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Foreboding and somber like a Bela Lugosi movie, but with a musical aesthetic more in line with Béla Bartók, critics have long spun superlatives that point to this band's chosen namesakes. The comparisons are apt, though, as Bela's music is foreboding and cryptic, yet lush and sweeping, in ways that unite the disparate influences. Having formed in 1997 from the leftovers of New York City's Cultural Exhaust, lead singer and songwriter Jeff Hogan and drummer Fred Pisciotta (both "featured zombies" in a George Romero film, incidentally) would recruit bassist Mauro Felipe and former Rasputina cellist Julia Kent. After signing to Mother West, their debut EP Exit Music was an unexpected sensation in Belarus and Germany, garnering accolades throughout Eastern Europe. By April 2000, their debut full-length, Til Summer Ends, arrived, finding similarly favorable reviews.
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PlacesBela, on the banks of river Satluj, district Rupar, Punjab, IndiaBela, Ajdovščina, SloveniaBela, Kamnik, SloveniaBela, NepalBela, JanakpurBela, Pakistan, the capital of Lasbela district in the Balochistan province of PakistanBela Pratapgarh, a town in Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaBela, Varaždin County, a village in the Varaždin County, CroatiaBela, a village administered by Pucioasa town, Dâmboviţa County, RomaniaBela, a village in Vidin Province, BulgariaBela, an alternative name of the city Zoar, mentioned in Genesis 14River Bela, in Cumbria, EnglandBela Bela, a town in the Limpopo Province of South Africa; previously known as Warmbaths in English and Warmbad in Afrikaans and deriving its name from the geothermic hot springs nearbySurnameBela (without an accent) is a surname of Basque and Hungarian origin, also known for the old Hungarian minority areas of Croatia-Slavonia. It may also refer to:PeopleBela, son of Beor, first King of EdomBela B., German musicianJacques de Bela, French-Basque lawyer and writer.Jean Philippe de Bela, French-Basque military figure and writer.Leila Bela, Iranian-American avant-garde musicianBela (or Belah), the name of three Biblical charactersFictionBela, a female character in Lermontov's novel A Hero of Our TimeBela (comics), a Marvel Comics characterBela Talbot, a character in the third season of the television series SupernaturalOthersBael a species of tree native to India.Belot, popular popular Trick-taking card games in CroatiaKlaberjass, popular Trick-taking card games in Jewish communitiesBela (gastropod), a genus of sea snailsBESLA, formerly known as the Black Entertainment Lawyers Association (BELA)
