Russian Love was a rock group (active 1986–1998) that came from Northern

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and was one of the first

gothic rock Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie a ...

bands in Finland to sing in English and the first one have an album released. Originally the band was formed in Haapavesi, a small village of 7000 inhabitants, but having graduated from high school the group members moved in order to continue their studies in the city of

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. Russian Love's career can be divided into a

/ dark wave period (1986–1991) and

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

period (1991–1998). During their career Russian Love released five albums. The first album ''Nergal'' was re-released in 2007.

Discography

Albums

* ''Nergal'' LP - Break the Records (1988); re-released on CD - Plastic Passion/

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(2007) * ''Flaw In The Cradle'' LP - Darklands (1990) * ''Hover Jack'' CD - Break Records (1992) * ''Meat Mazurka'' CD - Zen Garden (1995) * ''Gala Brutale'' CD - Zen Garden (1996)

Singles and EPs

* ''Malleus Maleficarum'' vinyl 7-inch EP - self-financed (1987); re-released on CD with ''Nergal'' - Plastic Passion/

(2007) * ''Two / Paper Dolls'' vinyl 7-inch split-EP with Two Witches - Break the Records (1989) * "Lonely" / "Call Me There" vinyl 7-inch single - Break the Records (1991) * "Sure" / "Lonely" vinyl 7-inch single - Break the Records (1991) * "Understand" / "Surrender" yellow vinyl 7-inch single - Break the Records (1992) * "Deep End" / "Hank" CDS - Zen Garden (1995) * ''Never Say Goodbye'' Download-single - Russian Love (2010)

External links

Russian Love at MySpace

Plastic Passion Official Site

Eibon Records Official Site
Finnish gothic rock groups Musical groups established in 1986 Musical groups disestablished in 1998 Finnish alternative rock groups Finnish dark wave musical groups 1986 establishments in Finland {{Finland-band-stub