12.08]
SVYATOGOR "Ravens and Wolves" - [Live in Metal Point Fest, Khmel'nitskiy 07.12.08]
SVYATOGOR "Spit And Forget" - [Live in MPC, Kharkiv]
SVYATOGOR "Troll" - [Live in Fort Club, Kharkiv 01.03.08]
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SVYATOGORs history springs from the beginning of the moist autumn of 1999, when ARIUS and KONSTANTIN decided to join their efforts for musical experiments. They named their project as CASTLE. Its line-up was as follow: ARIUS - guitars, KONSTANTIN - guitars, vocal. Two songs were created: Battle Beyond The Forest and Immediate Vengeance.
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In spring of 2000 a drummer ODALV joined the band and CASTLE was renamed into SVYATOGOR.
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The second guitarist MASTER ALAFERN joined the band in autumn of 2000, and KONSTANTIN found an opportunity to concentrate his attention upon vocal parts, and a bass-player PAULUS joined the band in spring, 2001.
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The band went on its active rehearsal activities; as a result the band presented its stuff in a gig in FORT Club in autumn of 2001, and then in the annual festival KOLOVOROT-4 in Kharkov.
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The band continued rehearsals after favorable reviews of its audience, and SVYATOGOR started recording of the debut album at the bands home studio in summer, 2002. By summer of 2003 the album was almost completed, but force-majeur conditions occurred and PCs breakdown buried the album that was almost ready for releasing.
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The band started reviving the lost stuff only in spring, 2004. Unfortunately, ODALV and then PAULUS left the band. A studio-beginner was chosen for recording of the debut album as an experiment. Parts of drums and guitars were recorded, but the recording quality left much to be desired and after short negotiations SVYATOGOR transferred the stuff recording to audioALchemia studio to re-record guitar, bass, violin and vocal parts. SVYATOGORs line-up during the record session was as follow: MASTER ALAFERN guitars, bass, violin, ARIUS guitars, KONSTANTIN vocal. The album entitled as ...With Wolfish Stalk and By Wings of Black... saw the light of the day in spring, 2005. The album includes 6 tracks: Battle Beyond The Forest, Immediate Vengeance, Ravens and Wolves, The Darkness Whelmed, For the Sake of Ukraine!!!, War Anthem. At the same time a drummer VSESVIT (DUB BUK) joined the band as a session drummer, and rehearsals were resumed with him, although KONSTANTIN left the band.
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On 27.08.2006 SVYATOGOR presented its stuff on SVAROGOVO KOLO Fest I in Sevastopol' with MUNRUTHEL and THUNDERKRAFT (as a session bass-player was join I.Z.V.E.R.G. from DUB BUK).
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ON MAY, 9th 2007 BY BLASING PRODUCTIONS HAS OCCURED RELEASE OF THE DEBUT ALBUM OF SVYATOGOR "...With Wolfish Stalk and By Wings of Black...".
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In autumn 2007 drummer AMORTH I.M. (UNDERDARK, AD LIBITUM, ex-ASTROFAES, ex-THUNDERKRAFT, ex-DRUDKH) and bass-player DUK was join the band. SVYATOGOR accented on concert activity with them.
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REVIEW:
--Breidablik 'Zine-- --Underground Society-- --CORAZ!NE-- --Elskrin'Zine-- --HARM'Zine--
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26.01.2008
SVYATOGOR plays live in MPC (Kharkiv) with support NAGUAL and GARDARIKA.
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01.03.2008
SVYATOGOR plays live in FORT Club (Kharkiv) with support SVARGA , GARDARIKA and presented two of new songs.
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03.05.2008
SVYATOGOR plays live in Music People Club (Kharkiv) on "Live BLAST gig" with support DEATHINCARNATION and THUNDERKRAFT and presented new live stuff.
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At the same time band finished preparing for CD releasing second stuff recording.
ZA BOGA PERUNA I SVATU SLOVYANSKU ZEMLU!!! SLAVA! SLAVA! SLAVA!
Hail! Thanx for Your friendship my slavic brothers. From the dark forest is the song of wolfs going to soar... the song, that the mighty voice brings... the voice of the sword of the Gods... the voice of Slavic race!Hail to Slavic people! Hail to Rod! Hail to the Gods! Heathen greetings from Slovakia. Slava!
Greetings, Svyatogor!Thank you for accepting my request, I enjoy your music a whole lot! "With Wolfish Stalk and By Wings of Black" is an excellent album, the statement written in the "Sounds like" section on your page is very accurate! I am very much looking forward to your new album.
Compliments to your work aside, do you ship the T-shirts worldwide?If so, do you have size S?
Hell...Demons! How and the hell have you all been? What is new with you first off and where are you hiding? You know Hell is a pretty big place and all. So it is not like I can just walk next door and find you? Muwahahahahaha! well thought to stop by and show you mad support like usual, and hope that you do not mind? So are you heading down the path to Val's Hell this year or not? Going to ask until I get what I want. hehe. One more thing...sending the same comment to the other bands as well. Fuk it! At least I am not sending a damn stupid pic comment with a kiss at the end of it. FUK THAT TOO! I just want METAL! Horns raised high..Demons! Take care... Val's Hell :)
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