The Lust

THE LUST was formed in St. Petersburg (Russia) 2002 by the former guitarist of Russian bands DISSECTOR and TARTHARIA. After recording of the first demo under the name LAST EMBRACE (mixed in Finnish Astia studio with producer Anssi Kippo, mastering by Mika Jussila from Finnvox Studios) band has got deal with Russian label FONO and released 2004 first full-length album "Tangled" (also mixed by Kippo) under the name THE LUST. One year later THE LUST has signed a deal with Greece label SLEASZY RIDER and released in 2005 in Europe second album "My Dear Emptiness", which was mixed and mastered by Christian Schmid at Music Factory in Germany. The album was also licensed by Russian label IROND and has got from 7 to 10 points in different magazine reviews, incl. German Rock Hard. The next album "Membrane" was released in summer of 2006 and followed in summer 2008 by the European re-release of album "Tangled" in digi-pack format with 2 bonus tracks. At the same time band has recorded in Russia and Finland songs for its fourth studio album, still unreleased. The mixing/mastering of new tracks of The Lust and re-working of some previous and hidden tracks were also done by Christian Schmid at Music Factory in 2008. Some new demos without vocals were recorded at the end of 2009 in Saint-Petersburg. To this moment mirla was no more a member of the band. In 2010 the album "One Life Ago" with previous unreleased and rare stuff was out in Russia as a self-made release. The same year Yan also took part in recording of the new album "NewEra.com" by the russian post-black/death-metal band with female vocals Satanation. But before Year 2010 was finished, The Lust has brought another big album to the markt - DECOMPOSITION DELUXE with completely new songs in digi-pack format. Another project where Yan is playing guitar from time to time - Tartharia, has published in 2010 one of its coolest record from 2005. EP "Crowned By Name" with 5 tracks and video, newer released in this form before.