Arhangel
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Arhangel is an Macedonian
alternative rock
band formed in 1987. The frontman is Risto Vrtev who has also been part of such rock band
s as Mizar and Inola X. The original line-up is: Panta Dzambazoski
, Risto Vrtev, Dragan Ginovski, Petar Jankov. Arhangel has released five albums (four studio and one live) which have been met with both critical and commercial success. The band's sound is both muscular and melodic at the same time, echoing post-punk
icons such as the English The Smiths
and the Serbian Ekaterina Velika, while the band's lyrical inspirations focus is on the country's political and cultural changes during the 1990s. The band is also associated with the art movement Makedonska Streljba (Macedonian Barrage) during the 1980s and the 1990s.
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band formed in 1987. The frontman is Risto Vrtev who has also been part of such rock band
Rock Band
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s as Mizar and Inola X. The original line-up is: Panta Dzambazoski
Panta Džambazoski
Panta Džambazoski is a musician and journalist from the Republic of Macedonia. He was first drummer of the Macedonian rock band Mizar, of which he chose the name. He was in the band for seven years. For a short while after that he was in the band Berlin Gori. In 1988 he joined Arhangel. He is now a...
, Risto Vrtev, Dragan Ginovski, Petar Jankov. Arhangel has released five albums (four studio and one live) which have been met with both critical and commercial success. The band's sound is both muscular and melodic at the same time, echoing post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
icons such as the English The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
and the Serbian Ekaterina Velika, while the band's lyrical inspirations focus is on the country's political and cultural changes during the 1990s. The band is also associated with the art movement Makedonska Streljba (Macedonian Barrage) during the 1980s and the 1990s.
Discography
- Arhangel (1991)
- Arhangel 2 (1993)
- Heart Core (1998)
- Heavenly Machine (2003)
- Live in Skopje (2004)
See also
- Music of Republic of Macedonia
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- MizarMizar (band)Mizar is a Macedonian rock band from Skopje. They achieved a status of a cult band, especially in Macedonia and across the former Yugoslavia....
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- Yugoslav rock