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MOTANKA Release Live Performance Video For ‘Des’ u Horakh’ Track
November 28th, 2019

Lutsk, Ukraine-based alternative metal group Motanka have released an official live performance video for the track ‘Des’ u Horakh’. Filmed during the band’s recent performance at the Monteray Club in Kyiv on November 22nd, the clip can be viewed below.

Motanka issued their self-titled debut full-length studio album on June 7th, 2019 through Napalm Records.

Motanka commented: “For the album we recorded ancient instruments: dulcimer, ocarina and throat singing, combined with modern technologies, new instruments and analogue sound. This album is like our child, it grew, it learnt and became stronger and stronger. Every piece of the album is saturated with the mystical nature of Ukraine. We wrote most of the songs in our hometown Lutsk – the mystical centre of Ukraine. The power of the region remained and still is the same for ages. We have prepared the album for many years and are very excited to finally present it via Napalm Records.”

The track listing is as follows;

01. ‘Alatyr’
02. ‘Fire Burns’
03. ‘Air’
04. ‘Des’ u Horakh’
05. ‘Oy ty moya Zemle’
06. ‘Bosymy nizhkamy’
07. ‘Voroh’
08. ‘Berehynya’
09. ‘Horizon’
10. ‘Pace Of The Space’
11. ‘Khreshchennya’
12. ‘What Are You Living For?’
13. ‘Verba’
14. ‘Kroda’

Motanka’s line-up is as follows;

Viktor Zhalnin (vocals, keyboard, and dulcimer)
Anatolii Zhalnin (guitars)
Sergii Khodorchuk (bass and ocarinas)
Dmytro Diachenko (drums and throat singing)

Motanka was made available in the following formats; digipak with four-page booklet, 2LP gatefold in black (with D-side band logo etching), 2LP gatefold in gold (limited to 100 copies, Napalm Records mail-order exclusive with D-side band logo etching), CD bundle with hand-crafted Ukrainian Motanka doll (limited to 100 copies), and 2LP gatefold with D-side band logo etching and album cover shirt.

A music video was filmed for the track ‘Verba’, while an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Oy ty moya Zemle’. In addition, live performance videos were released for the tracks ‘Fire Burns’ and ‘Horizon’. All four clips can also be viewed below.

Promotional photograph by Viktor Golikov.

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