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Mental Home was formed in November of 1993. The original line-up featured the two
brothers, Sergey Dmitriev (Vocal/Guitar) and Igor Dmitriev (Drums/Keys), and also
Roman Povarov (Lead Guitar) and Denis Samusev (Bass). Taking after an
atmospheric doom/death approach the band recorded their first demo "Funeral
Service" in January ’94. The recordings took place at the Vnukovo Studio, where all
the band’s recording have been taking place since.
Soon after, the band returned back to the studio and in July ’94 "Mirrorland" comes
forth climbing to new heights. The album was released on MC by Metal Agen
Rec/Soyuz selling 5,000 copies and it’s since sold-out.
Due to an accident, Roman Povarov was left with a impairment in his left hand and was
forced to abandon his guitar duties and fully took over the keyboards. The band chose
Sergey Kalachov as the new lead guitarist and headed back to the studio to record the
highly acclaimed “Vale” which was released in the Spring of ’96 by Morbid Noizz.
The album sold out in Moscow in less than 3 months and hit the Russian Metal Charts
#1 in July of the same year.
Shortly after, Roman Povarov abandoned Mental Home. The band invited Michael
"Maiden" Smirnoff to join and Maiden not only replaced Roman on keyboards but also
took over as manager of Mental Home.
In March of ’97 Mental Home returned to the studio and began the recordings of their
new album. By June they completed their 4th brand new album entitled "Black Art"
which included an intro, 8 songs and one instrumental theme.
During that time the band also worked on re-releasing their debut "Funeral service"
('94) and "Mirrorland" ('95).
In the fall of 1997, Mental Home signed a three album deal with the US based label,
The End Records. First release is “Vale” on CD. The album is available worldwide as
of January 12, 1998. Following up in the Spring of 1998 is the long anticipated “Black
Art” album, which would be both available on MC and CD through The End
Records.
