| Эпидемия | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Russia |
| Genre(s) | Power metal |
| Years active | 1993 - present |
| Label(s) | CD-Maximum |
| Associated acts | Mechanical Poet Arda Aria Catharsis |
| Members | |
| Yuri 'Juron' Melisov Maxim Samosvat Ilya 'Lars' Mamontov Ivan Izotov Dmitry Krivenkov Dmitry Ivanov |
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| Former members | |
| Pavel Okunev Ilya Knyazev Roman Valeriev Andrey Laptev Pavel Bushuev Evgeny Laikov Roman Zakharov |
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Epidemia (Russian: Эпидемия, sometimes referred to as 'Epi' by fans) is a Russian Power metal musical band, famous for doing the Elven Manuscript metal opera in 2004. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Power metal is a style of Heavy metal music combining characteristics of traditional metal with Thrash metal or Speed metal, often within Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Mechanical Poet is a Russian metal band formed in Moscow in 2002 Aria ( Ария) is a popular Russian heavy metal band that formed in 1985 Catharsis is a Russian Power metal band The band was founded in Moscow in 1996 by guitarist Igor Polakov and vocalist Sergey Bendrikov Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Power metal is a style of Heavy metal music combining characteristics of traditional metal with Thrash metal or Speed metal, often within Elfiyskaya Rukopis' (Эльфийская Рукопись Elven Manuscript 2004 is a Metal opera and Concept album by Russian Power metal band It was formed in 1993, whilst first songs were made back in 1991. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Music of Epidemia resembles that of Blind Guardian and Rhapsody of Fire. Blind Guardian is a German heavy metal band which is often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in Power metal and Speed metal Rhapsody of Fire (formerly known as ThunderCross and - more recently - Rhapsody) is an Italian Symphonic Power metal band led by The band was nominated on MTV Europe Music Award in 2002. The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Europe to celebrate the most popular Music videos in Europe See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
History
The band was formed by guitarist Yuri Melisov, nicknamed Juron. In 1994 still nameless collective recorded the demo album "Phoenix", with Melisov as both guitarist and vocalist. Yuri invited the name Epidemia (Russian for epidemic) in 1995. In Epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people is a classification of a disease that appears as new cases in a Vocalist Pavel okunev and guitarist-songwriter Roman Zakharov joined Epi to record the debut album "Volya k Zhizni" (Will to Live). The debut release was lo-fi EP and consisted of only five tracks, but its follow-up, "Na Krayu Vremeni" (At the Edge of Time) was the band's first full-length CD. It was recorded by the 'classical' line-up of Yuri Melisov (guitar), Roman Zakharov (guitar), Pavel Okunev (vocals), Ilya Mamontov (bass) and Andrey Laptev (drums)
In 2000 Maxim Samosvat, also a member of Mechanical Poet, replaced Okunev on vocals. Mechanical Poet is a Russian metal band formed in Moscow in 2002 First Epi's release with the new vocalist was "Zagadka Volshebnoy Strani" (Riddle of the Wonderland), more melodic and less speed metal-influenced. Speed metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music originating in the late 1970s and early 1980s that was the direct musical progenitor of Thrash metal. Video was shot for the ballad "Ya Molilsa na Tebya" (I was Praising You) and aired on MTV Russia. MTV Russia is a Russian language Free-to-air service seen in 22 million households in Moscow, St Epidemia was nominated for MTV Europe Music Awards 2002. The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Europe to celebrate the most popular Music videos in Europe New line-up changes came, after Roman Zakharov, the second band's composer, departed, and Andrey Laptev started his solo career as vocalist.
With new line-up, Juron decided to complete his long-planned idea: a conceptual metal opera. Rock operas, Concept albums Song cycles and Oratorios all differ from a conventional rock album which usually includes songs that are unrelated to each Originally he planned to musicalize the Dragonlance series, but Epidemia was unable to get rights. Dragonlance is an immense series of Fantasy Novels, with over 190 novels printed and is accompanied by a supplemental Campaign The storyline of his opera, though, was in similar vein. In 2004 the conceptual album "Elfiyskaya Rukopis" (Elven Manuscript), participated by vocalists from Aria, Arida Vortex, Chorny Obelisk and Master, was released. Elfiyskaya Rukopis' (Эльфийская Рукопись Elven Manuscript 2004 is a Metal opera and Concept album by Russian Power metal band Aria ( Ария) is a popular Russian heavy metal band that formed in 1985 Russian Heavy Metal band Black Obelisk (Чёрный Обелиск Chorny Obelisk was founded in 1986 by bassist Anatoly Krupnov who died in 1997 This article is about the Russian thrash metal band For the American death metal band see Master (band. Epidemia's presentation of "EM" together with Aria on February 13 2004 at "Friday 13" festival was visited by six thousands of people. [1] Popularity of the band had rapidly grown, and track "Proydi Svoy Put" (Walk Your Way Through) from the opera held the top position of Nashe Radio weekly chart for one mouth.
A year later, Epidemia released "Livin' in Twilight" album, consisting of re-recorded songs from "Manuscript" preceders. The album was recorded with Ilya 'Lars' Mamontov playing second guitar instead Bushuyev. In the fall of 2006 the double DVD collection came out.
Discography
| Original title | Transliterated title | Meaning | Year of release |
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| Феникс (demo) | Feniks (demo) | Phoenix (demo) | 1994 |
| Воля к жизни (EP) | Volya k zhizni (EP) | Will to Live (EP) | 1998 |
| На краю времени | Na krayu vremeni | At the Edge of Time | 1999 |
| Загадка Волшебной страны | Zagadka Volshebnoy strany | The Riddle of the Faerie Land | 2001 |
| Эльфийская рукопись | El'fiyskaya rukopis' | Elven Manuscript | 2004 |
| Жизнь в сумерках | Zhizn' v sumerkah | Living in Twilight | 2005 |
| Эльфийская Рукопись 2: Сказание на все времена | El'fiyskaya rukopis' 2: Skazanie na vse vremena | Elven Manuscript 2: Saga For All Times | 2007 |
External links
- Official site (in both Russian and English)
- Epidemia MySpace
- Yuri Melisov's website
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