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Alex Yarmak, born Oleksandr Yarmak (Ukrainian : Олександр Ярмак) - Ukrainian musician, sound engineer and record producer.

He began his career as a solo artist in 2021.[1]. In early 2024, Alex Yarmak started collaborating with the Dutch band Within Temptation. They jointly released a song titled A Fool's Parade. The band announced that all proceeds from this song will be donated to aid Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine[2].

Career

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Since 2021, Oleksandr has been creating rock music as a solo artist under the pseudonym Alex Yarmak. His discography includes six albums: Limits, Square Two, Slowdown Sessions, No Pity for the Sinking Ship, Slowdown Sessions II, and ROOTS GROW DEEP. The last three albums were written during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and reflect on the related events. Songs from these albums have been featured on several Spotify editorial playlists, including "All New Metal," "The Core," "New Core," "Industrial Metal," and others, through which Oleksandr began to gain listeners from abroad[3][4].

In Ukraine, he gained prominence in 2022 following his collaboration with the band хейтспіч, resulting in the release of two joint songs,Stepan Pantera and LINA[5], and as a co-author and producer he participated in the recording of the mini-album Золоті Пісні 2023. In addition to хейтспіч, Oleksandr has worked as a music producer and sound engineer with the Kyiv-based rock band BLIND8, with which they created songs such as bulletproof, on my own, abandoned, 5AM and Overcome The Darkness[6]

Discography

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Albums
Year Album title Comments Source
2021 Limits
  • Date: March 8, 2021
Songwriter [7]
2022 SquareTwo
  • Date: January 27, 2022
Songwriter [8]
2022 Slowdown Sessions
  • Date: March 31, 2022
Songwriter [9]
2022 No Pity for the Sinking Ship
  • Date: August 18, 2022
Songwriter [10]
2022 Slowdown Sessions II
  • Date: November 10, 2023
Songwriter [11]
2023 ROOTS GROW DEEP
  • Date: June 15, 2023
Songwriter [12]
2023 Золо т і Пісні 2023
  • Date: August 18, 2023
  • in cooperation with хейтспіч
Co-creator and music producer [13]
Singles
Title release date Comments Together with Source
Consequence April 15, 2021 Remixer Circle of Dust [14]
5 AM (Remix) June 30, 2022 Author of the song, music producer BLIND8, Bejenec [15]
Stepan Pantera July 14, 2022 Co-author of the song, music producer хейтспіч [16]
Overcome the Darkness September 22, 2022 Guest singing BLIND8 [17]
bulletproof April 13, 2023 Music producer BLIND8 [18]
he my own July 27, 2023 Co-producer BLIND8, Sable [19]
A Fool's Parade April 5, 2024 Co-creator of the song, guest vocals Within Temptation [20]

Education

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Keith Clement (2023-01-19), "Alex Yarmak Fights For Ukrainian Culture In Latest Single 'Roots Grow Deep'", Metalheads Forever Magazine
  2. ^ "Within Temptation - A Fool's Parade feat. Alex Yarmak (Official Music Video)". 2024-04-11. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help); Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Getting To Know... Alex Yarmak", Mystic Sons, 2023-01-26
  4. ^ "Alex Yarmak", Spotify (in Polish)
  5. ^ "Alex Yarmak - Songs, Concert tickets & Videos", Shazam
  6. ^ "Alex Yarmak Official Website", Beacons
  7. ^ "Alex Yarmak", Spotify (in Polish)
  8. ^ "Alex Yarmak", Spotify (in Polish)
  9. ^ "Alex Yarmak", Spotify (in Polish)
  10. ^ "Alex Yarmak", Spotify (in Polish)
  11. ^ "Alex Yarmak", Spotify (in Polish)
  12. ^ "Alex Yarmak", Spotify (in Polish)
  13. ^ "Alex Yarmak", Spotify (in Polish)
  14. ^ "Alex Yarmak", Spotify (in Polish)
  15. ^ "Alex Yarmak", Spotify (in Polish)
  16. ^ "Alex Yarmak", Spotify (in Polish)
  17. ^ "Overcome the Darkness". 2022-11-24. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
  18. ^ "bulletproof". 2023-04-13. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
  19. ^ "on my own". 2023-07-27. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
  20. ^ "Within Temptation - A Fool's Parade (feat. Alex Yarmak)". 2024-04-04. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help); Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  21. ^ "Zaloguj się lub zarejestruj, aby wyświetlić", www.facebook.com (in Polish)

[[Kategoria:Ukrainian musicians]]