Arkona

This was the first time I got to see them as a headliner and they were brilliant! Masha Scream has the most amazing vocals that can shift seamlessly from melodic folk to searing death metal with a manic energy that seems unsustainable- yet she performs with every bit of intensity start to finish. The rest of the band is also perfect and I cannot wait to see them again!

i had a great time,.... all bands were great! !!!!

If you get a chance to see Arkona, take it! Sure, their music is in Russian, but Russian is a cool language for people to sing in. Arkona combines metal with traditional Russian sounds. They also have bagpipes in some songs. How cool is it to have hard core METAL WITH BAGPIPES? Singer Masha Scream is full of energy as she bounds across the stage, her voice going from crooning, to growling to sounding like a shaman calling on spirits, on ancient gods. Sergei Atrashkevich , her husband, shreds on the guitar while Vladamir Lyovushkin Sokolov , their drummer, and Vlad their piper and Ruslan their bassist practically set the stage on fire with their passionate awesome music playing.