Formation of Band

Shadow Host is a power metal

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 band from Russia

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 that was formed in 1993 by guitarist Alexey Arzamazov. Alexey soon recruited Sergey Ramzin on guitar, Platon Yukhnovets on bass, and Max Zelenskiy on drums. The band played with a number of vocalists for nearly the next year. Finally, in August 1994, Sergey Kayumov was made the first official vocalist of Shadow Host. Sergey Ramzin had, prior to Kayumov becoming vocalist, left the band, and Kayumov replaced him on rhythm guitar upon joining the band.

"Nothing Left Behind"

The band was now writing and rehearsing songs for their first demo. A change was made to the band's line-up in order to record this demo, which would be titled "Nothing Left Behind." Zelensky, the band's drummer, was replaced by Roman Proschenko, who is commonly recognized as the band's first official drummer. In December, the demo was recorded. It included 8 tracks including "The Last Hope" which would be re-released later on their debut album, Twilight Legend.

Members

• Viktor "Anger" Lysiy - vocals
• Aleksey Arzamazov - guitar, backing vocals
• Yaroslav Kurenkov - guitar
• Ilja Yegorychev - bass
• Vyacheslav Stosenko - drums

Discography

• Nothing Left Behind (demo) (1994)
• Beyond The Line (demo) (1996)
• Twilight Legend
  Twilight Legend
  -Tracklist: 1. Visions 2. The Last Hope 3. In the Mirrorland 4. Echo of Sunrise 5. The Inviolable Balance 6. The Call of Unknown 7. Forgotten Words 8. Seven Songs 9...
  
   (1997)
• Downfall (1999)
• Neverland" (2002)
• Prophecy" (demo) (2004)
• Curse Of The Angeleye
  Curse Of The Angeleye
  -Tracklist:# The Hour Of Eclipse # Darkness Descends # Dying Beauty # Follow The Madness # The Angeleye # Final Prophecy # Before The Storm # No Chance To Survive # Condemned...
  
  (2005)