{"id":3483,"date":"2025-04-20T01:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T22:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2025-04-20T13:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T10:14:26","slug":"%d1%80%d1%8d%d1%86%d1%8d%d0%bd%d0%b7%d1%96%d1%8f-%d0%b2%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%be%d1%85-%d0%bc%d1%80%d1%8c%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b7%d0%b5%d0%bc%d1%8a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/rev\/3483\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425 \u2013 \u041c\u0440\u044c\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0437\u0435\u043c\u044a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Year:<\/span>&nbsp;2024<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Label:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/ural_megalith\">Ural Megalith<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Rating:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">8,6 \/ 10<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ural residents \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425 have finally begun toreceive the fruits of their long and hard work. After the strong album \u201c\u041f\u043e\u043c\u0440\u0435\u201d in 2020, the band started touring, create new connections and rapidly gain popularity. I've seen foreigners say more than once that \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425 is the most outstanding of modern Russian extreme metal bands. I can agree with that.  I'm repeating myself a little bit, but I can't help but note again that \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425 has come a long way, made an incredible qualitative leap and broke many unwritten rules. Having started as modest followers of the Kharkiv atmospheric scene, on the second album they have already developed their own personal sound with a characteristic Ural flavor, known to us from the works of \u041a\u041e\u0411\u042c. But what is truly surprising is the fantastically high quality of everything that \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425 do as a band. The sound, the performance, the image and the depth of creative thought \u2013 today all this, I daresay, is at a top-of-the-world level. Neither Candlelight, nor Wolfspell, nor Purity Through Fire, nor even Season Of Mist (if you don't take into account DRUDKH and other Roman Saenko's projects) have a band that could compete with \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425. And here I must remind you that \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425 still work from the small middle-of-nowhere town Tulugum with ~5000 inhabitants, and that they release their records through Ural Megalith, a very underground label that they have a share in, while the undoubtedly talented hipsters GRIMA sign on Napalm Records and drive around Europe with concerts, although their new album is maybe only a half as good as \"\u041c\u0440\u044c\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0437\u0435\u043c\u044a\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"VSPOLOKH - Shigyr | \u0428\u0438\u045b\u0438\u0440\u044a (Official Video - 2023)\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_M7wRRoAOqxM\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/M7wRRoAOqxM\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M7wRRoAOqxM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M52S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-09-10T08:14:52Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_M7wRRoAOqxM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/M7wRRoAOqxM\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">VSPOLOKH - Shigyr | \u0428\u0438\u045b\u0438\u0440\u044a (Official Video - 2023)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/M7wRRoAOqxM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/M7wRRoAOqxM\/0.jpg\" alt=\"VSPOLOKH - Shigyr | \u0428\u0438\u045b\u0438\u0440\u044a (Official Video - 2023)\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\u0428\u0438\u045b\u0438\u0440\u044a (Shigyr) song is taken from &quot;Ural Megalith&quot; 4-way split-album (and upcoming full-lenght as well). Sound Track: Produced, mixed and mastered at Lykantropia Studio. Featured Vyacheslav (Eisflammen, Elderwind) - back vocals Video: Directed by: V. (Vspolokh) Camera operator: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@yourg Edit and Postproduction by: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@yourg Video line-up: VSPOLOKH - Ural Chthonic Black Metal https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VSPOLOKHOfficial Film was shot in the area of abandoned village Komarovo (Ural, Sverdlovsk region). Additional links: Bandcamp: https:\/\/vspolokh.bandcamp.com Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Vspolokh\u200b VK: https:\/\/vk.com\/vspolokhural\u200b Website: http:\/\/www.vspolokh.org\u200b All rights reserved. Vspolokh \u00a9 2023 ----- Lyrics (ancient russian): \u0442\u044a\u0131 \u0438\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u0463\u0465\u0448\u0438 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0440\u0465\u043d\u0438\u0435\u2219 \u0442\u044a\u0131 \u0438\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0448\u0438 \u0447\u0440\u044c\u043d\u044a\u0131\u0469 \u043c\u044a\u0131\u0441\u043b\u0438\u2219 \u0430\u0437\u044a \u0437\u0430\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0430\u046d \u0442\u0467 \u0431\u043e\u0433\u043e\u043c\u044c \u0479\u043c\u0440\u044c\u043a\u0448\u0438\u043c\u044c\u2219 \u0441\u0463 \u0428\u0438\u045b\u0438\u0440\u044a\u2219 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u044a \u043c\u044a\u043d\u043e\u0433\u0463\u0445\u044a \u0437\u044c\u0440\u0430\u043a\u044a \u0432\u044a\u0432\u0440\u044a\u0436\u0435\u0442\u044a \u0445\u043c\u0430\u0440\u044a\u0131\u0469 \u043a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0438\u043c\u0484\u0463 \u0438\u0437\u044a \u0433\u0440\u043e\u0431\u0438\u0449\u044c\u2219 \u043d\u0430\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438 \u0465\u0433\u043e\u2219 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438 \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u2219 \u0430\u0437\u044a \u0479\u043a\u0430\u0436\u046b \u043f\u0440\u044c\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043c\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u044c\u2219 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0431\u0438 \u0465\u0433\u043e\u2219 \u043d\u0438\u0437\u044a\u0432\u0440\u0463\u0437\u0438\u2219 \u0441\u044a \u043a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u043c\u0438 \u0441\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u043e\u043d\u044a \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0441\u046b\u0436\u0434\u0430\u0465\u0442\u044a \u043d\u0430 \u043c\u0440\u044c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0465\u2219 \u0441\u044a\u043c\u0440\u044c\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u0479\u043c\u0438\u0465\u2219 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043a\u043b\u0484\u0463\u0442\u044a\u0131\u0438 \u0434\u043e\u0443\u0445\u044a \u0442\u0463\u043c\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043c\u044c \u0447\u0440\u044c\u043d\u044a\u0131\u0438\u043c\u044c \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e \u0432\u044a \u0432\u0463\u043a\u044a \u0431\u044a\u0131\u0442\u0438 \u043c\u0440\u044c\u0442\u0432\u044a \u0442\u0438 \u0432\u044a \u0431\u0435\u0437\u0434\u044a\u043d\u0463\u2219 \u0432\u043e\u0438\u2219 \u0432\u044a\u0131\u0440\u044a\u0131\u0432\u0430\u0438 \u0441\u0440\u044c\u0434\u044c\u0446\u0435\u2219 \u0440\u0435\u0447\u0435\u0442 \u0428\u0438\u045b\u0438\u0440\u044a \u0441\u044a \u0431\u043b\u0430\u0442\u044a \u2219:\u2219\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>It has always been difficult for me to write about the music of \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425 in detail. Atmospheric metal is still based primarily on feelings, and my vocabulary on this topic has dried up since the time of DRUDKH reviews for Metallibrary. I can say that \"\u041c\u0440\u044c\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0437\u0435\u043c\u044a\", as usual, tells about various mystical Ural places through words and sounds, so you should read and listen simultaneosly. And although \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425's music is extremely riff-rich for atmospheric metal, I can't underline any individual fragments for you. The compositions are very smooth, with a strong internal connection of all the parts. If you want to pay attention, for example, to the guitar, you immediately realize that the bass plays an equally important role under it, and at the moment of transition you suddenly hear that the keys have been doing something interesting all this time, and so on. Even during the solos, everything else remains active as always. Thanks in part to this intensity, the music of \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425, which is mostly slow, captures all of your attention. The album only lasts 44 minutes, but it leaves you feeling like you've listened to not one, but two records. All the songs are amazing, except that the final one turned out to be a little uneven, weak in the first half. We have already heard two of them on the <a href=\"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/rev\/2989\/\">split<\/a> about two years back.<\/p>\n<p>The Ural Megalith edition turned out to be worthy of the band: it's a digibook with a 16-page booklet and Pit Art. Inside are all the texts and themed photos for them. I didn't really like the design, as all the photos are oversaturated with visual effects so much that it's hard to see anything on them. I think the original, \u201cclean\u201d photos would look better.  Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bagnik_zine\/p\/DIpWglNosGv\/\">on a video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"VSPOLOKH - Kaasli | \u041a\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0438 (Official Video - 2024)\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL__jarR4QEyrc\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_jarR4QEyrc\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_jarR4QEyrc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M42S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-10-23T18:09:02Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte__jarR4QEyrc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_jarR4QEyrc\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">VSPOLOKH - Kaasli | \u041a\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0438 (Official Video - 2024)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_jarR4QEyrc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_jarR4QEyrc\/0.jpg\" alt=\"VSPOLOKH - Kaasli | \u041a\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0438 (Official Video - 2024)\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"A sorrowful tale about Stepan, the underworld of Kasli mines and legends through gloomy chthonism of Ural arts. Stepan - Evgeny Byzov Lady of the Copper Lode - Valeria Golovchenko Karze\u0142ek - Andrey Kazakov Directed by: V. (Vspolokh) Camera, production, edit, postproduction: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@yourg VSPOLOKH - Ural Chthonic Black Metal https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VSPOLOKHOfficial All rights reserved. Vspolokh|\u0412\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0445 \u00a9\u2117 2024 \u2014\u2014\u2014 \u041f\u043e\u0436\u0430\u0440 \u0438\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0445 \u0436\u0438\u043b \u0412 \u043a\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043f\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0435\u043c \u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434 \u0432\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0438\u043b. \u0417\u0430 \u043a\u0440\u0435\u043f\u044c\u044e, \u0437\u044b\u0431\u043a\u043e \u0432\u043e\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0451\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 - \u0411\u0435\u0437\u0434\u043e\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0432\u043e \u043c\u0433\u043b\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0433\u043e\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0439. \u042f\u0434\u043e\u043c \u0432\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0443\u0445 \u0432\u0435\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u044b\u0440\u043e\u0439. \u0412 \u0448\u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044f\u0445 \u0440\u0443\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f\u044b\u043b\u044c \u043e\u0441\u044b\u043f\u0430\u0435\u0442. \u0417\u0430 \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u043e\u043c \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440 \u043f\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0435 \u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0439, \u0418 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u0434\u043e\u0445 \u0437\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0412\u043e \u0441\u043d\u0435. *** A fire of sparkling veins Left a flaming trace in stone. Beyond the shaky built support - There\u2019s underworld in subterranean gloom. Damp air wafts with poison. An ore dust rains down in heatsinks. Blow after blow on barren bedrock hits, And then the final breath fades away In the sleep.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0413\u043e\u0434:&nbsp;2024 \u0412\u044b\u0434\u0430\u045e\u0446\u0430: Ural Megalith \u0420\u044d\u0439\u0442\u044b\u043d\u0433: 8,6 \/ 10 \u0423\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0446\u044b \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425 \u043d\u0430\u0440\u044d\u0448\u0446\u0435 \u043f\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u0456 \u0430\u0442\u0440\u044b\u043c\u043b\u0456\u0432\u0430\u0446\u044c \u043f\u043b\u0451\u043d \u0441\u0432\u0430\u0451\u0439 \u0434\u043e\u045e\u0433\u0430\u0439 \u0456 \u0440\u0443\u043f\u043b\u0456\u0432\u0430\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u044b. \u041f\u0430\u0441\u044c\u043b\u044f \u043c\u043e\u0446\u043d\u0430\u0433\u0430 \u0430\u043b\u044c\u0431\u043e\u043c\u0443 &#8220;\u041f\u043e\u043c\u0440\u0435&#8221; 2020-\u0433\u0430 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0443 \u0433\u0443\u0440\u0442 \u043f\u0430\u0447\u0430\u045e \u0435\u0437\u044c\u0434\u0437\u0456\u0446\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0433\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u043b\u0456, \u0430\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0446\u044c \u0441\u0443\u0432\u044f\u0437\u044f\u043c\u0456 \u0439 \u0456\u043c\u043a\u043b\u0456\u0432\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0431\u0456\u0440\u0430\u0446\u044c \u043f\u0430\u043f\u0443\u043b\u044f\u0440\u043d\u0430\u0441\u044c\u0446\u044c. \u042f \u045e\u0436\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0437 \u0431\u0430\u0447\u044b\u045e, \u044f\u043a \u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u0436\u043d\u0456\u043a\u0456 \u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0456, \u0448\u0442\u043e \u0412\u0421\u041f\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0425 &#8211; \u043d\u0430\u0439\u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448 \u0432\u044b\u0431\u0456\u0442\u043d\u044b \u0437 \u0441\u0443\u0447\u0430\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0435\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0456\u0445 \u044d\u043a\u0441\u0442\u0440\u044d\u043c\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043c\u044d\u0442\u0430\u043b-\u0433\u0443\u0440\u0442\u043e\u045e. \u0417&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,2],"tags":[27,30,31],"class_list":["post-3483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-116","category-rev","tag-atmospheric-metal","tag-russia","tag-31","wpcat-116-id","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3495,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483\/revisions\/3495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}