Tvangeste
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Tvangeste is a symphonic black metal band from Russia
(currently residing in Canada
).
After releasing FireStorm Tvangeste attracted attention of Polish
record label Metal Mind, who licensed the album for Poland and Germany. A big German promotion agency was hired to do promotional work. One of the biggest Russian metal labels CD Maximum licensed FireStorm for Russian Federation, CIS countries and Baltic Countries. Canadian Neoblast Records released the FireStorm in April 2004. Brazilian Hellion Records licensed and released "FireStorm" in 2005. Tvangeste performed for the official soundtrack of Canadian horror movie "Sinners and Saints". Tvangeste are known for adding full orchestras, opera singing, and long epic songs.
In 2005, Michael and Naturelle Chirva moved to Canada. They are currently working on Tvangeste's 3rd album, tentatively titled "Satori", to be released in 2013.
2009 - song "Birth of the Hero" from "FireStorm" album is a part of Brütal Legend
(video game) soundtrack.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
(currently residing in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
).
Biography
- 1995 — Michael Chirva starts seeking members through advertisiments in local newspaper
- 1997 — The band is officially born
- 2000 — Damnation of Regiomontum CD is released by Norwegian label Valgalder Records.
- 2002 — FireStorm is finished. Tvangeste sign a contract with JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese label World Chaos Production. - 2003 — FireStorm is released, it receives great reviews.
After releasing FireStorm Tvangeste attracted attention of Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
record label Metal Mind, who licensed the album for Poland and Germany. A big German promotion agency was hired to do promotional work. One of the biggest Russian metal labels CD Maximum licensed FireStorm for Russian Federation, CIS countries and Baltic Countries. Canadian Neoblast Records released the FireStorm in April 2004. Brazilian Hellion Records licensed and released "FireStorm" in 2005. Tvangeste performed for the official soundtrack of Canadian horror movie "Sinners and Saints". Tvangeste are known for adding full orchestras, opera singing, and long epic songs.
In 2005, Michael and Naturelle Chirva moved to Canada. They are currently working on Tvangeste's 3rd album, tentatively titled "Satori", to be released in 2013.
2009 - song "Birth of the Hero" from "FireStorm" album is a part of Brütal Legend
Brütal Legend
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure/real-time strategy game created by Double Fine Productions and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released during October 2009 in North America and Europe...
(video game) soundtrack.
Discography
- Blood Dreams (1997) - Demo
- Thinking... (1998) - Demo
- Damnation of RegiomontumDamnation of Regiomontum- Track listing :# "From Nameless Oracle" - 12:59# "Angel's Retreat" - 8:30# "Damnation of Regiomontum" - 11:00# "Thinking..." - 8:54# "Born to be King of Innerself" - 8:58# "Outro" - 1:26- Personnel :* Michael Chirva - Vocals, guitars...
(2000) — Valgalder Records, NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... - FirestormFirestorm (album)Firestorm is the second album by Russian band Tvangeste, released in 2003.-Track listing:# "Introduction" - 0:42# "Under The Black Raven's Wings" - 5:52# "Birth Of The Hero" - 5:44# "Fire In Our Hearts" - 5:57# "Perkuno's Flame" - 6:42...
(2003) — World Chaos Production, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
Awards
- "Best Black Metal Act from Russia in 2001" (annual national awards)
- "Band of the month" — Live For Metal magazine (UK)
- "Album of the month" — Scream magazine (Norway)
- "Best Russian Black Metal Band in 2001" — Musica.Mustdie.RU (Russia)
Current members
- Michael 'Miron' Chirva (vocals, solo guitar, bass, drums)
- Naturelle Chirva (keyboards, orchestra arrangements)
Former members
- Nikolay Kazmin (guitar)
- Victoria Koulbachnaya (keyboards)
- Vanoe Mayoroff (guitar)
- Max Naumoff (basses)
- Cezar Mielko (drums) (Polish drummer from death metalDeath metalDeath metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band, Dominium) - Ekaterina (violins, orchestra arrangement)
- Olaa (female vocals)
- Baltic Symphony Orchestra
- Prussian Chamber Choir (vocals)