History Aria (band)

1 history

1.1 days
1.2 rise fame
1.3 1990s
1.4 judgement day
1.5 arthur berkut
1.6 mikhail zhitnyakov

history

alik granovsky in 2006



aria 1 of russia s leading heavy metal acts


early days

the band founded vladimir holstinin , alik granovsky, 2 members of via poyushchie serdtsa (singing hearts). both had played in band alpha, dissolved time. holstinin s idea of creating heavy metal band enthusiastically accepted granovsky. 1985 had of material album ready, remained find recording studio , vocalist. asked victor vekshtein band s manager , allow them use studio. vocalist position filled valery kipelov.

the name aria given band because short, catchy , transliterated. there s version band s name thought holstinin, owns guitar eponymous manufacturer. both fans , members of aria informally referred ariytsi (russian aryans).

according band s website, aria s birthday celebrated on 31 october 1985; date finished working on first album, megalomania. album noticed heavy music fans because unlike hard rock music played in ussr @ time.

megalomania recorded holstinin playing guitar (with alexander lvov on drums , kirill pokrovsky on keyboards). band needed second guitarist able play live. result, andrey bolshakov joined band. in addition, igor molchanov (who had played in alpha, too) replaced lvov on drums.

aria s first live show on 5 february 1986 in dk mai. band received public, , became laureate of rock-panorama-86 , lithuanika-86 festivals. although still being ignored media, popularity kept rising.

in november 1986, aria released second album, with?. time, band divided arguments concerning both direction band heading, , victor vekshtein s management skills. after tour in january 1987, granovsky, bolshakov, molchanov, , pokrovsky left band (granovsky , bolshakov later formed thrash metal band master). replaced vitaly dubinin (holstinin s university friend , former band mate) bass guitarist, sergey mavrin second guitarist, , maxim udalov on drums. first large show after reorganization, , subsequent tour proved despite rumours, band not dead.

rise fame

in august 1987, aria started working on new album, hero of asphalt (originally named serving forces of evil), considered 1 of band s best albums.hero... aria s first album published state music publishing monopoly melodiya. every show on subsequent two-year tour sold out.over million copies of album s lp have been sold.a music video song rose street filmed, band s fans in mass scenes.

during time, band s relationship manager had reached critical point. in october 1988, udalov left band because of conflict, , in november aleksandr maniakin invited replace him. in 1989, band released next album, playing fire, yuriy fishkin manager.

in 1990, dubinin , mavrin signed band lion heart, , left munich, return in august after finding opportunity cancel contract. after celebrating five-year anniversary several live shows, band began work on fifth album blood blood, released in 1991.

1990s

sergey mavrin

in 1990s, band decreased activity significantly, reducing number of live shows performed. in 1994, created own studio: aria records , , signed five-year contract label moroz records. result, in summer of 1994, band s first 5 albums released, including earlier unreleased megalomania , with?. in september, toured through germany 2 weeks, live shows in 7 cities, including berlin s hard rock cafe.

dubinin (left) , holstinin (right), band s leaders. max udalov seen in background

by end of 1994 tour in germany, band had disagreement organizers, reflected on relationship within band. after tour ended, kipelov stopped showing @ studio, band hard @ work @ next album. within month s time, found out playing master. in december, alexey bulgakov (the lead singer band legion) tried out kipelov s replacement. in january 1995, sergey mavrin left band, stating did not believe band succeed without friend kipelov. sergey terentyev invited replace him session musician, , later becomes permanent member of band.

kipelov returned band after threatened sanctions moroz records breaching contract. recorded vocal parts new album night shorter day, released in september 1995. band played series of concerts in moscow area, sergey zadora new manager, recording live album made in russia, ranked highly in charts.

in 1997 kipelov , mavrin reunited in duo album dark ages. dubinin , holstinin recorded own, entitled avaria (russian car incident), vitaly participated vocalist. in 1998 aria released generator of evil, album terentyev made début songwriter. next came chimera , breakthrough single lost paradise, did in nashe radio chart , raised aria new level of popularity.

judgement day

in 2001 aria headlined nashestvie festival, played symphonic orchestra. gave band idea classical aria tour orchestra , live album of same name. unfortunately, never released. during tour, tension among musicians , band s management arose. kipelov refused record new album, written dubinin , holstinin, , declared wanted start solo career. sergey terentyev, alexander maniakin, , band s manager rina lee supported him, opposing 2 band leaders , producer yuri sokolov. classical aria became band s farewell tour. after final gig on 31 august 2002 @ luzhniki, moscow, entitled judgement day (this later became name whole incident), kipelov, terentyev, , maniakin left aria. next day, started new band named kipelov.

with arthur berkut

arthur berkut , vitaly dubinin



2008 lineup

in november 2002 new line-up of aria announced. sergey popov master became second guitarist, arthur berkut (ex-autograph) invited new vocalist, , drummer max udalov returned band. on 5 december, aria released single coliseum followed album baptism fire. video coliseum shot. release successful, songs coliseum , baptism fire reached no. 1 on rock charts, though many fans criticized it, arguing berkut s voice did not fit aria s music.

berkut , holstinin participated in elven manuscript (Эльфийская Рукопись, 2004) metal opera epidemia. arthur played role of irdis elven wizard while vladimir played lute , produced opera.

in 2005 aria celebrated 20th anniversary new tour. band s former members invited participate in anniversary tour. master , sergey mavrin played @ it, kipelov did not, because of own tour schedule.

the newest album armageddon released cd maximum, came out in 2006, aria invited 2 new lyricists , berkut made début composer.

on 3 april 2008, kipelov , mavrin made brief re-union aria, during tour celebrating 20 year anniversary of release of geroy asfalta.

in november 2010, berkut , kipelov sang on stage aria 25th anniversary of band. concert called ariafest , there events in saint petersburg, moscow , ekaterinburg.

in 2011, berkut announced departure aria. replaced mikhail zhitnyakov, vocalist of heavy metal band grand courage.

with mikhail zhitnyakov

in 2011, aria released phoenix, followed next year live in studio. on november 25, 2014 aria released next album, through times.