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Artist
Kalevala
12+ albums
folk metalProgressive rockfinnishrussianFinnish prog
about
There are several artists with this name. 1. Kalevala were a Finnish progressive/psychedelic rock band formed by Lido Salonen in 1969. Their 1971 debut album People No Names features Harri Saksala of Apollo fame. The group released two more albums before splitting in 1978. 2. Kalevala (Калевала) is a folk metal band from Russia that formed in 2007 Kseniya - vocal, lyrics Nikita Andriyanov - guitar, music Aleksej Mitrofanov - bass Denis Zolotov - drums Ivan Andriyanov - session musician, balalayka on acoustic shows Discography : "Kudel' Belosnezhnogo L'na" ( 2008) - Sound Age Production "Kolokol'chik" (single 2009) "Cookushkiny Deti" (2009) - Metalism Records "Tausen-rada" (single 2010) "Vedma" ( 2010) - - Sound Age Production "Luna I grosh'' - 2013 "Dohu ja kupila" EP - 2014 "Volchij zov" single - 2014 “Kalevala” was established in spring 2007, after Ksenya?s leaving Russian group “Nevid”. On the 15th of April,2007 after performance in Penza, it was clear, that Ksenya’s and Lesyar’s staying in “Nevid” was impossible, so there, in Penza, Ksenya had a talk about creation joint project with guitarist Nikita, as he had some folk music material which was insufficiently rigid for Nevid, but quite interesting. “Nevid” returned home without Ksenya, as she had left the city by train before. The time had passed and Ksenia had first lyrics for Nikita’s music :”Darling”, “River to river” and “Goy, Dear! ”etc. at the same time they were searching for musicians for the band.
