Fright Night - Biography
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2010-
Biography
Fright Night was founded at the end of 2005 by its guitarist Marianna Lukianova. In October 2006 Fright Night found their lead voice, Alexey Ovsiyenko (Ergil). Marianna started singing backing vocals. The band started playing live shows and soon afterwards, all lyrics were changed to English. Ergil is the co-author and translator for the lyrics even to this day.
In February 2007, band members started recording a mini-album under the name "Inspired." It was done by mid-summer and contained four songs: "Black," "The Letter Of The End," "Rainbow Demon," and "The Cross And The Pyre." All of these songs were later released on a full album.
During that time the band's was focused on classic gothic rock; the sound was dominated by low male voice and clean or lightly overdriven guitars. Nevertheless, complex keyboard parts and tempo changes together with melodic diversity became the band's hallmark and set its music apart from others.
In general, 2008 was successful for Fright Night: the band took third place in nominations for the "discovery of the year" as a result of voting on gothic.ru, performed in Tver, Rostov-na-Donu, took part in such festivals as "Children Of The Night: The Black Rada 5" in Kiev (Ukraine), the First Russian goth/deathrock Fest in Saint Petersburg (alongside Slovak band The Last Days Of Jesus, and in several events organized by the Russian Gothic Project. Their song, "The Cross and The Pyre" was published in the German compilation "Crawling Tunes."
The band went on performing in Moscow and many other cities and towns. Fright Night had the luck to be on stage with such bands as To/Die/For, Das Ich, Theatres Des Vampires. Their song "The Summon" was published in the USA on the "Lunar Sea" compilation (Shinto Records).
On 1 February 2010, the label, Jetnoise, released Fright Night's first album The Play Of Pain. Its presentation took place in Tochka club on 1 May. In the spring, Sonic Cathedral (USA) and Sleaszy Rider (Greece) started distributing the album as well. On 22 November 2010, there was an official release of the album on the British label Ravenheart music. The Play Of Pain received plenty of positive press in Russian and in foreign press.
The end of 2010 saw changes in the lineup of the band again: vocalist Alexey decided to dedicate his time to studying academic singing and classical music. Also the band parted with Vadim by mutual desire. From that moment Fright Night either played with a session drummer or used electronic drums.
The most memorable events of 2011 were: a live gig with Theatres Des Vampires, a somewhat provocative morning photo shoot and a trip to the open air festival "Рок на Мече" [Rock na meche].
From November 2010 through September 2011, the singer of Fright Night was Igor Pelin. Due to certain circumstances a decision was made to cease further collaboration with him. Band members did not look for a new singer, but instead began working on the new live lineup with Marianna as the lead vocalist. Nevertheless, on the second album, male vocals are still performed by Alexey Ovsiyenko as was initially planned. To help Marianna do both singing and guitar playing a second guitarist was introduced to the band which inevitably led to heavier overall sound.
In November 2011, the band recorded a cover song "Copycat" (originally by Lacrimosa) to finish out the year. In 2012, two more singles were released: "Sister" and "Speak To Me". These were recorded together with members of Mea Vita project - Mila Abramova and Marina Tscherba, Marina being also a keyboard player in Fright Night. Russian lyrics and the harmony of three female voices put these songs totally apart from the rest.
On 14 May 2014, the second full-length, Life Eternal was released. The CD is being distributed by Sound Age Productions.
In February 2007, band members started recording a mini-album under the name "Inspired." It was done by mid-summer and contained four songs: "Black," "The Letter Of The End," "Rainbow Demon," and "The Cross And The Pyre." All of these songs were later released on a full album.
During that time the band's was focused on classic gothic rock; the sound was dominated by low male voice and clean or lightly overdriven guitars. Nevertheless, complex keyboard parts and tempo changes together with melodic diversity became the band's hallmark and set its music apart from others.
In general, 2008 was successful for Fright Night: the band took third place in nominations for the "discovery of the year" as a result of voting on gothic.ru, performed in Tver, Rostov-na-Donu, took part in such festivals as "Children Of The Night: The Black Rada 5" in Kiev (Ukraine), the First Russian goth/deathrock Fest in Saint Petersburg (alongside Slovak band The Last Days Of Jesus, and in several events organized by the Russian Gothic Project. Their song, "The Cross and The Pyre" was published in the German compilation "Crawling Tunes."
The band went on performing in Moscow and many other cities and towns. Fright Night had the luck to be on stage with such bands as To/Die/For, Das Ich, Theatres Des Vampires. Their song "The Summon" was published in the USA on the "Lunar Sea" compilation (Shinto Records).
On 1 February 2010, the label, Jetnoise, released Fright Night's first album The Play Of Pain. Its presentation took place in Tochka club on 1 May. In the spring, Sonic Cathedral (USA) and Sleaszy Rider (Greece) started distributing the album as well. On 22 November 2010, there was an official release of the album on the British label Ravenheart music. The Play Of Pain received plenty of positive press in Russian and in foreign press.
The end of 2010 saw changes in the lineup of the band again: vocalist Alexey decided to dedicate his time to studying academic singing and classical music. Also the band parted with Vadim by mutual desire. From that moment Fright Night either played with a session drummer or used electronic drums.
The most memorable events of 2011 were: a live gig with Theatres Des Vampires, a somewhat provocative morning photo shoot and a trip to the open air festival "Рок на Мече" [Rock na meche].
From November 2010 through September 2011, the singer of Fright Night was Igor Pelin. Due to certain circumstances a decision was made to cease further collaboration with him. Band members did not look for a new singer, but instead began working on the new live lineup with Marianna as the lead vocalist. Nevertheless, on the second album, male vocals are still performed by Alexey Ovsiyenko as was initially planned. To help Marianna do both singing and guitar playing a second guitarist was introduced to the band which inevitably led to heavier overall sound.
In November 2011, the band recorded a cover song "Copycat" (originally by Lacrimosa) to finish out the year. In 2012, two more singles were released: "Sister" and "Speak To Me". These were recorded together with members of Mea Vita project - Mila Abramova and Marina Tscherba, Marina being also a keyboard player in Fright Night. Russian lyrics and the harmony of three female voices put these songs totally apart from the rest.
On 14 May 2014, the second full-length, Life Eternal was released. The CD is being distributed by Sound Age Productions.
