Starsoup

about

Starsoup is the heavy metal/progressive rock project of vocalist Alexey Markov. The songs vary stylistically – you may find them somewhat partially resembling Queensryche or Disturbed, as well as Savatage or Stone Sour. The project’s founding stages took place in Moscow towards the end of 2011, when the first single, “Angels”, was recorded. In essence, the music consists of heavy guitars, atmospheric keys with an accent on the grand piano, varying vocal techniques: encompassing a clear voice in the more melodic ballads, and letting the heavy medium-tempo compositions resound with harsh, even growling vocals sometimes. For the moment, Starsoup is a studio project – the band consists of guest musicians. The two main contributing/participating artists are: Alexey Markov (Shadow Host, Distant Sun) – vocals, guitars, bass Andrew Gryaznov (Timesquare) – keyboards and samples Those participating in the recording of the first album, Bazaar of Wonders, are listed as follows: Alexander Vetkhov – recorded all the percussion and drum parts. Also to be thanked are Nicholas Angel, Kostya Naumenko, Darya Savchenko (W. Angel’s Conquest, Kiev), Ilya Mamontov (Epidemia), Oleg Mishin (Catharsis), Andrey Nova (Nova Art), Yevgeny Nesterov, Natalya Fedotova and other musicians for their talents and help at various stages during the creation of this album. The recording, re-amping, mixing and mastering was done by Evgeny Vinogradov and the studio DAI Records. Due to the number of invited musici