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VOTUM is a progressive-metal band formed in Warszawa, Poland, in 2002. 

Their first works were more in the traditional heavy metal style. They released a demo called "Bow to the Sound" in 2002. 

In 2006 the band released a single, "Jestern", attached to the Heavy Metal Pages magazine. Later that year, the band experimented several line-up changes, which also brought about a change in style, hich now aimed more towards the progressive, the atmospheric and the experimental. 

The band's line-up is: 

Maciej Kosinski - vocal
Aleksander Salamonik - guitar
Adam Kaczmarek - guitar
Zbigniew Szatkowski - keyboards
Bartek Turkowski - bass
Adam Lukaszek - drums

In 2008, theband released their first full-length, the eight-song progressive opus "Time Must Have a Stop." The album has received excellent reviews in their native country and abroad, thanks to the intelligent and atmospheric music. 

According to the band, "VOTUM pays the utmost attention to song lyrics which, like the music, function as a sort of a binding material for the compositions. In addition, rich visual setting is provided by Mindfield Art Group and serves as a background for the pieces. The merging of music, lyrics and visual art work, as well as the ensuing emotional expression, have been the key concepts for the creation of the new album. Our main concern is not any particular style of music, but the atmosphere pouring out of it." (Paragraph taken from the band's MySpace website). 

VOTUM's style is very much influenced by bands like RIVERSIDE, PORCUPINE TREE, PINK FLOYD, and also bymetal bands as OPETH. 


album 1 ,  Time Must Have a Stop

Studio Album, released in 2008

Songs / Tracks Listing 
1. Me in the Dark (6:05) 
2. The Pun (5:09) 
3. Passing Sears (4:28) 
4. Train Back Home (6:02) 
5. The Hunt Is On (6:52) 
6. Away (5:55) 
7. Look at Me Now (5:49) 
8. Time Must Have a Stop (10:50) 

Total Tme 51:10 

album 2,  Metafiction

Studio Album, released in 2009

Songs / Tracks Listing 

1. Falling Dream 9:04
2. Glassy Essence 6:16
3. Home 6:31
4. Faces 3:55
5. Stranger Than Fiction 4:23
6. Indifferent 4:58
7. December 20th 9:25

Total Time 44:32