The famous Moscow group "Black Obelisk"was officially formed on August 1, 1986 by Anatoly Krupnov. Prior to that, he participated in the Prospect jazz-rock band, but the group soon broke up, and Anatoly created a new project on its ruins. The early work of the Black Obelisk can be compared to Black Sabbath: the same dark and heavy atmosphere, which is felt even physically and strongly presses on the psyche. The very first song of the group was the composition "Apocalypse", written by Krupnov, as well as the subsequent songs of the group at the initial stage of development and formation.
Over time, Krupnov became a fan of creativity.Baudelaire, Brodsky and Verharn, which, of course, reflected in the lyrics of the new works of the Black Obelisk. However, the gloomy creations of these authors intertwined harmoniously with Krupnova's own poems and the heavy rhymes of Obelisk. The first concert was given by the band in September 1986, after which the guys were noticed by the Moscow Rock Lab. The group almost immediately became a member of the organization and began to regularly take part in all the "metal" concerts.
In its initial composition, the group stayednot for long, and in the same 1986, the band was left by the guitarist, who replaced Alexis, who had previously played in the group "Metal Corrosion". Strangely enough, it was he who became Krupnov’s creative partner and co-author of many songs. The first album, Black Obelisk, was released in December 1986, and it was called Apocalypse, in honor of the group’s first song. The album was recorded live because the group did not have the proper equipment. Several copies of this record survived to this day, but only the true lucky ones can boast of their presence.
After the release of the album, the band began to recruitpopularity. Despite the many changes in the composition, the team did not fall apart and continued to delight fans with characteristic dark music characteristic of the Black Obelisk group only. Fans had to pick up the chords of their songs themselves, but now they can be easily found. However, a misfortune happened on February 27, 1997: the founder of the group, Anatoly Krupnov, died of a heart attack. But even after that, the team continued to exist, and in 2000 began to cooperate with the group of Sergei Mavrin. For the next year, the band performs in clubs with new material, after which they release a full-length album called Ashes.
Shortly after the start of cooperation with MavrinThe Black Obelisk joins the Energy of Roads movement, in which it participates in many festivals and concerts. In the summer of 2002, a grand event was to be held both in the life of the group and within the Russian metal scene. An international festival of famous rock bands such as "Uriah Heep", "Sodom", "Doro", "Gamma Ray", "Primal Fear" and others was to be held in Moscow. However, unfortunately, the organizers could not finish the job, and the festival never took place.
Презентация альбома "Пепел" состоялась в 2003 year in the Moscow club. In the summer of the same year, the group starts writing new material, which is included in the next full-length album called "Nerves". To date, the group can please fans with the release of the new single "Up!", The sound of which, as always, is beyond praise. This band rightfully bears the title of "Legends of Russian rock" thanks to extraordinary music and truly deep and philosophical lyrics.
