BalFor is a Russian metal band from the city of Tver. The team was formed in 1998, having begun its activities as a black metal group. The original composition in 1998 included: Konstantin Konygin (guitar) and Andrei Petrov (bass, vocals).
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| Genre | black metal (early), |
| Years | 1998 - today |
| A country |  Russia |
| City | Tver , Russia |
| Language of songs | Russian |
| Label | Mystery of sound |
| Structure | Konstantin Konygin - vocals, guitar |
| Former the participants | Andrei Petrov - bass, vocals (1998-2001) |
| Other projects | Kupriyanov |
| vk.com/balfor_tver | |
Content
- 1 History
- 1.1 2000-2007
- 1.2 2011-2016
- 1.3 Second Album
- 2 Discography
- 3 Literature
- 4 reviews
- 5 Links
History
2000-2007
Since the summer of 2000, another regular participant has joined BalFor - drummer Evgeni Moskalenko, who had left the Tver band Bloodrain by that time. In this line-up, “BalFor” performed at three concerts, after which in 2001 Andrei Petrov left the band, continuing his activities as a drummer of the Snickers-killer group. The duties of the vocalist from that moment began to be performed by Konstantin Konygin, and Andrei Shtolz became the temporary bass player.
In October 2001, the second guitarist Dmitry Kiselev joined the band. In early May 2002, Alexey Grishin was invited as a bass player to BalFor. At this point, the band changed their style to progressive death metal / black metal .
In 2005, the label “ Mystery of Sound ” released the debut album “BalFor”, called “The Sign” . At the same time, the composition “The Sign” was released as part of the collection “Legacy Of Metal vol.1” .
Later, in 2007, the team took part in the “ Take Alive ” program on O2TV channel.
2011-2016
Since 2011, BalFor participants have created a joint project with a group of Kupriyanov (ex. Black coffee (group) ), which was attended by Konstantin Konygin (guitar), Evgeny Moskalenko (drums), Ivan Nechaev (bass). However, at the end of 2014, Ivan Nechaev left the project.
In 2014, “Balfor”, at the invitation of the music community “MetalRus”, recorded a cover version of the song of the group “Maste” , “Only you” for the tribute “Talk of the MASTER Generation” , which was released on the label “ CD-Maximum ”.
In 2016, Konstantin Konygin was invited to Margarita Pushkina 's project “MARGENTA-Dynasty of the Initiates” as a guitarist and vocalist for several songs in the rock opera “Occitation” .
Second Album
The second BalFor album, Grani, was released at the end of 2015 via Irond Records / Molot Records. The review of the album was published in Dark City magazine No. 90, 2016.
At present, BalFor includes:
- Konstantin Konygin (guitar, vocals),
- Semyon Fedosov (bass),
- Evgeny Moskalenko (drums).
Discography
- 2005-CD "The Sign"
- 2005-Legacy of Metal (compilation)
- 2007-VIDEO DEMO "Born to rock"
- 2014- "Talk of the MASTER Generation" (compilation)
- 2015- CD "Facets"