Posts Tagged "Heavy Metal"
Slava: Heavy Metal Fan
St. Petersburg: Dumaskaya street in the cultural capital of Russia is lined with dive bars and is jumping on Friday and Saturday nights. It attracts a lot of colorful people like Slava, who goes by the name of 'black' and loves rock.`
Polina: Vladivostok Guitarist
Polina, 21, was holding her electric guitar as she waited in the center of Vladivostok for her friend, who is also the singer in their 4-person band. While her group plays a lighter rock, Polina said she loves heavy metal. ''There is a new wave of metal,'' she said. ''It appeals to young people who don't want to be constrained by standards and comfort.''
Nikita: Heavy Metal Lover, Folk Musician
Nikita walked up to me in the center of Vladivostok and asked for a light. He was dressed in leather from head to toe and said he loved heavy metal. He said his favorite group was St. Petersburg-based metals band 'Infernal Fuck.' I asked if he had his own group. He said he played the contrabass in a folk music ensembles and always wore a traditional costume when he played such as red boots. I asked him about the contrast between what he liked and what he played. ''Metal is my style, but I can combine things,'' he said, open his leather jacket wider to show a conservative-styled gray sweater between his leather jacket and metal print t-shirt.
