Key facts
- Origin
- Moscow , Russia
- Genres
- Pagan metal , folk metal , black metal
- Years active
- 2002 ( 2002 ) –present
- Labels
- Sound Age, Napalm
- Members
- Masha "Scream" Sergei "Lazar" Ruslan "Kniaz" Vladimir "Volk" Alexander Smirnov
- Past members
- Vlad "Artist" Sokolov Andrey Ishchenko
- Website
- arkona-russia .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Has part
- Maria Arkhipova
- Official name
- Arkona
- Country
- Russia
- Genre
- black metal
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Record label
- Napalm Records
- Official website
- www.arkona-russia.com
- Image
- Arkona - Wacken Open Air 2018-4426.jpg
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- Commons category
- Arkona (band)
- inception
- 2002-00-00
- location of formation
- Moscow
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- social media followers
- 22200
- different from
- Arkona
- distributed by
- Google Play
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Arkona (Russian: Аркона) is a Russian folk metal band. Their lyrics are heavily influenced by Russian folklore and Slavic mythology, and their music incorporates several traditional Russian musical instruments. The name of the band "Arkona" refers to the last Pre-Christianized Slavic city-castle.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arkona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.