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Artist: Россияне (Rossiyane)
Release: '83 Live, Bootleg Compilation
Genre: 70s-style Heavy Metal (some speed, some doom), Heavy Prog Rock
Country: USSR (Moscow)
Bitrate: 128-320 kbps
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Another early Soviet heavy band that existed from 1969 until the death of one of the members in 1984.

Okay, this one is really heavy.

Like most other bands of the time, they did not think about a specific style, so the material here ranges from more modern and heavy tracks to more psychedelic and hard rock tunes. The influence of the early heavy bands is still strong here, with a strong bluesy lean, and the end result is more like 70s Judas Priest than NWOBHM, but still decent if you don't mind that it wasn't super-modern by then time.

But the real killer is, of course, the first track. Absolutely crazy speed metal with a touch of punk. I don't even know who else in the USSR could play something like that back then... Oblachnyi Kray, maybe?

As far as I know, they never left a single full-fledged studio recording, but many live recordings and several demos have survived.

All tracks here are taken from the May 14, 1983 recording, because in my opinion it was recorded clearly better overall, with the exception of the first track, recorded live on May 21, 1983.
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1. Чёрная лента (Black tape)
2. Рок-н-ролл на опушке (Rock and roll on the edge)
3. Лопух (Burdock)
4. Будет день (There will be a day)
5. Карусель (Carousel)
6. Про соседа (About the neighbor)
7. Кровавый дождь (Bloody rain)
8. Вниз по реке (Down the river)
9. Диалог о крокодиле (Dialogue about a crocodile)