DYMNA LOTVA
THE LAND UNDER THE BLACK WINGS: SWAMP (DARK GREEN VINYL)

When DYMNA LOTVA infused new bood and a particular Belarus element into black metal with their debut full-length "The Land Under The Black Wings: Swamp" ("Зямля пад чорнымі крыламі: Дрыгва") in 2016, the founding duo started out with an elaborate concept. The lyrics on this album are based on the main events in the course of their country’s history and its legends, while also containing many references to classic Belarusian literature. The musical fire of composer Jauhien Charkasau and vocalist Katsiaryna "Nokt Aeon" Mankevich was lit by the news that Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich had won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The duo created their first song based on quotes from Lyudmila Ignatenko, the widow of a Chernobyl liquidator, whose husband Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko largely inspired the HBO series "Chernobyl".