Artist: TUMULUS
Album: SREDOKRESIE (CD)

Release date:
Media type: CD

TUMULUS was formed in 1997 in the city of Yaroslavl by the musicians of the russian cult viking/doom metal band SCALD, which was disbanded due to the vocalist's death.
The art of TUMULUS is influenced by slavic rituals and traditions as well as by the music of AMORPHIS, early THE 3RD AND THE MORTAL, BATHORY, FATES WARNING, YES, JETHRO TULL, early GENESIS, PINK FLOYD and the russian folk bands SEDMAYA VODA,
RAZNOTRAVIE, KALINOV MOST, INNA ZHELANNAYA. The band describes their music as "art progressive folk metal". The band sings in russian, old slavonic and english.
After two demos Krada" of 1999 and Vo Luzeh" of 2000 the band recorded a full studio album Winter wood", realeased by the russian label Wroth Emitter Prod. in 2004.
The second album Sredokresie" was recorded in 2005 and boasts the original style of the first one - the unique fusion of slavic folk, progressive metal and rock, as well as o! ther music styles. The latest album was also released by Wroth Emitter Prod.
TUMULUS occasionally give live shows outside the CIS in the Eastern Europe countries.

E-Mail: tumulus@list.ru
Site: www.tumulus-band.com

Tracklist:

1. Kolo Opletaya
2. Uzorochinnik
3. Tower Of Birds
4. Mezh Ra Rek
5. Nagovor Na Zavet
6. Kolozheg
7. Sredokresie
8. Severetreni
9. The Other Path

Total playing time 35:33

Line-up:

Kuchma - lead & back vocals, flute
Velingor - bass, gloomy voices, percussions, vargan
Vigdis - keyboards, lead vocal on 8th track
Kurbat - guitars, back vocal
Ottar - drums & percussions

Guest musicians:
Marina Sokolova (Sedmaya Voda former member) - all female vocals (except 8th track), ocarina
Ilya "Radim" Nikolayev (Ros' member) - gusli on 6th track