«TVERD» — «Follow the sun’s way»
Track list:
- Wolf & Gyrfalcon
- The spring
- Wide Maslenitsa
- The Motherland’s heart
- …Under the sun’s magic arrows
- When the steel is being broken…
- A falcon is over Rus
- To the foreign land…
- Epic metal cantata “The Bogatyr’s gates»
- Russian land’s sorrow (Kalinov’s bridge)
There were used authentic instruments of Rus and Medieval Europe during material's record: pipes, flutes, reeds, whistles, zhaleyka, domra, mandolin and authentic percussion.
DJ Sipuka & DJ Bolt took participate in the record of Russian land's sorrow (Kalinov's bridge) track's electronic part.
The band's founder is Vetrodar, famous Russian band's Pagan Reign main composer and musician. Pagan Reign doesn't play nowadays. Tverd develops previous formation's line by natural way. The Spirit evoked in previous albums is also continued, with the musicians, who reconstruct the atmosphere of ancient times in Rus and Europe and display their deep regard for their nation, history, culture and native slavonic beliefs.
Recorded at Day-studio (Moscow) and Tverd-Studio (Tver), Russia
November 2007 — April 2008.
Produced by Evgeny Vinogradov & Tverd
Engineered by Evgeny Vinogradov, Vetrodar
Mixed & Mastered by — Evgeny Vinogradov at Day-studio hut.
Artworks & Illustrations by Natalie Rustikova, Alexander Levkin, Erwin Max;
Band Logo by Alexander Levkin & Erwin Max (tracing).
Design & layout by Max Erwin at «Insight Studio»
Band foto by Erwin, Anton & Vladislav
National costumes and accoutrements were given by Tver military-historic
clubs “Alatyr“, “Druzhina“ and by “Slavyanochka» folkloric ensemble.
