Krov Za Krov (Blood for Blood)

2013 reissue. Mirumir presents the first vinyl reissue of legendary Russian metal band Aria's 1991 fifth album, Krov za Krov (Blood for Blood). Heavily influenced by Iron Maiden, Aria's heavy sound was largely unprecedented in the USSR at the time, and the band became one of the most popular Russian metal bands throughout the 1980s and '90s. Krov za Krov includes songs inspired by the mythical disappearance of a battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment in 1915 during the Gallipoli Campaign, the Book of Revelation, and Mikhail Bulgakov's 1940 novel the Master and Margarita.