Asguard (band)
# Asguard (band)

Asguard was a Belarusian heavy metal band from Mogilev, active between 1997 and 2009. Their music contains elements of melodic death metal, gothic metal and industrial metal.

## History

Asguard was formed in the Autumn of 1996, in Mogilev, Belarus, with original members Alexander Afonchenko, Andrey Tselobenok and Alexander Krotov. In late 1999 and into early 2000, the band had written and recorded their first official debut entitled Summis Desiderantess Effectibus for the Ukraine label Bloodhead Productions.

### Dreamslave... Awakening

The recording of Dreamslave... Awakening was planned for the end of spring. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered in Freedman Studio.

## Members

### Current members

* Alexander Afonchenko – vocals, bass
* Andrey Tselobenok – guitar
* Oleg Maslakov – guitar
* Sergey "Dead" Tselobenok – drums
* Mikhail Kopychko – keyboards, electronics

### Former members

* Yuri Yurchenko – drums on "In the Darkness of the Night", "Summis Desiderantes Effectibus" & "Wikka"
* Sergey Nickolaenko – keyboards on "Black Fire Land"
* Alexander Krotov – guitar on "In the Darkness of the Night"
* Sergey Tsvikevich – keyboards, orchestral arrangement on "Dreamslave"
* Tatjana Lazarjkova – cello on "Dreamslave"
* Andrey Polovchenia – vargan, bagpipe and surma on "Dreamslave"
* Dmitriy Laptenok – keyboards, electronics

## Discography

### Studio albums

| Title | Label | Released |
| - | - | - |
| Black FireLand | DevilDoll Rec/More Hate Prod | 2003 |
| Wikka | This Dark Reign Records | 2004 |
| Dreamslave | This Dark Reign Prod./CD-Maxim | 2005 |
| Dreamslave... Awakening | This Dark Reigh Records | 2007 |

### EPs

| Title | Label | Released |
| - | - | - |
| In the Darkness of the Night | Fatal Ecstasy Prod | 1998 |
| Summis Desiderantes Effectibus | Bloodhead Prod | 2000 |
