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Aria (Ария) is a Russian, formerly Soviet, Heavy Metal band founded in Moscow in 1985. It is one of the most influential bands in Russian Metal, and its former musicians also founded several popular bands, such as Кипелов and Мастер. Aria's music is influenced by the NWOBHM bands. For the first time ARIA established itself as a band by releasing their first album in autumn of 1985. The album sounded very professional and looked like nothing performed in the USSR before. The title was modest but pretentious - "Megalomania". The story began in 1984 when lead guitarist Vladimir Holstinin left...

Stage Name: Valeriya Real Name: Valeria (Alla) Perfilova. Born on April 17,1968. In Atkarsk, Russian SFSR, USSR She has sold millions of albums, regularly sells out stadiums and arenas and boasts in Russia the similar stardom status as the likes of Madonna and Celine Dion in the World. Revealed in the August issue of Forbes magazine, in the list of the 50 best paid Russian celebrity actors, athletes, authors and musicians, Valeriya was ranked 9th. Valeriya has recorded 8 top-selling albums and has shot 30 videos. Her next album features collaborations with a number of European and US writers and...

Chicherina (Чичерина) is a band that was formed in Ekaterinburg, Russia, in mid 90's. Their name is based on the band leader's last name, Yulia Chicherina. They play their own kind of soft alternative rock with female vocals. Chicherina started in 2000 with a great optimistic record "Сны" (Sny, or Dreams). Also in the year 2000, Chicherina featured in the soundtrack for the immensely popular Russian film "Брат-2" (Brat-2, or Brother 2), with the song "ТуЛуЛа" (TuLuLa). In 2001 they released a very depressing record Течение (Techeniye, or The Stream). In 2004 they released "Off/On" album (no tranlation). In 2006...

Zveri (Звери) are a popular Russian pop-rock band who burst onto the Russian music scene with their debut album Golod (Hunger), which received extremely positive reviews in the Russian music press. The group was formed in mid-2002 by Roma Zver' (Рома Зверь), the lead singer of the band. He was soon joined by Vladimir Khoruzhiy on guitars, Kostya Labenkiy on the bass, Kirill Antonenko on keyboards and Misha Kraev on the drums and the group began work on their debut album Golod, released in February 2003. This album, considered by many as their best work, contained many of the songs...