The Korea

The Korea is a Russian metal band from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2003 under the name Korea. The group currently consists of guitarist and founding member Aleksandr Kuznetsov, guitarist Yuri Lampochkin, bassist Anton Akimov, drummer Denis Bukhantsev and lead singer Vyacheslav Sokolov (ex-Amatory). Originally oriented towards alternative metal and chaotic hardcore, in 2010 the band changed its name and genre towards progressive metal and djent.

The Korea
Origin	St. Petersburg, Russia
Genres	Alternative metal/Chaotic hardcore/Mathcore (early) Metalcore Djent
Years active	Since 2003
Labels	Rogue Records America Polygon Records Mazzar Records Mystic Empire Records
Members	Aleksandr Kuznetsov Denis Bukhantsev Anton Akimov Yuri Lampochkin Vyacheslav Sokolov
Website	wearethekorea.ru

The Korea's third album, Chariots of the Gods, was listed in top-10 of Best 2012 djent-albums at got-djent.com, along with albums of such prominent progressive metal bands as Hacktivist, Veil of Maya, Meshuggah and Periphery, and in the list of free 2012 djent-releases Chariots of the Gods landed at position No. 1. Chariots of the Gods won "Russian album of 2012" at Russian thematic site "ДрагМеталлы".

Throughout its career, the band toured Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and EU countries and supported such bands as As I Lay Dying and Parkway Drive.

The band released 7 full-length albums, 4 EPs and more than 20 music videos.

Band members

Current members

• Aleksandr Kuznetsov — guitars (2003—present)
• Anton Akimov — bass (2015—present)
• Denis Bukhantsev — drums (2015—present)
• Yuri Lampochkin — guitars (2015—present), sampling (2016—present)
• Vyacheslav Sokolov — vocals (2020—present)

Former members

• Stanislav Rozhdestvenskyy — bass (2003—2009)
• Ivan «Grin» Barbakov — guitars (2007—2008, 2009–2011)
• Anatoly Vankov — guitars (2011)
• Ilya «Mufasa» Sannikov — vocals (2011—2013)
• Ruslan Latypov — bass (2009—2015)
• Sergey «Farsh» Kuznetsov — drums (2003—2015)
• Evgenyy Zhukov — vocals (2014—2015)
• Evgenyy «PJ» Potekhin — vocals (2003—2011, 2015–2016), guitars (2003—2007, 2011–2015), sampling (2003—2016)
• Kirill Shtranin — vocals (2015—2019)
• Oleg Lankin — vocals (2019—2020)

Timeline

Discography

Albums

• 2006 — На сломанных крыльях ("On Broken Wings")
• 2007 — Пульс ("Pulse")
• 2012 — Колесницы Богов ("Chariots of the Gods")
• 2015 — Cosmogonist
• 2017 — Calypso Act I
• 2018 — Calypso Act II
• 2022 — Vorratokon

EPs

• 2010 — Песочный человек ("Sandman")
• 2013 — Saturnus
• 2017 — Снегопады ("Snowfalls")
• 2023 — Яд ("Venom")

Singles

• 2011 — Теория хаоса ("Chaos Theory")
• 2014 — На вершине горы ("On Top of the Mountain")
• 2015 — Порох ("Powder")
• 2015 — Чёрное море ("Black Sea")
• 2017 — Феникс ("Phoenix")
• 2017 — Снегопады ("Snowfalls")
• 2018 — Ярость Марса ("Fury of Mars")
• 2019 — Кронос (ремастеринг-версия) ("Kronos", remastered)
• 2019 — Горизонты ("Horizons")
• 2020 — Лабиринт ("Labyrinth")
• 2021 — Петля ("Loop")
• 2021 — Миллениум ("Millenium")
• 2021 — Пропасть ("Abyss")
• 2022 — Изгой ("Outcast")
• 2023 — Тварь ("Thing")