Russian band from Siberia "WELICORUSS” was grounded by Alexei “Welicoruss” Boganov in
2002. First demos, called “Wintermoon Symphony”, have been recorded in 2002-2004 period.
Style could be characterized as atmospheric/experimental/pagan metal.
Band’s stuff has changed for several times and became stable by the end of 2008 so as
the style of the group – symphonic metal.
August, the 4th – WELICORUSS plays on one stage with Samael, Moonspell, Cynic, Gorgoroth
at Metal Heads Mission 2008 in Crimea.
October, the 29th – the debut “Wintermoon Symphony” CD was released at Moscow label
CD-Maximum and a bit later it was released in Europe and USA.
November, 2008 – the band take part in Metal East Invasion Tour with Sinful, Demogorgon,
Apokefale. The tour involved such towns and cities as Yoshkar-Ola, Yekaterinburg, Tomsk,
Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo.
By the end 2008 the group has shot two musical videos: live "Slavonic Power" and studio
“Blizzard”. WELICORUSS carry on negotiations with the band “Silenzium” and after a time
record a classical version of the composition “Glory of Rus”.
From the end of April to the end of May 2009 the band goes on big All-Russian (16
cities) “Wintermoon Symphony” Tour in support of the debut CD. While touring the guys
negotiate a contract with CD-Maximum on releasing the second album “Apeiron”.
At the moment, the group is driving away at their third CD that’s going to be released
in February, 2010. A new video and DVD are in the works as well.
Alexei “Welicoruss” Boganov – conception, guitar, vocal
Alexander “Dizharmony” Golovin – bass
Elias Chursin – drums
Paul “PauLAriC” Filukhin – keys, vocal
Maxim “Sower” Fomin – guitar
DISCOGRAPHY:
“Wintermoon Symphony” – first demo, 2002
“"Siberian xXx-treme 2" - compilation("WinterMoon Symphony,p. 2), 2004
"WinterMoon Symphony" - second demo, 2006 год
"Agharta. Young Siberian Rock" - compilation ("Mermaid"), 2006
"Siberian Death Metal" - compilation ("Apeiron"), 2007
"Wintermoon Symphony" - debut full-length release, 2008 (CD-Maximum)
"Apeiron" - full-length release, 2009 (CD-Maximum)
iTunes:
http://www.apple.com/search/ipoditunes/?q=welicorussamazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00280B...243422892&sr=8-1
lala:
http://www.lala.com/#album/2306124485460161255rhapsody:
http://www.rhapsody.com/welicorussnapster:
http://free.napster.com/view/artist/index.html?id=12795940shockhound:
http://www.shockhound.com/search?q=welicoruss&commit=SearchOfficial Site www.welicoruss.com
MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/welicoruss 