In 2013, the band prepared a follow-up single titled Petrichor, featuring bouzoukitara playing and a guitar solo from Yossi Sassi, at that moment the guitarist of oriental metal fathers band, Orphaned Land.
In 2015, the band finally changed its name to IGNEA and released a new work called Alga, named after a war call of Crimean Tatar people. This song is contributed to Crimeans who are defending their land.
Alga is the first ever original song from a Ukrainian band, recorded with a full symphonic orchestra. The video was shot unintentionally and on low budget as the band wanted to use orchestra sessions footage in something bigger, than video diary. Over the year, the video gathered over million views on YouTube.
Recently, IGNEA opened the show of Orphaned Land, fathers of oriental metal, in Kiev, Ukraine.
In 2017, the band released its first full-length album called The Sign of Faith, having a heavier sound, both clean and extreme vocals, and authentic middle-eastern melodies. Its first song, Şeytanu Akbar, was accompanied by an animated anti-terrorism video in a surrealistic style. Despite the provocative title of the song, the band’s intention is to carry the idea of peace.
Over 2017, IGNEA has been promoting the new album through solo shows and festivals in Ukraine within ‘The Tour of Faith’. Early 2018, IGNEA has released an official live experience video for Şeytanu Akbar recorded at national The Best Ukrainian Metal Act awards, where the band has entered the top 3 best metal bands in the country.
In April 2018, the band has released an animated video for its OST-like song How I Hate the Night, the lyrics to which belong to the paranoid android Marvin from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The video contains lots of references to the original movie.
For IGNEA, the years 2018 and 2019 were dedicated to touring and writing the new material. In May 2018, IGNEA has toured in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, together with the Nordic death metal legends Illdisposed, as well as performed selected shows in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, and festivals in France, Lithuania, and Ukraine.
September 2018, IGNEA released a new single Queen Dies with an art video and hopped on a 3-week tour across 9 countries within the Female Metal Voices Tour 2018 headlined by Butcher Babies and Kobra and the Lotus. In summer 2019, IGNEA had a small leg of headline shows in Spain and performed at the main stage of the Vagos Metal Festival in Portugal.
IGNEA’s second full-length album The Realms of Fire and Death was released on April 17, 2020. It was fully funded by the band's patrons. It is a concept album with strong story-telling, metaphors, symbols, and is accompanied by a book of short tales incorporating the lyrics of each song. It is divided into three major parts, each consisting of 3 songs, plus a bonus track — an English version of the Ukrainian Чорне Полум’я (Chorne Polumia). Songs of each part are outlining a certain separate story, bringing the themes of fire and death from various perspectives. The band also released two official music videos video for the song Disenchantment and Jinnslammer.
According to the national awards The Best Ukrainian Metal Act, The Realms of Fire and Death has been selected as the metal album of the year and IGNEA has been named the best Ukrainian metal band of 2020.
In June 2021, IGNEA signed a deal with Napalm Records and started working on the third album that was planned for 2022. The album release has been postponed to 2023 because of the Russia-Ukraine full-scale war.
Before bringing the new full-length record to the world, in October 2021, the band treated its fans with BESTIA, a concept EP about the human nature of Slavic mythological creatures and the world’s duality. In Ukrainian, BESTIA (Ukr. «бестія») means both a savage beast and a mischievous person. This is a split record that consists of songs by two Ukrainian bands — IGNEA and ERSEDU — and is a result of their 10-year friendship.
IGNEA’s third full-length album Dreams of Lands Unseen is out through Napalm Records on April 28th, 2023.
In 2023, IGNEA has released official videos for the songs Nomad's Luck, Dunes, and Incurable Disease.
The 10-track concept album reflects the life of Ukrainian photographer and documentarian Sofia Yablonska, known for traveling to very distant corners of the world while documenting the lives of tribes and natives, which was especially dangerous and uncommon for a woman of her time. Sonically, IGNEA creates a captivating masterpiece which resembles, thanks in part to diverse genre-influences, an epic soundtrack-like experience.
The band will present the album live at such European festivals as MetalDays, Leyendas del Rock, SummerBreeze, as well as at club shows on EU & UK tour with Fear Factory and Butcher Babies.
IGNEA are:
Helle Bohdanova — vocals;
Yevhenii Zhytniuk — keyboards;
Oleksandr Kamyshin — bass;
Ivan Kholmohorov — drums;
Dmytro Vinnichenko — guitars.
Alexandria
Ignea Lyrics
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I feel my might and touch my strength
I'll breathe your ashes at the dawn
My slaves will burn
I ruin you because I can
You wreck and that has gorgeous smell
Your walls are flinders in my eyes
Alexandria, I lay my head beneath your legs
Alexandria, the city by the wisemen blessed
Alexandria, your beauty splendidly undressed
I ruin you because I want
A brick by brick, a bone by bone
No one shall drop a hint of doubt
Who is plebeian and who's God
I ruin you because I want
For me, there is no law, no Lord
With secret knowledge I'm divine
I reckon you are only mine
Alexandria, I lay my head beneath your legs
Alexandria, here's Nile with flaming taste caressed
Alexandria, let's play the ritual of death
The song "Alexandria" by Ignea is a powerful anthem that evokes the imagery of a long-gone civilization beneath the sands of the desert. The lyrics express a sense of dominance and ownership over this mythical city, with the singer claiming to "ruin" it as they see fit because they have the power to do so. The opening line, "I ruin you because I can," sets the tone for the rest of the song, with its repeated refrain emphasizing the theme of control.
The second verse is particularly visceral, describing the destruction of the city in vivid detail: "A brick by brick, a bone by bone / No one shall drop a hint of doubt / Who is plebeian and who's God." The singer revels in their ability to tear down this ancient place, reducing it to rubble and asserting their own superiority in the face of the city's decline.
Despite the destructive tone of the lyrics, there is a certain reverence for Alexandria in the way that it is described. The "wisemen" who blessed the city are mentioned in the chorus, along with the beauty that lies beneath the ruined walls. There is also a sense of ritual and ceremony, as though the destruction of Alexandria is part of some greater purpose or plan.
Overall, "Alexandria" is a haunting and powerful song that explores themes of destruction, control, and reverence for the past.
Line by Line Meaning
I ruin you because I can
I destroy you without consequences because I possess the power to do so
I feel my might and touch my strength
I am aware of my strength and revel in my power
I'll breathe your ashes at the dawn
I'll witness the aftermath of my destruction as I breathe in the ashes at dawn
My slaves will burn
I'll put my slaves to the torch and set them ablaze
You wreck and that has gorgeous smell
I perceive the beautiful scent of your destruction as you crumble
Your walls are flinders in my eyes
I see your walls turning to dust in my eyes
I clip and you are shredded
I shred you apart with ease
Alexandria, I lay my head beneath your legs
I submit myself to you, Alexandria
Alexandria, the city by the wisemen blessed
The city of Alexandria has been blessed by wise men
Alexandria, your beauty splendidly undressed
Your beauty is gloriously revealed, Alexandria
I ruin you because I want
I am destroying you because I desire to do so
A brick by brick, a bone by bone
I will destroy everything piece by piece, brick by brick, bone by bone
No one shall drop a hint of doubt
No one will question my power and my right to destroy
Who is plebeian and who's God
I decide who is common and who is a deity
For me, there is no law, no Lord
I have no law or Lord, no authority over me
With secret knowledge I'm divine
I believe I am divine with my secret knowledge
I reckon you are only mine
I consider you to be mine and under my control
Alexandria, here's Nile with flaming taste caressed
The Nile river is now on fire, consumed by my destruction
Alexandria, let's play the ritual of death
I invite Alexandria to join me in a deadly game
Contributed by Alexis F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@IgneaBand
🔥 This song is taken from the debut full-length album 'The Sign of Faith': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMtef1SPjaM&list=PL27id3BZ8DaqKRvN6g5gmuV89-1XOk-wd.
In 2020, IGNEA also released a new album 'The Realms of Fire and Death': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xGPTaiFrMk&list=PL27id3BZ8DarpSF57DJ821nIsMznApYQx.
Watch our latest official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF_qqeXzM4g&list=PL27id3BZ8DarpSF57DJ821nIsMznApYQx&index=2
Official merch: https://ignea.band/collections/all🔥
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@markjory2139
Please tour in USA soon!!
@user-ht4gb2fw4e
March. 2nd. 2022. ..Dammit!! I want action against that Convoy!! ..OMG!! How can you let that fat Sitting Duck get away!! Bash the hell out of it with RPG's! Flame throwers!! Snipers with 50. Cal rifles! Do something!! ...Where is that old Cossack Spirit!! ..Bite the Enemy & make him bleed!!
@user-ht4gb2fw4e
March. 2nd. 2022. ..Dammit!! I want action against that Convoy!! ..OMG!! How can you let that fat Sitting Duck get away!! Bash the hell out of it with RPG's! Flame throwers!! Snipers with 50. Cal rifles! Do something!! ...Bite the Enemy & make him bleed!!
@user-ht4gb2fw4e
Ignea Band & all Ukraine musicians. ..I say implement the (No Fly Zone)!...NATO & Putin will eventually tangle, so why not go in Now & finish Putin's fascist dreams! If the Financial pressure of Sanctions won't wake him up, then NATO's guns will!! & Beijing better stay out of it!!
@eliseocastellanos9525
Ignea deserves more global recognition, an amazing band and great singer 👏👏👏🤘🤘🤘
@IgneaBand
thank you!
@digitalmouse3314
yeah seriously best death metal band out of Ukraine 100%
@BloodBornKnight
Yess she does