Kolovrat (band)

Kolovrat is a Russian Rock Against Communism/Thrash Metal band. This is a cult band among the Russian nationalists.[1][2]

This article is about the band. For the Slavic symbol, see Swastika.

History

The band was founded in 1994, in Moscow by Fedor Volkov and his friends. Denis Gerasimov is a frontman of the group from 2000 year. Originally called Russkoe Getto (Russian: Русское гетто, Russian Ghetto), they changed their name to Kolovrat in the autumn of 1997. The band's songs cover a wide variety of styles including rock, metal, Oi!, NSBM and ballads.

The band is still around as of the mid-2010s

On November 4, 2009, the band played openly for the first time in the center of Moscow, at the Bolotnaya Square as part of the yearly "Russian March".[3]

References
  1. Возрождение русского язычества связано с ростом национализма Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Курских скинхэдов наказали за подпольный концерт Archived 2013-01-13 at Archive.today
  3. Единство России отпраздновали националисты и «Наши»
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