What you think about russian metal scene old and new, which bands you know/like/dont like
just interesting to know what iyou know about our bands.

Merlin are one of my favorite death metal bands.

I really dig Arkona and Mechanical Poet. Not sure I have many more Russian bands in my collection, though.

as for myself i like more old russ music, and dont know much of new bands.
and strange thing that not so much people knows really great bands as:
Black Obelisk (Chorniy Obelisk), Master, Korrozia Metalla (old), Hellraiser,
EST, Shah, and its most known old bands (mostly thrash metal)

Mechanical Poet - great band,
Arkona - i dont like such bands... pagan and etc

I have Shadowland (I think that's the name). It's basically Russia's answer to Blind Guardian and it's very good.

This song is friggin' amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jxBmQ8o_g

There's a couple of Russian bands I really like, for example Scald (with their amazing Will of the Gods is Great Power album), New Testament/Novy Zavet, early Aria and early Korozzia Metalla (before they became a retarded nazi band).