Russian pagan metal band Arkona will perform at B10 Live on Jan. 15.

    Arkona’s lyrics are heavily influenced by Russian folklore and Slavic mythology, and its music incorporates several traditional Russian musical instruments. The name of the band “Arkona” refers to the last pagan Slavic city-castle. Their singer and songwriter, Maria “Masha Scream” Arkhipova, is one of relatively few successful female vocalists to sing in a death growl style. She is married to fellow band member Sergei “Lazar” Atrashkevich.

    The band was founded in 2002 and disbanded in 2003. Arkhipova opted to continue and wrote the material for a solo album, which she presented to the members of “Nargathrond,” another project she was singing for at the time. The resulting debut album “Vozrozhdeniye” came out in March 2004 on Soundage Production. By this time, the band featured three new members: guitarist Sergey “Lazar,” bassist Ruslan “Knyaz” and drummer Vlad “Artist.” Recorded in the autumn, their second album, “Lepta,” was released in December.

    Arkona’s fifth studio album, “Goi, Rode, Goi!,” released in October 2009, proved to be an ambitious affair: all in all, more than 40 musicians took part, including a choir and a string quintet.

    The band played more than 150 concerts all over Europe in 2010. In August 2011 Arkona’s sixth studio album “Slovo” was released; again a stylistically eclectic mix, it featured the Chamber Orchestra of the Kazan Conservatory and the Moscow Conservatory’s student choir.

    Time: 8:30 p.m., Jan. 15

    Tickets: 80-100 yuan

    Venue: B10 Live, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区B10现场)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东

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