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Грай
12+ albums
folk metalpagan metalrussianfemale vocalistsmetal
about
Russian pagan/folk metal band from Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan formed in 2005. At the very beginning the name of the band was changed several times. It was “Raven Blood”, then “Vorog” ( the enemy), and in February of 2007 it finally got it’s name – “GRAI” (meaning the bird’s cry). Gradually the material for the new album has been composing and there were given a few concerts. One of the first band’s appearances took place on the 6th of May in 2006 together with such folk-metal bands as Alkonost, Svarga. On the 2nd of December in 2006 the band participated in Folk/Brutal Metal Fest jointly with Rossomahaar, Alkonost. From February to August of 2007 there had been recording an EP(demo) entitled “Ot Istoka”( From the Source), which included 4 compositions: The Birch, Winter, The Winds, The Source. The recording was proceeding at the studio of Sergey Kamyshansky in Naberezhnye Chelny, RF. On the 1st of November in 2007 there was held a performance at the presentation of the new album by Arkona from Moscow– “Ot Serdza k nebu” (From heart to heavens”) within the framework of their tour of 2007. At that very concert “GRAI” presented their EP “Ot Istoka”. During the period from February till June of 2008 at the studio of Sergey Kamyshansky in Naberezhnye Chelny, RF had been recording the band’s first LP – “Polyn’ – Trava” (“The Sagebrush”). The album consisted of 9 compositions. It’s no mere chance that the album has such a name – it’s symbolical and reveals the concept of creati
