s o v i j u s

The grim side of Munis, legendary Utena scene representative, known for composing eerie dark ambient since 1994. Alongside Munis was a key member for cult Lithuanian heathen metal acts POCCOLUS, HA LELA, still active with ZPOAN VTENZ. With two cassette albums - "...found in the Dark" (1994) and "Enkopts" (1996) - SOVIJUS entered abysmal astral worlds, full of shadows and monumental visions. In later years Munis started to compose modern dark electronic.

One of the greatest Baltic myth tell us about legendary magician Sovijus, who managed to pass all 9 gates of Hell (Pragaras), and brought to ancient tribes a knowledge to use fire for funerals. We found it perfect sign to ask SOVIJUS to open music scene for the 9th Mėnuo Juodaragis. SOVIJUS was also the one who performed on the first MJR event in 1995. After ten years he will open the 9th Gate...

e-mail: <poccolus@delfi.lt>