- Butterfly Temple
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Name = Butterfly Temple
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Origin =Moscow
Genre =Folk metal Doom metal
Years_active =1995 – present
Label =Irond Records
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URL = [http://butterflytemple.ru butterflytemple.ru]
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Notable_instruments =Butterfly Temple is a
Russia nfolk metal band that was formed in 1995. They are currently signed to the "top Russian label"Irond Records [cite web |title=HOSTILE BREED: New Music Available For Download |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.NET/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=20647 |date=2004-03-23 |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2008-07-25] [cite web |title=Butterfly Temple |url=http://irond.ru/bands/butterfly_temple_e.html |publisher=Irond Records |accessdate=2008-07-25] and are known as the leading band in their country's folk metal scene. [cite web |author=Stevens, Keith |title="Vremya Mary" review |url=http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=10736 |publisher=The Metal Observer |accessdate=2008-07-25] [cite web |author=Stalhammar, Herr |title=Reviews |url=http://www.rusmetal.ru/vae_solis/reviewsblackxiv.html |publisher=Rusmetal.ru |accessdate=2008-07-25]tyle
The folk metal approach of Butterfly Temple features a mix of
death metal ,black metal andsymphonic metal .cite web |author=Melzer, Alexander |title="Sny Severnogo Morya" review |url=http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=2988 |publisher=The Metal Observer |accessdate=2008-07-25] Their style is known to feature "unusual melody lines" and "equally weird sounding vocal lines". [cite web |author=Melzer, Alexander |title="Veles" review |url=http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=6&id=4348 |publisher=The Metal Observer |accessdate=2008-07-25] Their debut album "Veles" featured "bizarre, unusual keyboard textures and Russian chanting on top of a slew of other odd noises and a varied array of female vocals." [cite web |author=Schwarz, Paul |title="Baec (Veles)" review |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/demos/3-2690_butterfly_temple_baec.aspx |publisher=Chronicles of Chaos |accessdate=2008-07-25] The group has made use of a variety of different vocal techniques including spoken narration, chants, choirs,clean vocals , operatic vocals and harsh vocals. [cite web |author=Melzer, Alexander |title="Wheel Of Chernobog" review |url=http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=2987 |publisher=The Metal Observer |accessdate=2008-07-25] cite web |author=Melzer, Alexander |title="Tropou Krovi Po Vole Roda!" review |url=http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=2989 |publisher=The Metal Observer |accessdate=2008-07-25] The band has made use of such folk instruments as theaccordion ,flute andjew's harp .Members
*Sergey "Abrey" Abramov - Vocals
*Polina Yashkova - Vocals
*Michael Shmatko - Guitar
*Valeri Ostrikov - Guitar
*Sergei "Aven" Avanesov - Keyboards
*Alexey Sporyshev - Drums
*Nikolay Korshunov - BassDiscography
References
External links
* [http://www.butterflytemple.ru/ Official Site]
* [http://irond.ru/bands/butterfly_temple_e.html Butterfly Temple] atIrond Records
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