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Lyric themes

  • "Kreshchenie ognyom" tells about pagan resistance to enforced christianisation.
  • "Kolizey" recalls to Ridley Scott
    Ridley Scott
    Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...

    's The Gladiator
    Gladiator (2000 film)
    Gladiator is a 2000 historical epic film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Ralf Möller, Oliver Reed, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays the loyal Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed...

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  • "Palach" tells the story of a immortal executor who has killed insane man, called God's son, and his inner struggle.
  • "Bitva" tells a science-fiction story of alien invasion.
  • "Bal u knyazya tmy" is based on The Master and Margarita
    The Master and Margarita
    The Master and Margarita is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, woven around the premise of a visit by the Devil to the fervently atheistic Soviet Union. Many critics consider the book to be one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, and one of the foremost Soviet satires, directed against a...

    by Mikhail Bulgakov
    Mikhail Bulgakov
    Mikhaíl Afanásyevich Bulgákov was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel The Master and Margarita, which The Times of London has called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century.-Biography:Mikhail Bulgakov was born on...

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Personnel

  • Arthur Berkut
    Arthur Berkut
    Artur Vyacheslavovich Mikheev , better known under his stage name Arthur Berkut , is a Russian singer. Through his career he participated in numerous bands, most notable are Autograph, Mavrik, and Aria....

     - Vocals
  • Vitaly Dubinin - Bass
  • Vladimir Holstinin
    Vladimir Holstinin
    Vladimir Petrovich Holstinin is a Russian guitarist. He is one of the founding members of heavy metal band Aria.Vladimir was born May 12, 1958, in Lyubertsy, Russian SFSR. He graduated Moscow Power Engineering Institute, where he met Vitaly Dubinin. The two institute mates became friends and...

     - Guitar
  • Sergey Popov - Guitar
  • Maxim Udalov
    Maxim Udalov
    Maxim Udalov is the drummer of the Russian heavy metal band Aria.In early career, Udalov participated in Chorny Coffee and Metallachord, where he met and befriended guitarist Sergey Mavrin...

     - Drums


Cover art by Leo Hao
Leo Hao
Alexey Mikhailovich Shamrovsky better known as Leo Hao is a Russian fantasy artist. He is famous for painting cover art and illustrations for fantasy books and metal albums.Works of Leo Hao include:*numerous cover arts and wallpapers for Aria...

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