Blazebirth Hall
The Blazebirth Hall is a black metal group from Russia that has existed since the early 1990s . Most of the bands and musicians come from Tula .
history
Similar to groups like the Inner Circle of the Norwegian scene , the Polish Temple of Fullmoon and the Black Legions from France, a group of purist black metal bands, which are characterized by their own style, have existed in Russia since the early 1990s. Some members are also active with Temnozor and Walknut , numerous publications appeared on the Stellar Winter Records label .
The oldest and best known band at Blazebirth Hall is Branikald , who played the style typical of the circle from around Kveldulv on. Kaldrad Branislav (Boris Podsoblyayev) is the main composer as well as the ideological head behind most of the projects. In 1996 Forest released their debut album of the same name, the sound of which is based on bands like Graveland or Isengard . The 20-minute psychedelic neofolk hymn Winterhowl deserves special mention . On the follow-up albums, Forest's style was initially similar to that of Branikald.
From the late 1990s the Blazebirth Hall turned increasingly to Nazi esoteric topics. Dagorath left Forest and Rundagor in 1998 and has had nothing to do with the NSBM scene since then .
Virtually unknown outside of Russia until the mid-2000s, the Blazebirth Hall became known in Western Europe through the Internet. Since the physical sound carriers of the albums were extremely rare (up to 2000 almost only cassettes were released in very limited editions), this led to numerous bootlegs. Most of the albums were then officially re-released, partly against the will of BlazeBirth Hall. Often times the titles were translated into other languages, which led to confusion. Branikald's album Хмель мизантропии can also be found under the names Khmel 'mizantropii , Rusmjod Av Misantropie , Rausch der Misanthropie and The Mead of Misanthropy .
From around 2000 the musical activity of the groups decreased rapidly, which among other things had to do with the imprisonment of Kaldrad for various violent crimes. The last album Branikalds Triumph des Willens was released in 2001. Here the music is less spherical, so Oi-Punk influences were incorporated and some clear vocals were used.
In 2005 Forest reformed for another album, which deviates from the band's earlier style and is viewed critically by the bands' fans. The music on In the Flame of Glory is produced more clearly and can be roughly assigned to Pagan Metal . After Ulf's opponent Irminsson was murdered, Forest finally disbanded.
In 2010 the last album so far, Nitberg - Nagelreid was released.
Kaldrad's death in a car accident in 2019 put an end to the activities of BlazeBirth Hall.
style
The majority of the bands involved play a raw Black Metal style, which developed from Burzum or Darkthrone to an extremely repetitive and atmospheric style. The drumming influenced by drummer Wizard consists of a continuous, slowly played blastbeat in most of the songs, while the guitars use spherical, shimmering tremolo riffs, the production is rather simple. The music of Branikald's Frost Vision is described as cold , but also as too repetitive.
Occasionally, undistorted guitars with a strong reverb are played (e.g. the eleven-minute song Рдяндалир ), which results in a sound similar to Blackgaze . However, this genre did not establish itself until about 10 years later and was not influenced by the Blazebirth Hall.
The singing is predominantly in Russian, but some, especially older, song titles are also in a bizarre mixture of English and Norwegian, e.g. B. ... Ablaze far av Nattensky by Branikald Kveldulv .
Meaning and reception
After the first Branikald demo Stormheit , a Finnish pagan metal band named themselves.
Bands
- Branikald (1993-2001)
- Forest (1994-2005)
- Rundagor (1994-1998)
- Raven Dark (1994-2000)
- Wotan Sølv (1994-2000)
- Vargleide (1999-2000)
- Nitberg (since 1999)
Years of activity in brackets. Furthermore, there were other projects such as Yggdrassil or Woods of Fallen , which did not release any albums.
Publications
Participating musicians
- Kaldrad Branislav (Boris Podsoblyayev) († 2019)
- Wizard
- Ulv opponent Irminsson (Evgeniy Yelmanov) († 2005)
- Dagorath (Vitaly Danilov)
- Ransverdi
- StringsSkald (Anton Svyagir)
- Nyard
- Svyagir