OBLACHNYJ KRAJ -Svobody Zahoteli VERY RARE EPIC METAL SCALD MANILLA ROAD KORROZI

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Hello metalheads!!!

Here we have something special for you - legendary vinyl album
"Svobodi Zahoteli?" from cult collectible metal band CLOUDY LAND
(OBLACHNIY KRAY)! The music is quite unique and have some folk
moments!
ABSOLUTELY LEGENDARY ALBUM WHICH IS ON MANY WANT-LISTS, WE HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO OFFER IT FOR AGES!!! TAKE THIS CHANCE!!!

Highly in demand and MEGA RARE LP!!!

Here is great review from THE CORROSEUM:
Now there's a cover you most likely would have passed by if it wasn't for
yours truly once again laying down the truth about the world's most obscure
Metal gems. When I first heard about Eastern European Metal, I had a very
"romantic" notion about how it would sound. Unfortunately only a few bands
managed to live up to my exotic expectations, and OBLACHNYJ KRAJ (CLOUDY
LAND) did it more and better than any other band I've heard so far. I would
definitely rate this my favourite "Exotic Metal"-item together with THE CRISIS
and PARABELLUM! Ignorance is bliss and O.K. is Metal. They were just not US Metal,
or NWOBHM, or German Speed Metal. They were Russian Metal, unlike many of their
more famous countrymen who prefered to copycat their western idols. There are
traces of folk in their music - not in a conventional and calculated SKYCLAD-manner,
but simply because that's where they come from. Their northern Russian roots is
about as far from an image or concept as you'll get and the "Volga Boatmen"-feel
is ever present. At first the mix leaves some to be desired. The keyes are a bit
loud, but rautkin's vocals impress instantly and wins you over to their side of the
arctic circle. They are raw, hoarse and in the lower register but still carry the
tunes perfectly. It's hard to really pic any musical references. They are highly
original without being too "progressive". They are simply excellent songwriters who
conjure up one magnificent riff or harmony after another. Basically all songs rule,
even the one or 2 not-so-metallic ones.

"Russkaya Narodnaya" may be a 'pure' folk rock-song, but at the same time no less
metallic than let's say "The Crown And The Ring" by MANOWAR ...and it's a bloody
awsome song to boost. Anyone who likes their Metal full of epic sing-a-long choruses,
but find the jolly prancings of happy-go-lucky-Future-World-HELLOWEEN and the likes
a bit too mellow should have a taste of some Eastern Block Metal-melancholy.

I haven't exactly been swamped by info on this band, but here's what little I've
gathered so far: they were formed in the city of Arkangelsk in Karelia, the northern
part of Russia in the early 80's, and were practically the only real rock band from
this part of the country. In the beginning they had to build their own instruments,
including guitar effects and keyboards (!), and judging from the CD-reissue of their
1st tape from '82 they did a really good job! In the early days they mixed
PURPLE/RAINBOW-style heavy with psyche/prog/kraut-like parts and russian folk.
This is their only vinyl and it's very hard to find in Russia. Even if few
Melodia-releases were pressed in less than 100 000 copies, many of them were
manufactured in remote eras in the Soviet union and often thousands of records
were destroyed when they didn't sell. I've seen the LP on a few odd tradelists
though, so keep your eyes (and minds!) open.

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• Condition of cover: MINT-
• Condition of disc: MINT-