Second To Sun: Solitude, occult and Finno-Ugric culture

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Prolific Russian metal band Second To Sun are set to release new album Legacy! Consistent with previous albums, the group will also release an instrumental version of the album. Band mastermind Vladimir Lentinen had this to say about the forthcoming album, «our new album named Legacy is even more aggressive and heavier than previous one, but still retains the melodic, hypnotic and cinematic qualities of its predecessor. Legacy is logically divided into three ideological arches! One dedicated to social solitude,  an occult part, which is closely intertwined with actual historical events, and a traditional part of our music, which is based on culture of  the Finno-Ugric people. We see it as a trilogy unified by a sole idea, which was earlier dubbed as social-decay black metal. All tracks are undoubtedly our legacy, which is the foundation of our album’s name». The track Monster,

The artwork for both versions of the release is very nice and created by Denis Forkas Kostromitin, who also worked with such bands like Behemoth and Children Of Bodom.

«We live in incredible times, when a band like our can exist without support from the psychopathic musical industry and short-lived trends. Our music simply exists because there are people, who listen to it!».

The most important musical inspiration source of the band is Scandinavian black metal along with creations of groove metal bands Pantera and Fear Factory. Their songs are performed in Russian language or in instrumental versions, and the main lyrical themes for the songs are mystic, mythology and social decay. The basic work unit for the band is still releasing of new music, and one new song almost every month. The track Vasilisa,

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