"Sad" group. Dole, de ty?! (Destiny, Where Are You?)

Within the last 20 years, I think, the slogan of this group remained the same: "Heavy metal – into every house!". Strange though it may seem, but it is felt even when listening to this acoustical disc. Taking into consideration the fact that all lyrics of this album are Taras Shevchenko’s poetry, it should be at least interesting to listen to it. Moreover, such people as I am like such things very mush. Acoustics is in general a separate stratum in rock-music. Only at first glance it seems that it is easier to play in acoustics than to play just with freaks. In actual fact, acoustics requires great quality and purity of performance and sounding, more delicate approach to sounding – otherwise, it would be simply frightful or boring to listen to it. "Sad" ("The Garden") undoubtedly managed to achieve that. Twenty years of underground did not pass in vain, experience and desire did what they had to do. Beautifully. The songs to Taras Shevchenko’s poems are performed very often, to put it mildly, and the styles of performance are different. That’s why it is twice pleasant that there are people who are able to perform it in such a way that the feeling of freshness and lightness might appear. The glance at music at another visual angle naturally excites another glance at the lyrics of songs as well. Taking into consideration the fact that Taras Shevchenko was turned into a golden idol long ago, such possibility of another glance is quite appropriate.

Anton Yozhyk Leyba (Hedgehog)