Epitimia

俄罗斯双人氛围黑/自杀黑团   EPITIMIA was founded in January 2008 by Alexander Machtakov and Kirill ‘Nemez’. The first their song was created as an experiment with acoustic guitar. It was called “The moment of the final spring”. After that we decided to work on with that depressive metal-like sound.   "Epitimia (from Greek ἐπιτιμία - penance) is to be understood as an interdiction which, according to Church canons, the priest as a spiritual physician may apply in certain cases in order to treat the moral diseases of his spiritual children".   Soon the first demo “O she, whose name is dying on the tremulous lips” was recorded. The name of this recording is taken from the poem of Russian poet Lev Mei. The music on this demo combines the elements of atmospheric and depressive black metal with romantic influenced lyrics. Soon this demo was released by Mexican label Self Mutilation Services in a limited edition of 150 copies.   Epitimia recorded their first full-length "To the non-existing shades..." in the spring 2009. The release date of the CD is the 1 June 2009. The cover art was made by Depraved Designs.   The release appeared on the Beneath the Fog Productions.