Arcane Grail

Moscow Order of Arcane Grail is founded in December of 2001 year Anno Bastardi. We play Symphonic Extreme Metal Art. Elixir of melodic black, gothic-doom and Swedish melodic death metal with male and female vocals.
The Sense of the Order’s title consists in the aspiration to some mysterious ideal, which is de rigueur on a Way of search of Spiritual Perfection. The acquisition of Grail grants the divine force and wisdom. Mythological image of Grail itself is connected with a bowl, in which the blood of Jesus Christ was assembled after his crucifixion. The Order has no christian orientation, but We are Knights of New Era of Aquarius.
Assembled by aryerarch Demether Grail, the Order has a stable war-corps of six musicians now: singers, hexastringer, quadristringer, drummer and pianist. The Order tourneys basically with domestic bands, but there was one joint performance with Pungent Stench, Graveworm, Keep of Kalessin. Arcane Grail has been creating the debut full-length album in the best Russian record-studio DAI-Records with producer Evgeniy Vinogradov (albums of Catharsis, E.S.T., Butterfly Temple, Forgive-Me-Not, Pagan Reign and others) in the time from August 2004 to March 2005 A.B. The album «Mysteries Of Ancient Charnel» describes about the events which have occurred in the first half of XVIIth century in German district Schwarzwald, where inadvertently insurgent from a tomb by spells of witches, the shelterless spirit of Ostrogothic king Ermanarih (real historical person died per 376 year AB) makes evil deeds, which should be untangled by envoy of fading monastic order.
3 August 2006 through Musica Production label – debut album «Mysteries of the Ancient Charnel» was released. And album began active sales and rumours throughout this sublunar world. The Order has distribution in USA owing to Taliesin Records and Indigo Tunes, The Netherlands and Belgium through HDG Productions.
6 April of 2007 Arcane Grail had the memorable concert with famous Italian symphonic black metal horde Graveworm, in Moscow club «Tochka».
From July 2008 to November 2008 AB the Order of Arcane Grail has been recording the second album “Arya Marga” at KIV-Records with magician Igor Korolyov. After the mastering in January 2009 we’ve signed the contract with Musica Production again to release the album at Russia.
3 May of 2009 on Bealtaine the “Arya Marga – Ninefold Path to the Innocence” was unleashed. New album is conceptual like the previous one. There are nine hymns – nine ways of Vedic knowledge and Weltanschauung, leading the men to Enlightenment. After the presentation of an album Arcane Grail has reordered the circle, fired Eugen, Kir, Anastasia and Alexander. New pantheonium is.
In April of 2010 year album «Arya Marga» was released by English label Ravenheart Music and digital-label Hunter’s Moon Records for next portals:
http://www.huntersmoonrecords.com/store.html
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/arcane-grail/id367342603?i=367342607&ign-mpt=uo%3D6
http://www.emusic.com/album/Arcane-Grail-Arya-Marga-MP3-Download/11914580.html
http://arcanegrail.bandcamp.com/
http://www.code7music.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2836
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ninefold-Path-Innocence-Arcane-Grail/dp/B003LUH66M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1283081661&sr=1-1

In January-February of 2011 year Arcane Grail was in Baltic Tour through Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland with Estonian melodic death metal band Ceremonial Perfection and saint-petersburgian epic metal band Trelleborg.
In March 2011 year, Arcane Grail has supported Keep of Kalessin on their concert at Moscow.
At 31 December 2011 year, Arcane Grail has released their EP «Tribute to the Past» on label Grailight Productions. This release includes the old songs from debut, but rerecorded with Russian lyrics, and some covers (Aria, Ashen Light, Type O Negative).
In January 2012 year, Arcane Grail was in mini-tour through Russia with Swedish sympho black metal band Netherbird.
The whole 2012 year the band has been preparing the music for third full-length album. In February of 2013 the leader and founder of band Demether Grail with keyboardist Tymon decided to leave the band behind and organize new band GRAILIGHT (www.facebook.com/grailight), continuing the tradition and style of Arcane Grail.

http://www.facebook.com/ArcaneGrail
www.arcanegrail.heavymusic.ru
www.myspace.com/arcanegrail

Arcane Grail — российская музыкальная группа, играющая в смешанном стиле симфоник-блэк-метал/мелодик-дэт-метал. Основана в Москве, в декабре 2001-го года вокалистом Деметром.

Дебютный альбом «Mysteries of the Ancient Charnel», вышедший в августе 2006-го года на московском независимом лейбле Musica Production, был записан на известной московской звукозаписывающей студии «ДАЙ-Рекордз» звукорежиссёром Евгением Виноградовым (альбомы Catharsis, Butterfly Temple, Bonie Nem, Forgive-Me-Not, Pagan Reign).

Стиль музыки Arcane Grail характеризуется эклектичным слиянием sympho black metal, melodic death metal и doom metal со всеми разновидностями мужских и женских вокалов в рок- и классической музыке.

Альбом «Mysteries of the Ancient Charnel» лирически концептуален, тексты связаны общей легендой о пробудившемся в начале XVII века в горах немецкой земли Шварцвальд готском короле Германрихе (268-378), придуманной вокалистом Деметром.

Второй альбом «Arya Marga - Ninefold Path to the Innocence» был выпущен 1 мая 2009 года на лейбле Musica Production. В апреле 2010-го года альбом бы выпушен в ифровом формате на английском лейбле Hunter’s Moon Records и доступен на ITunes, Code 7, Amazon, Bandcamp.

Группа Arcane Grail известна своими красочными концертными представлениями в рок-клубах Москвы и России.

В июне 2010-го года Натали стала вокалисткой немецкой symphonic gothic metal группы Coronatus.

В январе-феврале 2011 года группа провела Baltic Tour по Эстонии, Латвии, Литве и Польше с эстонской melodic death metal группой Ceremonial Perfection и санкт-петербуржской epic metal группой Trelleborg.

Текущий состав (Line-up):
Demether (Skylord; ex- Chaos Alter) — vocals (2001-)
Natalie (Coronatus; session singer of Shadow Host, Stigmatic Chorus) — vocals (2004-)
Adison (Skylord, Autumn Woods) - guitars (2010-)
Tymon (Avercage) - keyboards (2010-)

Alexandr (Невидь, Kartikeya) - session drums (2010-)

В феврале 2013-го года, в ознаменование начала Новый Эры Водолея, вокалист Demether Grail и клавишник Tymon решили покинуть Arcane Grail и открыть новую музыкальную главу в их жизни под названием GRAILIGHT (www.facebook.com/grailight), продолжая и развивая традиции и стиль, заложенные в AG.
www.arcanegrail.heavymusic.ru
www.myspace.com/arcanegrail