Sonic Death – Space Ark
The band name looks just as Russian as the song title – but both are as **русский** (Russian) as the Red Square or the Kalashnikov. Listen to the song, see the [lyrics](https://genius.com/Sonic-death-space-ark-lyrics). You’ll learn that it could also (or better) have been titled **космический ковчег**. The first word is cosmic, and a **ковчег** (*kaftyek*) is an ark.
You’ll hear those words repeated, and in the video, the ark (кафчег) flies through the air.
Take Me
The lyrics end with a wish or plea: возьми меня с собой, забери мою боль, возьми меня с собой – take me with you, take away my pain, take me with you. Maybe to wherever the космический ковчег (space ark) comes from, and surely far, far away.
Live at Ионотека (Saint Petersburg), 2017.
From the album Space Goth (2017), available on
Bandcamp,
Spotify, and
YouTube.
New (2020) is the album Russian Gothic (
Bandcamp,
Spotify,
YouTube).
More Sonic Death on
Facebook,
Instagram,
Soundcloud, and
VK.
See/Read:
- Sonic Death — о канале Грибоедова, нулевых и сексизме (The Village, 2018)
- Meet Twilight and the Baptist from Russian Hate Machine Sonic Death (Tim Scott, Noisey 2016)
- Guitar heroes: ten Russian indie bands to listen out for (Vladimir Kozlov, The Calvert Journal 2015)
- Interview with Arseni Morozov (Арсений Морозов) on YouTube (2020) and Rockcult (2017)
Most of the music here is also in an
R1 playlist on YouTube (in order of release).
See also
Best Russian Music and
Russian Song Lyrics.
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