Dymna Lotva

Country: Belarus (early) / Poland (now)
Genre: Post Black / Doom Metal
Founded: 2015

Dymna Lotva combines doom and post black metal, adding sometimes DSBM and folk elements. The band’s shows are remembered for their strong emotionality. Due to the use of real stories in the lyrics, the musicians’ style is sometimes called “documentary metal.”
Dymna Lotva was founded in 2015 in Minsk, Belarus. Already in 2016, the debut LP “The Land Under The Black Wings: Swamp” was released. A year later, the second album «Wormwood», dedicated to the Chernobyl disaster, was released. Very soon Dymna Lotva became one of the most active metal bands in Belarus.

In 2020, musicians openly supported protests against the dictatorship. Because of this, in the summer of 2021, all Dymna Lotva’s concerts in Belarus were banned. Part of the lineup fled to Ukraine to avoid persecution. Only at the end of 2022 the musicians managed to reunite in Warsaw.
In August 2023, the third LP ‘The Land Under The Black Wings: Blood’ was released on the German label Prophecy Productions. This is a conceptual album about war and occupation.

The band founders collected a new live lineup in Poland and started to actively play over Europe. Just in couple of years Dymna Lotva performed in more than 15 countries.
The band is still under criminal persecution by lukashenko’s regime. In the end of 2025, 7 videos from Dymna Lotva’s YT channel were officially declared ‘extremist materials’. Nokt, the band’s vocalist, is currently accused under five articles of the Belarusian Criminal Code, including charges of «extremist activity» and «financing terrorism.»
The 4th LP ‘Vyraj’ will be released on August 7th on Prophecy Productions.

Members of the band:
Nokt — vocals, lyrics, flute
Jauhien — all music, guitars, bass, keyboards
Mikita — guitar, backing vocals
Bocian — drums

Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dymnalotva/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dymnalotvaband
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DymnaLotva
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/DymnaLotva
Bandcamp: https://dymnalotva.bandcamp.com/