Description
The fourth full length album by VELIAR — a melodic death/black metal band from Taganrog (Russia). The CD contains ten epic tracks with a variety of extreme and clean vocals in Russian capable of bringing us back to the times of medieval Rus: to the battlefields, to the boats of Volga river pirates, and awaking the pure Russian spirit in memory of the military glory of our remote ancestors. According to Demether Grail – the author of the lyrics — the album describes different historic events and cultural phenomena from the Russia’s past, conveying the profound patriotic message and longing for the glorious foretime! «Я—мир» (I am the world) is the only song where the lyrics are the result of joint efforts of the musicians. Musically the album is a combination of black metal («Брат на Брата» (Brother against brother), death metal («Я—мир» (I am the world) and some thrash metal and doom metal elements. However in general the band is increasingly moving towards pagan metal both lyrics- and music-wise.
