Olga's Burning Sparrows

A little over a thousand years ago, the young Queen Olga of Kyiv enacted a brutal, three-part revenge against a rival kingdom after they murdered her husband (which was, incidentally, how she seized power in the first place, but that’s neither here nor there). As you may have guessed, the final act of this revenge involved the creative use of messenger sparrows.

For some reason, despite her talent for dispensing truly hellacious violence, she was canonized alongside her equally violent grandson, Vladimir I, who force-converted Kyivan Rus’ to Orthodox Christianity because he wanted to add the Patriarch’s daughter to his collection of wives (see: harem). It didn’t work, so he invaded instead. Isn’t history glorious?

As for us, we're just a couple of disgruntled 30-somethings who decided to blow the dust off our respective instruments and raise some hell.

Malice - guitar, vocals
Avarice - bass, vocals
Bob - guitar
Atrocity - drums