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The results of the Road to Mystic: Ukraine online selection are here!

69 Кроків was founded in May 2018. In their work the band tries to combine alternative, hardcore, metalcore, nu metal, dubstep, various electronic music and bring something their own, individual. The guys say that this is a real hot rock from the south of Ukraine.

Вирій is an experimental rock-metal band from Nizhyn. The line-up of the band is constantly and rapidly changing, so the musicians say that this is why Вирій sounds different in every concert. The band has one album recorded on Dream Life studio.

Ґенеза play Ukrainian folk songs in metal - rather heavy, but drive music, which is best suited for festivals. In 2017, they won the All-Ukrainian Chervona Ruta Festival, and in 2019 - KozakFest. 

Периферія is a rock band founded in the autumn of 1997 in the town of Chortkiv, Ternopil region. The main genre of their music is alternative rock.

Перший Сніг rock band was founded in 2017. In early 2020, the band's debut album 'Чужі Сни' was released.

Tеорія Інших band was founded in 2010 in Hadiach, Poltava region. The band combines ethno-rock, folk-metal and Cossack rock, which creates its unique style in Ukrainian rock music. Since its inception, Tеорія Інших band has released two albums and regularly honors live music at various Ukrainian festivals.

Ukrainian alternative rock band Тіні Мрій was established at the end of 2018. The band's song's lyrics are rich in multifaceted meaning, in which everyone will find something of their own. During the last year, the band took a stage on a bunch of different locations primarily in Kyiv.

Час-Вода - Ukrainian rock band founded in Kyiv in 2018. The style is characterized by shades of alternative rock and post-grunge, but without a clear musical framework, leaving the listener free to think. The lyrics are immersed in philosophical reflections, searching for and finding the meanings of being. 

The band is named after the mysterious place of Kyiv - the Chortoryj River. The band exists for 1 year. All this time they worked hard on the material, performed and released the EP. At the moment, the band is recording a studio album and is actively performing concerts.

Aeternus Prophet (from the Latin. Eternal Prophet) is a Ukrainian black/death metal band founded in 2010. The main idea of the songs is to promote intellectual development and natural selection. The band has already released two studio albums.

The band plays in chaotic post-hardcore/mathcore/deathcore styles and currently has a video clip and two EP albums. Bands such as Emmure, Dillinger Escape Plan, The Chariot, Heart Of A Coward, Vildhjarta, Betraying The Martyrs influenced the work of the team.

Alexdone is a new name on the Ukrainian scene. The band was founded only 4 months ago, but until now the musicians have been working on writing material for 2 years. The band has given several small showsand is working hard every day to develop.

Musicians say that their band is the maximum drive and energy in all its manifestations and aspects, which is the main conceptual point of the team. The band has played more than 40 concerts in different cities of Ukraine and European countries.

Bad Pit is a Ukrainian band, formed in 2014. “Bad Pit is Brad Pitt's alter ego. Bad… to us it means rock and roll, because today's rock music is either too sweet or too combed. The band was created by friends and for the buzz itself, but now it seems to bring a buzz to others”. 

The band creates songs in the style of Cossack folk rock and kobza folk rock. Founded in the fall of 2018, the band consists of musicians, actors, Cossacks and war veterans. Banderstadt ZP aims to expand the diversity of the Ukrainian rock scene.

In the summer of 2017, they recorded their debut EP 'Brother' of three songs. February 20th, 2020 Battle Up released their first studio album 'Твоя Кров'. The lyrics of Battle Up It is full of aggression and basically tells about social problems, about war and unfair policy.

Music of Blackmail is characterized by modern sounding of instruments, low tuned guitars, extreme vocal techniques in combination with clean singing, fast tempos of compositions. Lyrics are about the nature and essence of human, his place in the universe, also sometimes in the texts there raise acute social issues of the native Ukrainian nation. 

The first single "Little Johnny" came out in 2015. The song was supported on social media by Sum 41 guitarist Dave Baksh, Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, The Offspring and Zebrahead. More than 100,000 people have already listened to their EP, one of the songs sounds on the air of the popular Ukrainian radio as well as radio stations in New York and London. 

Chasing Embers band was founded in Kyiv in 2016. Band's music style has been formed under the influence of old school rock and metal, and also nu metal of 2000s. In Autumn 2019 Chasing Embers released their first full-length album 'Beckoning Call', which got mostly positive feedback in Ukrainian and European media.

Formerly known as The Paints Of Past Memories, the team is now formally a new band. After releasing their debut single "Anoya", they are preparing an album, saying they have changed a lot in their music.

Dagger Blade is a metal band created in the spring of 2016. They play heavy metal with elements of punk, glam, hard rock, power, rock'n’roll. The main themes of their songs are mythical creatures, gods, characters of books, stories, real events. In May 2019 Dagger Blade released their debut album 'Fearlized'.

Dash band was formed in 2010. Since the inception, the band has released one EP, six singles and one video clip. Co-founded themed nu metal/alternative festival named X-Action. Supported Hed P.E. (USA) in 2018 (twice), Crossfaith (Japan) in 2018 and Guano Apes (Germany) in 2019.

The band plays melodic heavy-power metal with active use of elements from other genres. The subjects of the songs are quite diverse. In the process of developing the band stepped away from the fantasy-mythological themes, which are traditional for power metal, shifting the focus to social themes.

The name of the band is translated from Latin as "need to fight". Performs atmospheric metal music with clean and extreme vocals. Nominees in Best Band category at The Best Ukrainian Metal Act 2019 awards. The band released EP, LP and a couple of singles and currently working on a new album.

The name of the band is translated from Latin as "need to fight". Performs atmospheric metal music with clean and extreme vocals. Nominees in Best Band category at The Best Ukrainian Metal Act 2019 awards. The band released EP, LP and a couple of singles and currently working on a new album.

Drop The Roof band was formed in Odesa in 2016. Started from the funk rock and alternative rock, the band plays nu metal/alternative metal nowadays. The music of the band is about social and political problems, environmental pollution and little bit about love.

Edwin Hubble was formed as an instrumental progressive rock band in 2013. There are currently two albums online and material for the new upcoming concept album has just been recorded. "You just have to hear this!" - the band says.

Erai is a five-piece melodic metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine. Their music combines eastern-flavoured leads with metalcore grooves. The lyrics are written in Ukrainian and English and touch on the topics of self-development, love, soul feelings and acute social problems.

Their music is a specific mix of genres based on the musical tastes of every member of the band. Someone can describe the resulting style as dark/doom metal, but actually they are just trying to find that golden ratio, their common vector in mixing the aggression and melody of metal music. 

Firelake was formed in 1997. Under the influence of extremely bands popular at the time of the "Swedish wave of death metal" (bands like At the Gates, In Flames and Dark Tranquillity), the first musical compositions of Firelake were created with a slant to classic melodic death metal. 

Over the three years of the existence of Fireplays, the sound of the band has constantly changed from modern and digital to vintage and analog. Band managed to enter the top 10 best Ukrainian young bands according to the "Hit Conveyor contest".

They’ve already released an EP consisting of 5 songs, several singles and 1 video clip. Follow Me participated in festivals "Sumy Rock Fest", "Rock Bulava", "Street Music Day - Sumy" and many club performances in Ukrainian cities.

The band formed in 2016, and immediately drew attention to its originality. Heavy guitar riffs, unique vocals, which convey a unique atmosphere around the audience at the band's concerts, are the most important for the musicians themselves and their fans.

Harmata plays alternative rock music, mixing up hardcore-punk, grunge, thrash with elements of drum&bass, dub and reggae. The band features an aggressive and punchy playing style.

Over two years of close-knit work, the team managed to take part in many festivals, give more than 100 concerts, and even travelled to Norway, performing at the evening of the song "Sing from heart" in Oslo. The ideological leader and founder is Tatyana. 

Heartprints has a full-length album, two videos and experience of performing at Ukrainian festivals. In their song’s musicians try to put deep meaning and make listeners think about life, relationships, family and close people, about the need to protect our humanity.

Lyrics of the band generally deals with mysticism, philosophy and anti-religion. At the recording of the last three albums the band has worked with Jeff Waters, Andy LaRocque, Marek Pajak, Andreas Kisser. During the creative activity, the band have already recorded five full-length albums.

Hellfound was formed in 2012 in Zhytomyr. In the beginning, the main theme of their lyrics was horror movies and zombies. During development of the band, themes change to social problems. Now they play classical groove metal, but sometimes add other genres to their music.

Music of the band can be simply described as "metal", as it is quite difficult to point out any specific genre here. However, you'll definitely find vibes of NY hardcore, old school thrash and modern groove metal mixed into a explosive moshpit experience.

JessieJam combines different genres in their songs, from a positive funk to a hard philosophical alternative. The texts are filled with problems and life of young people, as well as literary allusions to world artists, cult figures from the tops of the Google search engine.

KillScreaM’s music style is based on a mix of old school metal bands and new wave metal scene. As a result, the band has a tight, punchy sound with dynamic drums and aggressive guitar riffs. The band have played many shows in Ukraine, including big Ukrainian international festivals.

In 2018 the band released the debut EP 'Blessed', a progressive rock album which grabbed the ears and attention of music fans worldwide, resulting in the worldwide signing to Metal Music Bookings and Management, all the while working on their second album 'Dyatlov Pass' at the Ukrainian Revet Sound Studio. 

Ukrainian rock band, founded in 2015 in Cherkasy. For the past two years, they have been offering music and shows to their fans at Ukrainian festivals. The band prepares an exclusive show for every venue they perform.

In 2018, Living 4 tomorrow released the 'Remember' EP. This release is first and foremost about overcoming irresistible obstacles of life. It urges never to lose faith in the future. The band is now completing the recording of new tracks and preparing for new performances.

Liz Gun is Ukrainian rock band was founded by drummer Alex Lever and vocalist Olga Lizgunova. In August, 2019 they became the winner of the international music festival in Odesa and in September 2019 presented their first album 'Welcome To The Show'.

Their creativity is a mix of alternative and rapcore musical styles, or more precisely, contemporary rock with elements of recitative and bright clean vocals. Songs of Lost Message convey the romance of today, the emotions and feelings that flow through them at every stage of life.

Mar'lyn Monroe is a Ukrainian metal band from Kyiv, formed in 2006. Mar'lyn Monroe has released 2 studio albums, one EP and 4 singles. The prominent representative of Ukrainian glam metal in the past, the band is working in alternative metal and post-grunge now.

Midgard takes an active part in the annual concerts and festivals of Ukraine and Belarus. Midgard has already shared the stage with the famous Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum in Kyiv. Currently, Midgard finishes their work on the third LP album, which is called 'Tales Of Kreia'.

The band was founded on February 2nd, 2003. Today after numerous changes of musicians and genres, its music represents a fusion of gothic, doom, melodic and black metal.

Mr.Gray is a Ukrainian band formed in Odessa in 2019. Their music was influenced by nu metal bands of 90's and 00's like Deftones, Centox and KoRn. Members of the band are experienced in different famous Odesa bands.

In 2007, young musicians, influenced by different genres of music, decided to present their own view on rock and metal music with female vocal. Since then Mysterya has played hundreds of concerts on different stages in Ukraine and abroad, took part in many festivals.

Combined with lyrics on post-apocalypse, mysticism and global problems of mankind, man-made disasters, their music shrouds the anger, fear and despair about destroying the planet and forces to lift the heads, rip the shackles and fight for the future every minute of the life.

The history of Natural Spirit begins in Chernihiv (Ukraine) in 1998. The main direction of the first album can be mentioned as melodic black metal, but some of the songs are influenced by band’s world-view and their aspiration to attach themes of Slavonic paganism, epos and history to music. 

NimerigaR is a death metal band from a small mining town. In 2019, the debut album 'Massacre Of The Savages' was released.

Obiymy Doschu plays a unique blend of progressive rock with neoclassical, neofolk and post-rock elements, with lush string arrangements, hauntingly beautiful melodies and heartfelt Ukrainian lyrics. The band’s second album, 'Son', was released to critical acclaim at the end of 2017. 

The name of the band is pronounced "on our way", which it is. Musicians say that they are on their way to deliver their passion for music to their listeners. Originally formed in 2018 in Kyiv, the band has the mission to find every single soul who loves this kind of music and hit them hard with it.

The band brings their own sound to the table blending it with new ideas and lots of layers. Since then the band has been experimenting heavily and had an EP released in early 2017 named 'Haunting Satellites'. In 2019 OnesteP released their debut album called 'Eternal Beauty of Destruction'.

Who they are? Just simple girls who decided that they had a place in rock music.
What can you expect from them? Anything that goes beyond standards.
Three girls. One band. One way.
What they gonna do? They're breaking in!

The band Pillbrake was formed in the beginning of 2019 by four young office workers with joint interests and similar music taste. Pillbrake have released their debut single "Please", which is available to listen and download on the most of the music platforms.

Their music is a mix of three different types of voice, grunge guitar, tender bandura, piano and djembe. Some of their songs sound similar to Ukrainian folk music, but none of them belongs to it. The band raises topics of life and death, man's fate and love.

The band specializes in high-speed heavy riffs that are also not devoid of melody. They have played at many events across Ukraine, including participating in music competitions (W:O:A Metal Battle and Ostring Metal Contest) and festivals (United Metal Forces - II and III).

Scarleth playing music on joint of modern heaviness and diverse melodicism. For the time being the band has played several hundreds of live shows, released two full-length albums worldwide and took part in many festivals where Blind Guardian, Rage, Ensiferum, Rotting Christ.

Since 2016, the band has delivered a large number of professional live performances, each time fully engaging the audience emotionally. They became the winner of the national semifinals of two international music competitions: W:O:A Metal Battle and Ostring Metal Contest.

Sinfury is the death metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine. They blend their style with progressive, groove, thrash metal. Social themes of songs are telling the story about anxieties, social problems, injustice and struggle for the freedoms, attitudes and human rights.

Inspired by the work of Motley Crue, Kiss and other monsters of world rock, musicians from the city of Kanev, created their own project. High vocals, dense guitar riffs create an atmosphere of fun and joy. In playlist of the band, there are also slow rock ballads. 

Sorrowsight band was formed in Odessa, Ukraine in the fall of 2019. Musicians immediately determined their style like gothic/doom metal, which is in tune with their inner worldview. The sounding feature of the band is violin ideas against the background of gothic/doom/dark metal.

In 2019, the band released their first album, 'RAINcarnatioN'. Now they are preparing for release their second album, 'Сry Destiny', which will combine the motives of hard'n’heavy, elements of symphonic metal and sentimental lyrics.

Starving Souls was created by Simon Kentervil in 2007. The band recorded demo 'Awake' with first three tracks the same year and played the first concert in 2008. Debut full-length album 'Save Our Souls' was released in 2016.

#Stopmenow members have developed strong work ethic among tens of year working in different local bands which allows it now to be a good shot for cooperation and deliver shows people remember easily. It has taken part in multiple Ukrainian festivals supporting famous artists.

The Infestation performed a lot of gigs in Ukraine, constantly improving their skills. In 2013 and 2015, two more singles were released. In 2018, the full-length album 'Fractal Delusion' was released in support of which the band went on a Ukrainian tour. 

The band is 5 years old. Their style is a symbiosis of three musical trends: rock, blues and jazz. At concerts, they strive to give a nondescript drive that allows the audience and artist to come together and give each other unforgettable emotions and excitement for further work.

The Troubled is a psychobilly trio that was formed in 2014 in the wake of Ukraine's music scene upheaval and became a powerful force in the local rock'n'roll community. The band played dozens of shows in Ukraine and made several trips to European countries.

Thunderdogs is the rock band formed in 2016. The music genre, characterized by the band members as thundermetal and raw rock'n'roll, is a blend of hard rock and heavy metal, with distinct bright sound, heavy riffs, gritty vocals and untamed energy.

In the present form Thy Despair band was formed by Nephilim in the fall of 2017. The band started with recording EP album called 'The Free One'. The lyrics were strongly influenced by war in Ukraine. In the beginning of 2020 LP album called 'The Song of Desolation' was finished.

Band material is typically classified by the eclectic tagline: #dark_synth_rock, #new_wave, #synth_pop, #fairytale_rock, #gothic_rock. The band is creating a mystical sound canvas, combining electronic music with a rock base and ethnic elements as an artistic tool. 

Wahomo is a post-folk band, working in ethno rock and gothic folk industrial style. Band was founded with idea to transform authentic Ukrainian songs into a modern scene. Wahomo uses unusual vocal techniques and conceptual riffs to remind about human primary sources.

Wolfanger is a Ukrainian melodic death metal band from Kyiv. The band has existed since 2016, and since then has played a number of shows in Kiev. In 2019, Wolfanger released their first full-length album, available on all major streaming platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, etc.).

X.Kernel is a modern metal band from Kyiv. Once switched from power metal, they started to play melodic death influenced heavily by Gothenburg MDM scene. After releasing their debut EP in 2013, in April 2017 X.Kernel released debut full-length album 'Face the Truth' via Cimmerian Shade Recordings label.