Metalmania 2005

[Demona]

Metalmania 2005--an amazing opportunity to see such grands as Cradle of Filth, Katatonia, Amon Amarth, Arcturus, Apocalyptica--i must say these are my top-list bands--as well as other very decent bands as Behemoth, Dark Funeral, Napalm Death-- isn't it?
But what the hell! There is one thing that really makes me nuts: the main stage will also be given to a Russian band called--Anj! Now, tell me
1) if anyone anywhere anyhow heard anything about this band...
2) does it have any connection to the METAL scene at all? (www.anj.su)
3) terms and conditions of participation in the festivals like this one?

Personally, I think that this is just another implementation of so called soviet legacy (note the domain-->.su, which obviously means Soviet Union): when the main criterion is not your professionalism, originality, and talent, but rather your financial success.

Perhaps, the festival should be renamed into Metal-money 2005?

P.S. I do not believe that there are not any decent representatives of metal scene in Russia, apart from Anj, which I would not even call a metal band.

P.P.S. Care to listen to their mp3? go here: http://www.anj.su/disk.shtml

 

[Anth]

Metalmania 2005--an amazing opportunity to see such grands as Cradle of Filth, Katatonia, Amon Amarth, Arcturus, Apocalyptica--i must say these are my top-list bands--as well as other very decent bands as Behemoth, Dark Funeral, Napalm Death-- isn't it?
But what the hell! There is one thing that really makes me nuts: the main stage will also be given to a Russian band called--Anj! Now, tell me

hehehe
so many complains of this???
of course there shoud be FS instead...
but the point is the vocalist of Anj (Rosenfild records) is the general director of Architecture-building company ''Rosenfild Holding''
http://www.rhs.ru/photo_03.html

and now this
http://www.anj.su/images/foto/clip_rd/30_l.jpg

so u wont stand Anj right before Amon Amarth?
i guess nobody will...

 

[Demona]

No one has ever implied that FS should be there. The main idea is that Anj, not being metal at all, headlines this Fest, thus, obviously, the audience will consider them as a representative of the Russian metal scene, which they are presumably not. It does not really matter what a person does for his living, as long as he is talented he may start a band as well, while here we clearly see that his band is just an extention of his business and financial activity. People should be aware of the fact that money can't buy everything. Such things as knowledge and talent for example aren't offered, no matter what the price would be.

 

[Anth]

za rodinu obidno koroche....