Bitva Bogov (ex-Epidemia)

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Sound check on drums



Recording drums for the new album The Battle of the Gods



The best Russian Power Metal band Epidemia was formed in 1993 by Andy Laptev. The band recorded a demo ‘Phoenix’ and the first EP ‘Volya K Zhizni’ (‘Will To Live’) released in 1998. In 1999 Epidemia released LP ‘Na Krayu Vremeni’ (‘On The Edge of Time’) with 14 songs, and LP ‘Zagadka Volshebnoi Strany’ (‘Quest of the Magic Country’) released in 2001. Epidemia was in the Top-5 of MTV EMA 2002 and band members were in Barcelona on the rewarding of this famous award. In 2004 Epidemia released the first Russian Metal-Opera ‘Elfijskaya Rukopis’ (‘Elven Manuscript’), which was recorded in Aria Records Studio. Many famous Russian metal-singers took part in this project: Arthur Berkut (Aria), Kirill Nemolyaev (Boney Nem), Dmitry Borisenkov (Chernyi Obelisk), Andrey Lobashev (Arida Vortex) etc. Max Samosvat (Epidemia’s vocalist) took the main part in this opera. Vladimir Kholstinin, the leader and guitarist of Aria produced this album. Also he played a mandoline in one song. 11 songs tell about adventures of the magician half-elf Dezmond and about his struggle against malicious forces. First live show of opera passed on February, 13th during the “Friday, 13-th” festival in the Luzhniki Palace of Sports. 6000 people watched the show by

Epidemia featuring other singers taken part in the album. During the show they changed clothes in conformity with their characters. Besides several knights battled armed by swords and axes. The song “Proidi Svoi Put” (“Pass Your Way”) was on the top of charts of Nashe Radio (main Russian rock-radio). Then the band began to take part in the largest Russian festivals (Krylia and Nashestvie and Emmaus). In 2005 Epidemia recorded LP ‘Zhizn V Sumerkah’ (‘Livin’ In Twilight’), containing the best songs of earlier releases. This songs were chosen by fans during the voting on the official band’s website. Songs were re-recorded and rearranged.

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