EPITIMIA was founded in January 2008 by Alexander Machtakov and Kirill āNemezā. Their first song was created as an experiment with acoustic guitar, called āThe moment of the final springā. It was upon creating this song that they decided the depressive, metal melodies they induced were what they wanted to keep working with. "Epitimia (from Greek į¼ĻĪ¹ĻĪ¹Ī¼ĪÆĪ± - penance) is to be understood as an interdiction which, according to Church canons Read more on Last.fm