Draft:Blazebirth Hall

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Blazebirth Hall is a Russian Black Metal circle that has existed since the 1990s. Most of the bands and musicians involved come from Tula.

History

Similar to gorups like the Inner Circle of the Norwegian Black Metal scene, the Polish Temple of Fullmoon and the French Black Legions, a purist and distinctive Black Metal group has also existed in Russia since the early 1990s. Some mebers are also active with Temnozor and Walknut, and numerous releases have appeared on the Stellar Winter Records label.

The oldest and best-known band in Blazebirth Hall is Branikald , who, from around Kveldulv onward , played the style typical of the circle. Kaldrad Branislav (Boris Podsoblyayev) is the main composer and the ideological mastermind behind most of their projects. In 1996, Forest released their eponymous debut album, which sounded similar to bands like Graveland and Isengard . The 20-minute, psychedelic neofolk anthem " Winterhowl" is particularly notable . On subsequent albums, Forest's style initially resembled that of Branikald.

From the late 1990s onward, Blazebirth Hall increasingly turned to Nazi-esoteric themes. Dagorath left Forest and Rundagor in 1998 and has had no further involvement with the NSBM scene since then.

Virtually unknown outside of Russia until the mid-2000s, Blazebirth Hall became known in Western Europe through the internet. Since physical copies of the albums were extremely rare (until 2000, almost all cassettes were released in extremely limited editions), this led to numerous bootlegs. Most of the albums were subsequently officially re-released, sometimes against BlazeBirth Hall's wishes. The titles were often translated into other languages, which led to confusion. Branikald's album Хмель мизантропии, for example, can also be found under the names Khmel' mizantropii , Rusmjod Av Misantropie , Rausch der Misanthropie , and The Mead of Misanthropy .

From around 2000, the band's musical activity declined rapidly, partly due to Kaldrad's imprisonment for various violent crimes. The last album, Branikalds Triumph des Willens, was released in 2001. Here, the music is less ethereal, incorporating Oi-punk influences and partially using clean vocals.

In 2005, Forest reformed for another album, which deviated from the band's previous style and was viewed critically by the band's fans. The music on " In the Flame of Glory" is more clearly produced and can be roughly classified as pagan metal . After the murder of Ulf Irminsson, Forest disbanded for good.

The last album to date, Nitberg - Nagelreid, was released in 2010.

Kaldrad's death in a car accident in 2019 ended the activities of BlazeBirth Hall.

Style

The majority of the participating bands play a raw black metal style, which, originating from Burzum or Darkthrone , developed into an extremely repetitive and atmospheric style. For example, drummer Wizard 's drumming in most songs consists of a continuous, slow blast beat, while the guitars use spherical, shimmering tremolo riffs. The production is rather simple. The music of Branikalds Frost Vision has been described as cold , but also as too repetitive.

Occasionally, undistorted guitars are played with heavy reverb (e.g., the eleven-minute song "Rdyandalir "), resulting in a sound similar to blackgaze . However, this genre didn't establish itself until about 10 years later and wasn't influenced by Blazebirth Hall.

The singing is predominantly in Russian, but some of the older song titles are also in a bizarre mixture of English and Norwegian, e.g. ...Ablaze far av Nattensky by Branikald Kveldulv .

Legacy and Reception

A Finnish pagan metal band named itself Stormheit after Branikald's first demo .

The German motto "Rausch der Misanthropie" of the right-wing extremist mercenary group Misanthropic Division , active in eastern Ukraine , goes back to an album called Хмель мизантропии by the band Branikald, which was re-released under this German title in 2005.

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 are shown in parentheses. There were also other projects, such as Yggdrassil and Woods of Fallen , which never released albums.

Participating

• Kaldrad Branislav (Boris Podsoblyayev) († 2019)
• Wizard
• Ulv Gegner Irminsson (Evgeniy Yelmanov) († 2005)
• Dagorath (Vitaly Danilov)
• Ransverdi
• StringsSkald (Anton Svyagir)
• Nyard

See also

• Les Légions Noires

External links

• Official site, in Russian