Voltaj
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Voltaj
Voltaj (which means voltage in Romanian
) is a Romanian pop-rock
group. They won the Best Romanian Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005.
, heavy metal
and speed metal
made the band famous in the early 90's.
„Zi de zi” (Day After Day),
„Voi fi nou al tău” (I'll Be Yours Again),
„În calea norilor” (Across The Clouds),
„Tu, doar tu” (You, Only You)
„Alerg" (I'm Running)
„Pericol de moarte” (Deadly Danger) (01.06.1996 - Roton)
„Asta-i viaţa” (So's The Life) - maxi single (February 1999 - Roton)
„Risk Maxim 2” (01.01.1999 - Roton)
„Bungee” (01.01.2000 - Roton)
„3D” (10.03.2001 - Cat Music)
„...Tu” (You) - maxi single (08.06.2002 - Cat Music)
„424” (08.06.2002 - Cat Music)
„Scrisoare” (Letter) - maxi single (2002 - Cat Music)
„Noapte bună” (Good Night) - maxi single (2003 - Cat Music)
„Best of” - compilation (07.09.2003 - Cat Music)
„Povestea oricui” (Everyone's Story)(08.05.2004 - Cat Music)
„Integrala Voltaj” - compilation (+ Voltaj's book) (2005 - Cat Music)
„Revelator” (06.10.2006 - Cat Music)
„V8” (25.06.2008 - Cat Music)
Voltaj (which means voltage in Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
) is a Romanian pop-rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
group. They won the Best Romanian Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005.
History
Founded in 1984, Voltaj proved to have a personality too strong for the communist regime of that time and some people even considered the band a "danger" for the society. In there early days Voltaj had a totally different musical style than today. Genres like hard rockHard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
, heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
and speed metal
Speed metal
Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from NWOBHM and hardcore punk roots. It is described by Allmusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding" music....
made the band famous in the early 90's.
Their first song
Their first song, "Nori de hârtie" ("Paper clouds") made the top of the list for the band's first concert. The song also appeared on the album Pericol de moarte, released in 1996.Discography
„Arc peste timp” (Arch Across The Time),„Zi de zi” (Day After Day),
„Voi fi nou al tău” (I'll Be Yours Again),
„În calea norilor” (Across The Clouds),
„Tu, doar tu” (You, Only You)
„Alerg" (I'm Running)
„Pericol de moarte” (Deadly Danger) (01.06.1996 - Roton)
„Asta-i viaţa” (So's The Life) - maxi single (February 1999 - Roton)
„Risk Maxim 2” (01.01.1999 - Roton)
„Bungee” (01.01.2000 - Roton)
„3D” (10.03.2001 - Cat Music)
„...Tu” (You) - maxi single (08.06.2002 - Cat Music)
„424” (08.06.2002 - Cat Music)
„Scrisoare” (Letter) - maxi single (2002 - Cat Music)
„Noapte bună” (Good Night) - maxi single (2003 - Cat Music)
„Best of” - compilation (07.09.2003 - Cat Music)
„Povestea oricui” (Everyone's Story)(08.05.2004 - Cat Music)
„Integrala Voltaj” - compilation (+ Voltaj's book) (2005 - Cat Music)
„Revelator” (06.10.2006 - Cat Music)
„V8” (25.06.2008 - Cat Music)