SVYATOGORs history springs from the beginning of the moist autumn of 1999, when ARIUS and KONSTANTIN decided to join their efforts for musical experiments. They named their project as CASTLE. Its line-up was as follow: ARIUS - guitars, KONSTANTIN - guitars, vocal. Two songs were created: Battle Beyond The Forest and Immediate Vengeance. In spring of 2000 a drummer ODALV joined the band and CASTLE was renamed into SVYATOGOR. The second guitarist MASTER ALAFERN joined the band in autumn of 2000, and KONSTANTIN found an opportunity to concentrate his attention upon vocal parts, and a bass-player PAULUS joined the band in spring, 2001. The band went on its active rehearsal activities; as a result the band presented its stuff in a gig in FORT Club in autumn of 2001, and then in the annual festival KOLOVOROT-4 in Kharkov. The band continued rehearsals after favorable reviews of its audience, and SVYATOGOR started recording of the debut album at the bands home studio in summer, 2002. By summer of 2003 the album was almost completed, but force-majeur conditions occurred and PCs breakdown buried the album that was almost ready for releasing.

The band started reviving the lost stuff only in spring, 2004. Unfortunately, ODALV and then PAULUS left the band. A studio-beginner was chosen for recording of the debut album as an experiment. Parts of drums and guitars were recorded, but the recording quality left much to be desired and after short negotiations SVYATOGOR transferred the stuff recording to audioALchemia studio to re-record guitar, bass, violin and vocal parts. SVYATOGORs line-up during the record session was as follow: MASTER ALAFERN guitars, bass, violin, ARIUS guitars, KONSTANTIN vocal. The album entitled as ...With Wolfish Stalk and By Wings of Black... saw the light of the day in spring, 2005. The album includes 6 tracks: Battle Beyond The Forest, Immediate Vengeance, Ravens and Wolves, The Darkness Whelmed, For the Sake of Ukraine!!!, War Anthem. At the same time a drummer VSESVIT (DUB BUK) joined the band as a session drummer, and rehearsals were resumed with him, although KONSTANTIN left the band.

On 27.08.2006 SVYATOGOR presented its stuff on SVAROGOVO KOLO Fest I in Sevastopol' with MUNRUTHEL and THUNDERKRAFT (as a session bass-player was join I.Z.V.E.R.G. from DUB BUK).

On May, 9th 2007 by Blazing Productions has occurred release of the debut album of SVYATOGOR "...With Wolfish Stalk and By Wings of Black...". In autumn 2007 session drummer AMORTH I.M. (UNDERDARK, AD LIBITUM, ex-ASTROFAES, ex-THUNDERKRAFT, ex-DRUDKH) and bass-player DUK was join the band. SVYATOGOR accented on concert activity with them.

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