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STALWART
Progressive thrash / death metal - RUSSIA
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Stalwart (Russia)
P o r t r a i t
Band was formed in autumn 1999. Stalwart members had previously
played in different St. Petersburg local metal bands - Bestial Deform, Clangor,
Vengeance,
Fading Pictures, Mincing Machine. In July - August 2000 Stalwart recorded their
debut album, "Jerk", which was released on cassettes in the begining
of 2001 by Russian label "Fono Productions". After this release Stalwart
started concert activity and played as support act for such bands as: Nightwish,
Finntroll and Norther.
In Summer 2002 Stalwart started recording their second album. In 2003 band
signed a deal with "Soyuz Music", and in October 2003 "Dive
To Nowhere" was released. This album had very good reviews in Russian
metal press, some magazines defined it as "one of the bests Russian metal
releases in 2003".
In summer 2004 "Metalagen / Soyuz", re-released Stalwarts first
album, "Jerk", on CD's. In the begining of 2007 Stalwart started
recording their third album "Abyss Ahead". Famous Poland studio "Hertz" was
booked, and this record was produced by Slawek and Wojtek Wieslawski (Vader,
Decapitated, Hate). Work was completed in May, with mixing and mastering also
done in "Hertz" studio. Discography: "Jerk" (2001) cassetes, re-released CD (2004), "Dive
To Nowhere" (2003), "Abyss
Ahead" (2007).
C o n t a c t s :
http://stalwart.ru
e-mail: contact@stalwart.ru
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