For a week until the official release date (October 5, 2011) you can listen to the new ARIA album streaming online here (voiceovers, songs shortened to around 3 minutes):
Haven't heard the album apart from "Boi bez Pravil" yet but that's a killer song. Totally agree with Stormspell about the new vocalist! He's got a more authoritarian voice than Berkut somehow... I look forward to see them live.
Yeps sounds great! I just made pre-order through Metalism. A little bit off topic but I wonder why noone invite Aria on festivals and tours outside Russia. Are they very expensive band or don't want to play in Europe in shitty clubs? I think that they will do great job on festivals...
bastard priest wrote:Yeps sounds great! I just made pre-order through Metalism. A little bit off topic but I wonder why noone invite Aria on festivals and tours outside Russia. Are they very expensive band or don't want to play in Europe in shitty clubs? I think that they will do great job on festivals...
I tried to get them many times and only once they answered me (their management) but after two mails they again remained quiet. They are huge in Russia so I guess they do not care and a small festival like KIT cannot pay them enough money.
Big in Russia for sure but it won't hurt to play here and there from time to time...Here is a gallery of the singing session for Feniks http://musica.mustdie.ru/ru/galleries/1/791/
They were supposed to play at Sonisphere in Finland few years ago but they cancelled. I would say only big organisation like that is able to pay them, its not two or three, five or six thousand euros, but much much more that they ask for a salary (my mates got in talks with them about a gig in Helsinki).
But then again I saw them at club gig in Estonia. Maybe it has something to do with russian speaking minority there? So keep your eyes open, they might play in Riga, Tallinn etc places you can get cheap flights from other parts of europe.