The End of Melancholy is female fronted alternative gothic metal band, founded in 2014 by Olly Lex and Andrew Petroff in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. The band have a new point of view on a modern gothic scene, combine in music powerful metal riffs with lyrical ballads. Fans from the US call the band's style as “New European Metal”. Since 2015 The End of Melancholy had performed with such bands as Theatres des Vampires and Hanzel und Gretyl, released four music videos, EP, singles, and in the beginning of 2019 released a new album “Paradox Intention”. The band supported this release in two European tours (April-May and October 2019) and visited Poland, Lithuania, France, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Switzerland, Estonia. In November 2019 The End of Melancholy was chosen by Chris Motionless as the support band for Motionless in White (USA) in St.-Petersburg, Russia. In November 2020 the band was signed by European booking agency Massive Music.
Now, the band will be released a new album. The new single "Sacrifice" will be out on May 14.
Line-up:
Roman Laine: Bass Andrew Petroff: Guitar, Songwriting, Production
Olly Lex: Vocal, Lyrics
Eugene Gnip: Drums