Maxim Vyacheslavovich Samosvat (born June 15, 1981 , Moscow ) is a Russian rock musician, sound producer, and sound engineer. Best known as the vocalist of the Mechanical Poet (from 2003 to 2006 ) and The Epidemic (from 2000 to 2010 ).
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| Full name | Maxim Vyacheslavovich Samosvat |
| Date of Birth | June 15, 1981 (38 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Moscow , USSR |
| A country |  Russia |
| Professions | Musician Vocalist Sound engineer |
| Singing voice | Lyric Baritone |
| Instruments | Yamaha Pro Audio Audio technica |
| Genres | Rock Punk rock Progressive metal Power metal Alternative metal |
| Collectives | Sunburst Epidemic Mechanical poet Lady prowler Strangers Travel to the night Orcrist |
| Labels | Moroz records CD-Maximum Metalism records |
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Biography
Maxim Samosvat was born on June 15, 1981 in Moscow.
The first group of Grab was Orcrist, in which future musicians of the Epidemic also played Ilya Knyazev and Roman Zakharov. At the beginning of his career, Maxim performed with the groups “Lady Prowler” (1997-1998), “Aliens”, “Travel to the Night”.
In 2000, he was accepted by the vocalist into the Russian power metal group Epidemic, where he replaced Pavel Okunev (now Arda ). The first work of Grab with the group was the album " The Enigma of the Magic Country ", released in 2001 .
In 2004, the group, in collaboration with other well-known Russian vocalists - Arthur Berkut (Ex “ Aria ”), Lexx (“ Master ”), Andrey Lobashev ( Arida Vortex ), Kirill Nemolyaev (“ Boni NEM ”), Dmitry Borisenkov ( " Black Obelisk "), records the first Russian metal opera " Elven Manuscript ", where Maxim played the role of the main character - half-elf Desmond.
In 2005, the Epidemic released its fifth numbered album, dubbed Life in Twilight . The disc contained the rewriting of songs from the first albums, the album's tracklist was determined by fans via the Internet .
In 2006, Samosvat took part in the recording of the album of the Master group - “ On the Other Side of the Dream ” within the Margenta project on poems by Margarita Pushkina. Maxim performed the song “Beyond the Boundary”. Grab also participated in the recording of Everlost 's Noise Factory and Hatecraft's Lost Consolation albums.
In 2007, the continuation of the “Elven Manuscript” - “ Elven Manuscript: A Legend for All Times ” was published, in which Mikhail Seryshev (ex- “Master”) and Konstantin were added to Berkut, Lobashev, Borisenkov and Nemolyaev already involved in the first part of the metal opera. Rumyantsev (“The Troll Bends Spruce ”), Ekaterina Belobrova (The Teachers), Evgeny Egorov (“ex- Colosseum , Epidemic ”). In this metal opera, Maxim again performed the part of Desmond.
Maxim was also the vocalist of the progressive rock band Mechanical Poet . With his participation, two albums were recorded: “ Handmade Essence ” in 2003 and “ Woodland Prattlers ” in 2004. In 2005, Maxim was invited to participate in the reunion of Mechanical Poet, but preferred the “Epidemic”. Jerry Lenin took his place in the Mechanical Poet.
October 25, 2010 Maxim announced his departure from the "Epidemic". The last performances with the group took place on December 10 in St. Petersburg and on December 11, 2010 in Moscow.
From 2005 to 2014, he was a sound engineer and manager at Dreamport Studios. Since 2014 he has been working at the Meat Factory studio (Moscow). As a sound engineer and producer, he worked with groups: Everlost, Olvi, Blonde Ksyu, Naiv, Epidemic, Kruger, Gleb Samoiloff & The Matrixx , Lomonosov Plan, Radio Chacha, Inexist, Louna, Southwake, Nerves, Yar Hops, Noize MC, INOVA, MyRockB , Grizzly Knows No Remorse et al.
In 2012, he participated in the recording of the song “Smoke” from the album “My World” by the group “Black Obelisk” [1] .
In 2013, he joined the new musical project of Kirill Nemolyaev Forces United [1] , which also involved Yarkko Ahola , Konstantin Seleznev , Dariya Stavrovich , Andrei Lobashev, Peter Elfimov , Evgeny Egorov , Arthur Berkut , Sergey Mazaev , Alexey Belov and several other famous musicians [2] . Songs featuring Grab were released on the first two Forces United mini-albums, released by Metalism Records, as well as on the flexible album “Force Forces United” [3] .
In 2014, he became a co-author of music and producer of the album Konstantin Maksimyuk “Where is my summer?” [2]
April 30, 2015 it became known that Maxim as a vocalist began his collaboration with the group SUNBURST [3]
Discography
2000s
- 2001 - Epidemic : The Enigma of the Wizardry (vocals)
- 2003 - Mechanical Poet : Handmade Essence (vocals, vocal arrangements, mastering)
- 2004 - Epidemic : Elven Manuscript
- 2004 - Mechanical Poet : Woodland Prattlers (vocals, vocal arrangements)
- March 25, 2005 - Catharsis : Wings (vocals - track 5)
- April 7, 2005 - Epidemic : Life at Dusk (vocals, mixing)
- 2005 - Hatecraft: Lost Consolation (vocals)
- November 8, 2005 - Fear Factor : Theater of War, Act 1 (vocals - track 3)
- 2006 - Alexey Strike : Full Moon Time (vocals (tracks 5,8,13), producer)
- 2006 - Everlost : Noise Factory (vocals (tracks 2-7,11), sound engineer, producer)
- November 13, 2006 - Fear Factor : Theater of War, Act 2 (backing vocals - track 3)
- December 12, 2006 - Inexist : Relax and Feel Free (sound engineer)
- 2007 - Epidemic : Elven Manuscript: A Legend for All Times (vocals (Desmond), vocal arrangements, choir, sound engineer, mixing, producer)
- March 18, 2008 - Inexist : Towards a Dream (Sound Engineer)
- February 16, 2009 - Everlost : Eclecticism (sound engineer)
- March 5, 2009 - Olvi : The Last Sky (sound engineer, mixing, vocal arrangements, producer)
- April 9, 2009 - Epidemic : Twilight Angel (vocals, mixing, producer)
- December 11, 2009 - Olvi : Fairytale dream (vocals (track 3), sound engineer, mixing)
2010s
- February 15, 2010 - Krüger : Ordamor (sound engineer)
- April 1, 2010 - Epidemic : The Road Home (vocals, music (track 3), mixing, producer)
- April 17, 2010 - Radio Chacha : Live slow. Die old (sound engineer, mixing, producer)
- October 1, 2010 - The Matrixx : Beautiful is cruel (sound engineer, mixing - tracks 1.3-22.24)
- November 20, 2010 - Louna : Turn it up! (mastering)
- November 27, 2010 - A Tribute to Aria. XXV (vocals, arrangement - track 13)
- February 26, 2012 - Louna : Time X (mixing, mastering)
- November 9, 2012 - Radio Chacha : Punk Rock Is Not A Crime (sound engineer, mixing, mastering)
- January 30, 2013 - Black Obelisk : My World (sound engineer, vocals - track 30)
- December 1, 2013 - Louna : We are Louna (sound engineer, mixing - track 13))
- 2015 - Sunburst : Ghetto (single) (vocals)
- 2015 - Sunburst : Heaven (single) (vocals)
- 2016 - Sunburst : No Heroes (vocals)
Sessionally
- 2006 - Master & Margenta : On the other side of the dream song Beyond)
Songs, covers
| Year | Group | Album | Song title | Release Type / Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Epidemic | Playing with fire | cover for the composition of the group Aria |
Other groups
- Bonnie Him - Foreskin ( 2005 )
- Boni NEM - Heavy Songs About the Main. Part 2 ( 2008 ) - guest vocals in the song “Newborn Fire”
- Konstantin Seleznev - Territory X ( 2011 )
- Lomonosov's Plan - Album No. 3 ( 2014 ) - backing vocals in the song “Hospitality”
- Where is my summer - Where is my summer? (2015) - music co-author, producer, arranger, backing vocals and keyboards
- Forces United - “Be Careful What You Wish For” (2014)
- Forces United - Digital World (2014)
- Forces United - “If You Are Happy” [1] (2014)
- Forces United - “We Are Here” (2014)
- Forces United - “We Cry” (2015)
- Forces United - “If We Want It” (2015)
- Forces United - “Reduce Your Appetites” (2016)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Forces United “If You're Happy” song on YouTube
- ↑ Where is my summer .
- ↑ Timothy Shcherbakov . SUNBURST | Ghetto's debut single is online now! , The official community on VKontakte of the SUNBRUST group ( 04/30/2015 ).