russian | Musicosity

russian

Diva

There are, at least, fourteen artists using this name: 1. DiVA, a sub-group from Japanese idol group AKB48 formed in February 2011. Members consist of Akimoto Sayaka (秋元才加), Umeda Ayaka (梅田彩佳), Masuda Yuka (増田有華) and Miyazawa Sae (宮澤佐江). They are being promoted as a 'vocal and dance unit'. Their debut single Tsuki no uragawa (月の裏側; The Other Side of the Moon) was released May 18, 2011. 2. A Los Angeles based psychedelic pop artist (full name Diva Dompe) who released the album "The Glitter End" on Critical Heights in May 2011: www.criticalheights.com

Artist Type: 

Orchid

There are at least six bands called Orchid:
1. A hardcore band from Amherst, Massachusetts
2. A doom metal band from San Francisco, California
3. An indie-pop band Poznan, Poland
4. A rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia
5. an alias of Alexander Tooth
6. a "post-prog" band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
1. Active from 1998 to 2002, Orchid was first and foremost a hardcore band. Orchid combined a post-modern aesthetic with hardcore punk...

Artist Type: 

Kartikeya

Kartikeya is a Blackened Death Metal Band with Indian influences (in both lyrics and instrumentation) formed in Moscow, Russia in 2004. On June 22, Kartikeya released their single "The Horrors Of Home" (featuring Keith Merrow & Aleksandra Radosavljevic) from their upcoming album titled "Samudra". Current Lineup:
Mars - Vocals
Arsafes - Guitars, Clean Vocals, Ethnic Instruments
Rinat - Guitars
Alexander - Bass
Alex Smirnov - Drums
Dmitriy - Percussion

Read more about Kartikeya on Last.fm.

Artist Type: 

Merlin

There is at least 6 bands named Merlin: 1) Merlin is a Brutal Death Metal band from Russia Current line-up :
Mary Abaza - Vocals/Bass
Alexander Ioffe - Guitar
Sergey "Crazy" Chebanov - Guitar
Anatoly "Alchothron" Boychenko - Drums www.merlinmetal.com 2) Merlin is a spyrock band from Oslo, Norway In the shadow around the cover, only hit by the moonlight, one can hint a silhouette. Unaware that they are being watched, Henry Mancini and Danny Elfman meet and are thereby painted into a cafe by Edward Hopper.

Artist Type: 

Citadel

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Citadel is a power metal band from St. Petersburg that is 5 years old and don't have any albums. Just one demo that was recorded in 2003. http://www.citadel.su/
http://www.myspace.com/citadelspb 2) Citadel® or Citadel ® is a prog rock band from the USA. http://www.citadelband.com still together after almost 30 years and 10 albums, also co-founders of Progfest in LA, which started a prog rock rebirth in 1993. 3) Citadel is a local band from petaluma. they broke up early 2006 but their music still lives on.

Artist Type: 

Rod

There are multiple artists/groups called Rod. 1. ROD is the newborn alter-ego of Rotterdam based [artist, currently one of the most popular and inspiring electronic music artists of the Netherlands. Known for his ver-satility, Benny has chosen this additional artist name to clearly define the more Techno oriented side of his musical identity. ROD's critically acclaimed debut-release "Malmok" was released on Ben Klock's Klock-works label and formed the start of a fruitful discog that reads very positively...

Read more about Rod on Last.fm.

Artist Type: 

One More Victim

One More Victim is a five-piece deathcore band from Russia. Their debut EP "Waiting To Exhale" is free to download from their myspace or other sources. Attention, please! A little contest from One More Victim! A guy or a girl who will scrobble as many of our tracks as possible at Last.fm will get a great opportunity to be exclusively thanked in our new album booklet! Just for fun of it and a little publicity, nothing more!;) Thank you for your attention! COMING OUT IN 2011

Artist Type: 

Astral Waves

DJ Zen was born in France but is established in Quebec, Canada, since 1996. At an early age and thanks to his family, he was exposed to all kinds of music. His father brought him into contact with electronic music from Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis when he was 10 years old. From the ages of 15 to 25, he listened to hard rock and death metal and was part of a band, playing bass and electric guitar. DJ Zen is mostly self-taught, taking private music lessons, learning through books and watching music engineering DVD tutorials to constantly improve himself.

Artist Type: