Tin Sontsia

Tin Sontsia
Tin Sontsia at Basovišča festival, 2007
Background information
Origin	Kyiv, Ukraine
Genres	Folk metal
Years active	1999 (1999)–present
Labels	Nash Format
Members	Serhiy Vasyliuk Ivan Luzan Mykola Luzan Volodymyr Khavruk Ruslan Mikaelyan Ivan Hryhoriak
Website	sunshadow.com.ua

Tin Sontsia (Ukrainian: Тінь Сонця, sometimes literal translation Sun Shadow is used) is a Ukrainian folk metal band from Kyiv. Primarily the band's style was close to alternative rock, but in 2003 they have come to so called Cossack rock. Almost all of the lyrics are in Ukrainian except couple of Belarusian songs.

The band has taken part in number of festivals the biggest of which are Basovišča and Zakhid.

Members

Current members

• Serhiy Vasyliuk (lead vocal, acoustic guitar)
• Ivan Luzan (bandura)
• Mykola Luzan (guitar, singuing)
• Volodymyr Khavruk (drums)
• Ruslan Mikaelyan (guitar)
• Ivan Hryhoriak (bass)

Discography

Albums

• Святість Віри (Sviatist viry, 2002, not released)
• Над Диким Полем (Nad Dykym Polem, 2005)
• За Межею (Za Mezheiu, 2005, Demo)
• Полум'яна Рута (Polumiana Ruta, 2007)
• Танець Серця (Tanets Sertsia, 2011)
• Грім в ковальні Бога (Hrim v kovalni Boha, 2014)
• Буремний край (Buremnyy Kray, 2016)

Side and solo projects

• Зачарований Світ (Zacharovanyi Svit, 2005)
• Сховане обличчя (Skhovane oblychchia, 2010)

External links

• Official website
• Tin Sontsia's channel on YouTube
• Last.fm
• Tin Sontsia at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Interview with Serhiy Vasylyuk on "Radio Liberty Ukraine" Template:Ref-uk
• Interview with Serhiy Vasylyuk in "Ukrayina Moloda" Template:Ref-uk