Band: Барадж (Baradj)
Album: Нардуган (Nardughan)
Genre: Bulgar Post-Folk Metal
Country: Russia
Year: 2012
Get it here:
* http://baradj.bandcamp.com/album/nard...
Websites:
* http://baradj.com/
* https://www.facebook.com/pages/Baradj...
* https://twitter.com/Baradj_Official
* https://myspace.com/baradj
* http://www.youtube.com/user/PozitronW
* http://baradj.bandcamp.com/
* http://vk.com/baradj
* http://www.last.fm/music/Baradj
* http://baradj.tumblr.com/
* http://vimeo.com/baradj
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Baradj (Барадж) is a band based in Kazan (Tatarstan, Russia), which performs in a unique genre. The band positions itself as Bulgar-Folk-Metal (tatar ethnic metal). In addition, Baradj is a pioneer of post-folk-metal.
It happened so that at the moment of band's formation there were no metal bands among tatar artists. So, guys from a little town of Yelabuga have decided to fix this mistake. But naming themselves Tatar-folk-metal seemed not interesting enough to them. They have decided to probe deeper into the history. In consequence, the concept of bulgar people has appeared (bulgar is an ancient and very disputable name of tatar people).
The band needed a strong symbol and a unique title, so the dragon named Baradj has become such. This winged creature is a composition of three different animals: Serpent ("Elan"), Snow Leopard ("Bars") and Falcon ("Lachin"). He protected some people, and others were afraid of him so much that there are a lot of names for Baradj now -- Zilant, Wyvern, Bi Beren, even Zmey Gorynych answer to this description fully. The pictures of Baradj can be found on Viking shields and even on national or family emblems. This dragon is extremely well-known in both eastern and western worlds.
After taking this name, guys have understood their purpose -- popularization of tatar culture and history in this original way. This is how the band started to work, and the idea started pushing the band's musicians forward.
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Members:
Aydar Zakirov (Djonathan) - vocals, guitar
Rustem Shagitov (Zhora) - guitar
Andrey Zotin (AZ) - drums
Hamidullina Zarina (Laura) - vocals
Davidenko Roman (dolbezhnik) - bass
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Lyrics:
Тəн канатлары җир естеннəн җəелə,
Урман ышыгында эри тынсыз шəелə.
Аныӊ артыннан ботаклар шаулап тоташа,
Урман эченде курай моӊнары тарала.
...Уйна, уйна алтын йөрəкле.
Уйна, уйна борынты көйлəрне.
Кайнар, кйнар учак ялкыны.
Ул белə изге серлəрне.
Курай моӊнары ага урманнан,
Аӊа кушылып шаулый агачлар.
Ялкын бии тылсымлы аланда,
Башын иеп таӊ каршына.
Төнге һавадан уйлар булата,
Куӊел кошы кукрәктә талпына.
Чыга шәулә якты аланга,
Учак янында, курайда унарга.
Сугыш хәсрәтен кырларда калдырып,
Карт имәннәр тавышын сагынып.
Керә яугир сихерле урманга,
Кабат, кабат курайда уйнарга...
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