MENTAL HOME
ALBUM....VALE.....AVAILABLE
ON CD
PRICE.....US$16.00
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Mental Home was formed in November
of 1993. The original line-up featured the two
brothers, Sergey Dmitriev (Vocal/Guitar)
and Igor Dmitriev (Drums/Keys), and also
Roman Povarov (Lead Guitar) and Denis Samusev
(Bass). Taking after an
atmospheric doom/death approach the band
recorded their first demo "Funeral
Service" in January ’94. The recordings took
place at the Vnukovo Studio, where all
the band’s recording have been taking place
since.
Soon after, the band returned back to the
studio and in July ’94 "Mirrorland" comes
forth climbing to new heights. The album
was released on MC by Metal Agen
Rec/Soyuz selling 5,000 copies and it’s since
sold-out.
Due to an accident, Roman Povarov was left
with a impairment in his left hand and was
forced to abandon his guitar duties and fully
took over the keyboards. The band chose
Sergey Kalachov as the new lead guitarist
and headed back to the studio to record the
highly acclaimed “Vale” which was released
in the Spring of ’96 by Morbid Noizz.
The album sold out in Moscow in less than
3 months and hit the Russian Metal Charts
#1 in July of the same year.
Shortly after, Roman Povarov abandoned Mental
Home. The band invited Michael
"Maiden" Smirnoff to join and Maiden not
only replaced Roman on keyboards but also
took over as manager of Mental Home.
In March of ’97 Mental Home returned to the
studio and began the recordings of their
new album. By June they completed their 4th
brand new album entitled "Black Art"
which included an intro, 8 songs and one
instrumental theme.
During that time the band also worked on
re-releasing their debut "Funeral service"
('94) and "Mirrorland" ('95).
In the fall of 1997, Mental Home signed a
three album deal with the US based label,
The End Records. First release is “Vale”
on CD. The album is available worldwide as
of January 12, 1998. Following up in
the Spring of 1998 is the long anticipated “Black
Art” album, which would be both available
on MC and CD through The End
Records.
