Isihia are a Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n music band founded in 2000, the style of which unites elements of Bulgarian folklore and Hesychast Christian chant

Byzantine music

Byzantine music is the music of the Byzantine Empire composed to Greek texts as ceremonial, festival, or church music. Greek and foreign historians agree that the ecclesiastical tones and in general the whole system of Byzantine music is closely related to the ancient Greek system...

 of the 14th century to create an atmosphere of Balkan

Balkans

The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...

 spiritual mysticism. Many of the group's songs cover topics of the medieval history of Bulgaria

History of Bulgaria

The history of Bulgaria spans from the first settlements on the lands of modern Bulgaria to its formation as a nation-state and includes the history of the Bulgarian people and their origin. The first traces of human presence on what is today Bulgaria date from 44,000 BC...

, mostly the period of the Ottoman invasion of the Balkans

Rise of the Ottoman Empire

The Foundation and Rise of the Ottoman Empire refers to the period which started with the weakening of the Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm in the very early 14th century and ended with the Byzantine Empire decline and the Fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453.The rise of the Ottomans correlates with the...

 and the attempts on its repulsion and the early Ottoman rule of Bulgaria, i.e. the 14th-15th century, but also other moments of hardship such as the tragic Battle of Klyuch

Battle of Kleidion

The Battle of Kleidion took place on July 29, 1014 between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire...

 of 1014.

Members

The band has four members:

• Evgeni Nikolov (lead vocals)
• Veselin Mitev (vocals, kaval, gaida, duduk)
• Petar Delchev (tambura, cello-tambura)
• Panayot Angelov (percussions)

Former members

• Marin Genchev (took part in Isihia album recordings)
• Kalin Yordanov (took part in Isihia album recording)
• Tatyana Yossifova (took part in Isihia and Orisiya album recordings)
• Moni Monchev (took part in Orisiya album recordings)
• Vlado Chiflidjanov (took part in Isihia and Orisiya album records, now a guest musician with the band)

Albums

Isihia have released two separate albums, the eponymous Isihia from 2001 and Orisiya ("Doom") that was used as the music of Neshka Robeva

Neshka Robeva

Neshka Robeva is a Bulgarian former Rhythmic Gymnast and coach.Born in Rousse, Robeva graduated from the Bulgarian State Choreography School in "Bulgarian Dances" in 1966 and since then had been a member of the Bulgarian national rhythmic gymnastics squad until 1973. She took part in four World...

's dance show by the same name. A compilation of Isihia music also served as the soundtrack of the 2000 film Isihia by the Bulgarian National Television

Bulgarian National Television

The Bulgarian National Television or BNT is the public broadcaster of Bulgaria. The company was founded in 1959 and began broadcasting on December 26 of the same year. It began broadcasting in color in 1970...

. In addition, the band's eponymous album was re-released by the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n company Polyglobe Music with song titles in English and an additional track.

Isihia (2001) track listing

1. "Preobrazhenie (Transfiguration
   Transfiguration of Jesus
   The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event reported in the New Testament in which Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant upon a mountain. The Synoptic Gospels describe it, and 2 Peter 1:16-18 refers to it....
   
   )"
2. "Gospodi Vozvah"
3. "Tzaryat Fruzhin
   Fruzhin
   Fruzhin was a 15th-century Bulgarian noble who fought actively against the Ottoman conquest of the Second Bulgarian Empire. A son of one of the last Bulgarian tsars, Ivan Shishman of the Tarnovo Tsardom, Fruzhin co-organized the so-called Uprising of Konstantin and Fruzhin along with Constantine...
   
   "
4. "Chernomen
   Battle of Maritsa
   The Battle of Maritsa, or Battle of Chernomen, took place at the Maritsa River near the village of Chernomen on September 26, 1371 between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şâhin Paşa and the...
   
   "
5. "1393"
6. "Vetre"
7. "Saruyar"

Orisiya (2003) track listing

1. "Klyuch
   Battle of Kleidion
   The Battle of Kleidion took place on July 29, 1014 between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire...
   
   "
2. "Rodopa
   Rhodope Mountains
   The Rhodopes are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece. Its highest peak, Golyam Perelik , is the seventh highest Bulgarian mountain...
   
   "
3. "Ugar"
4. "Kosti"
5. "Turkish Dance"
6. "The Curse"
7. "Chakrak"
8. "Introduction"
9. "Aramii"
10. "Gospodi Vozvah"
11. "Vetre"

Stihiri / Otkroveniya (expected Nov.2009) track listing

CD 1 - Stihiri

1. "Ipostas
   Hypostasis
   Hypostasis may refer to:* Hypostatic abstraction * Hypostasis , personification of entities* Hypostatic gene* Hypostasis , an Australian-based not-for-profit organization...
   
   "
2. "Anahoret
   Anchorite
   Anchorite denotes someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, and—circumstances permitting—Eucharist-focused life...
   
   "
3. "Katizma"
4. "Vreme Razdelno" (Time Of Separation)
5. "Za Vyarata na Shishmana" (For The Faith Of Shishman)
6. "Bdenie" (Vigil)
7. "S Bogom" (Go With God)

CD 2 - Otkroveniya (Revelations)

(fourteen tracks with no names)

Singles

The single "For The Faith of Shishman

Shishman

Shishman , also Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi , was a medieval Bulgarian royal dynasty of partial Cuman origin.The Shishman dynasty consecutively ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire for approximately one century, from 1323 to 1422, when it was conquered by the Ottomans...

" has been published on 6.May.2009 St. George's day (also day of the Bulgarian Army).
The single was published in electronic form only, via M-Tel's Vodafone live!

Vodafone live!

Vodafone live! was the brand name for the multimedia portal service of mobile phone operator Vodafone, which was initially developed by Japan's J-Phone under the J-Sky brand...

portal.