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Biography : Kraamola

Kraamola was founded on July 21, 2008 in the vestibule of the train Kharkiv - Kyiv. There two guitarists Anatoliy Zinevych and Serhiy Kondrov decided that it is necessary to leave their band Veremіy and found the new one. Upon returning home, this idea was spread among other Veremіy bandmembers and fully supported. Thus, in late July first lineup was formed: Anatoliy Zinevych – guitar, Serhiy Kondrov - guitar, Kyryl Shapovalenko - bass, Alexander Seliuk - drums. The only vacant position remained was vocal. Almost immediately, S. Kondrov proposed the candidacy of his friend and bandmate in Infinity Dreams (now Logical Riddle) Serhiy Isajev. And right after the first rehearsal everyone agreed that other candidates are not even worth to be considered. Thus, the band lineup was fully completed.

Kraamola started working on own program and prepare for possible concerts. But in early 2009 problem with the drummer began to get worse. As a result, Alexander Seliuk had to be fired (up until this he had already managed to get back to Veremіy). Fortunately, seeking for a new drummer did not take much time, and in February the seat at the drumkit was taken by Edward Sarkitz (Mysterya, Inferno and many more). Kraamola with renewed vigor and enthusiasm was set to work. However new troubles have been again awaiting for the band. Due to a number of issues the group worked half-heartedly almost all year 2009. Normal work was restored only at the end of the year. First half of 2010 the group continued to polish their own material in order to finally make the public debut on stage in September.

In December 2010 Edward Sarkitz made a decision to quit the band because of a extensive workload in other bands he played with. However since that time he assisted the band on stage multiple times, acting as a session musician. On November 3rd self-titled debut EP (which featured 4 songs + bonus) was presented in Internet. Early March 2012 brought an official release of EP on CD – with the help of local Nash Format lable. In summer the lineup was upgraded with two new members. Julia Novosad, who acted as guest female singer on first release was hired as permanent member. Another newcomer - violonist Anatoliy Khomenko – is considered to help improve the sound with more folk influences.

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