The Arrow are a heavy metal

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 band from Moscow

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, Russia

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. The band was founded in 1994 by Pavel Blischenko, the only member who has remained during the frequent line-up changes. The Arrow released a demo and three full-length albums: "Children of Gods", "Keeper of Souls" and "Lady Nite". The latter guested many famous vocalists: Hansi Kursch

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 (Blind Guardian

Blind Guardian

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), Peter Wagner

Peavy Wagner

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 (Rage

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), Artur Berkut (Aria

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), Andrey Fedorenko (Archontes) and guitarist Sergey Mavrin

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 (Mavrik). The band also recorded two cover-songs, "Dai Ruku Mnie" ("Give Me Your Hand", together with the band Roza Vetrov), which appeared on the Russian album "Tribute To Aria

Aria (band)

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" and "Time What Is Time", included on the International Blind Guardian

Blind Guardian

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 Tribute "Tales From the Underworld

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Current members

• Pavel Blischenko - Keyboards
• Alexander "Snake" Tsvetkov - Bass
• Vladimir Aleshkin - drums

Former members

• Alex Cap - Vocals
• Andrey Khramov - Vocals
• Yury Bobyrev - Guitar
• Andrey Sedletsky - Guitars
• Sergey Knyazev - Guitars
• Kirill Emel'yanov - Guitars
• Dmitriy Mercalov - Bass
• Victor Astashov - Bass
• Valentin Dobrovol'skiy - Drums
• Alexey Bykov - Drums

Discography

• Flyin' High (1997, demo)
• Tribute to Aria (2001, track "Dai Ruku Mnie", with Roza Vetrov)
• Tribute to Blind Guardian (2003, track "Time What Is Time")
• Children Of Gods (2001)
• Keeper Of Souls (2006)
• Lady Nite (2008)

External links

• Official website, Russian only
• The Arrow at Myspace
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• The Arrow at CD-Maximum