Dymna Lotva unleash a fierce battle cry for freedom with their new non-album track »Жыві!« (Live!) and the accompanying video!
Belarusian post-black/doom metal band Dymna Lotva has unleashed a fierce battle cry for freedom with their new non-album track »Жыві!« (Live!) and the accompanying video.
The band comments: “This is a song for our homeland and those who are ready to defend her and fight for her freedom. Now they are defending her honor by helping Ukraine fight against the invaders.”
Dymna Lotva combines doom and post black metal, adding sometimes dsbm and folk elements. The band’s shows are remembered for their strong emotionality. Due to the use of real stories in the lyrics, the musicians’ style is sometimes called “documentary metal.” Dymna Lotva was founded in 2015 in Minsk, Belarus. Already in 2016, the debut LP »Зямля пад чорнымі крыламі: Дрыгва (The Land Under The Black Wings: Swamp)« was released. A year later, the second album »Палын (Wormwood)« dedicated to the Chernobyl disaster, was released. Very soon Dymna Lotva became one of the most active metal bands in Belarus. In 2020, musicians openly supported protests against the dictatorship. Because of this, in the summer of 2021, all Dymna Lotva’s concerts in Belarus were banned. Part of the lineup fled to Ukraine to avoid persecution. Only at the end of 2022 the musicians managed to reunite in Warsaw. In August 2023, the third LP »Зямля Пад Чорнымі Крыламі: Кроў (The Land Under The Black Wings: Blood)« was released on the German label Prophecy Productions. This is a conceptual album about war and occupation.
Photo by Katarzyna Mikołajczak
Dymna Lotva played at club and open air festivals in Germany, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and russia; shared the stage with Cradle Of Filth, Amenra, Agalloch, Saturnus, Tiamat, Nocturnal Mortum, Devilish Impressions, White Ward, 1914 and many others.
Band shop: lnk.spkr.media/dymna-lotva-blood
Dymna Lotva live:
22 Mar 2024 Szczecin (PL), Krzywy Gryf
24 Mar 2024 Gent (BE), Asgaard
30 Mar 2024 München (DE), Backstage, Dark Easter Metal Meeting
23 Apr 2024 Warszawa (PL), VooDoo Club
27 Apr 2024 Kraków (PL), Garage Pub
10 May 2024 Chorzów (PL), Leśniczówka
26 Oct 2024 Mannheim (DE), Atmospheric Arts III
02 Nov 2024 Wels (AT), The Sinister Feast
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well