The band MOTANKA was created in 2015 in Lutsk by four musicians: Viktor Zhalnin — vocals, dulcimer, keyboard; Anatolii Zhalnin — guitar; Sergii Khodorchuk — bass-guitar, ocarina; Dmytro Diachenko — drums, throat singing. The band MOTANKA took second place on W:O:A Metal Battle 2018 on the biggest metal festival of the world Wacken Open Air. In December 2018 MOTANKA signed a contract with one of the most famous metal labels of the world Napalm Records.