Isihia
Sign in to saveIsihia (, "hesychia") are a Bulgarian folk rock music band founded in 2000, the style of which unites elements of Bulgarian folklore and Hesychast Christian chant of the 14th century to create an atmosphere of Balkan spiritual mysticism. Many of the group's songs cover topics of the medieval history of Bulgaria, mostly the period of the Ottoman invasion of the Balkans and the attempts on its repulsion and the early Ottoman rule of Bulgaria, i.e. the 14th-15th century, but also other moments of hardship such as the tragic Battle of Klyuch of 1014.
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Members
- Former members
- Albums
- ''Isihia'' (2001) track listing
- ''Orisiya'' (2003) track listing
- ''[[Sticheron|Stihiri]]'' / ''[[Revelation|Otkrovenia]]'' (2010) track listing
- Singles
- External links
Isihia (, "hesychia") are a Bulgarian folk rock music band founded in 2000, the style of which unites elements of Bulgarian folklore and Hesychast Christian chant of the 14th century to create an atmosphere of Balkan spiritual mysticism. Many of the group's songs cover topics of the medieval history of Bulgaria, mostly the period of the Ottoman invasion of the Balkans and the attempts on its repulsion and the early Ottoman rule of Bulgaria, i.e. the 14th-15th century, but also other moments of hardship such as the tragic Battle of Klyuch of 1014.
==Members== The band has four members: Evgeni Nikolov (lead vocals) Veselin Mitev (vocals, kaval, gaida, duduk; later performing with Kayno Yesno Slonce) Petar Delchev (tambura, cello-tambura; later performing with Kayno Yesno Slonce) Panayot Angelov (percussions)
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