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Russia Has Some Damn Good Metal
It’s worth taking a look at
It might not be a great time to “promote” anything Russian, but there are an increasing amount of very talented musicians coming from here, and I thought they deserved looking at. After all, ordinary people do not necessarily mirror the government's actions.
Why Russia, though? Well, it’s obvious that there are huge metal communities in Scandinavia and the Nordic counties, and to a lesser extent, western and central Europe and North America. But I’ve been noticing more and more quality bands come out of Russia in the past few years — bands that should certainly not be overlooked.
Historically, it didn’t seem like a country associated much with the metal scene, but it is changing daily.
This band was formed in Russia, later moving to Ukraine and now Estonia, but I’m still going to count them here. Kauan has become one of my absolute favorite bands and one of the most underrated (and hard to describe) artists I can think of in my entire collection. They’re not just your…
