Biography

Sample Rate is an amazing band from the Ukraine. The band is unique in that they combine melodic vocals, symphonic polyphony and hard rock riffs. Founded in 2002 by its vocalist/guitarist, Taras Terletsky the group is destined to be as huge of a success as histories Styx or current day Linkin Park.

Sample Rates first album, “Emotions,” was studio recorded and released in 2003. The songs chosen for the album were a result of playing numerous clubs and getting their fans input as to the best songs to release.

Within a few years, Sample Rate began playing in various festivals. Festivals such as: the “Tavriyan games” (one of the biggest musical events in Ukraine), “Gnizdo” (2 times grand prix), “Beer fest of Lviv”, “Chervona Ruta”, “Wild wind”, “100 hours of music”, and the “Snikers Urbania 2007” to name a few. The band’s music can be heard on both popular Radio and TV Channels in the Ukraine like: “Nashe Radio”, “Lvivska hvylya”, “M FM”, FDR, LTV, OTV, M1, UTZ-TV, and more than 50 different media outlets all around the Ukraine.

European and US journalists have also discovered the band; as “Times” published an interview with Taras on its official Website. Currently, Sample Rate has just released their first English-Language CD called, “The Breath”. (You can also hear one of their cuts,” Stay To Be”, on the remake of an official Lineage II Movie.)