And probably folk metal album of the year

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Love this band. one of the last folk metal bands that I still care about.

 

[Dead Winter]

Holy shit, Max. That album is fucking epic....IT SHALL BE MINE!!!!!

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Musicians on this album:

Masha "Scream" - vocal, screaming, growling, keyboards, tambourines, shaker, khomuz, chore singing.
Sergey "Lazar" - guitars, acoustic guitar, balalaika, khomuz, Yakut jaw-harp ("Korochun")
Ruslan "Kniaz" - bass
Vlad "Artist" - drums
Vladimir "Volk" - Gaita Gallega, blockflute ("Korochun").
Vladimir Cherepovskiy (Pfeyffer, Coda) - Gaita Gallega, Small Pipe, tin whistle, low whistle, sopilka, zhaleyka, blockflute, okarina.
Ilya "Wolfenhirt" (Svarga) - chore singing
Aleksandr "Shmel" (Rarog, Kalevala) - chore singing
Aleksandr "Olen" (Kalevala) - accordeon
Erik Grawsio (Månegarm) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Jan Liljekvist (Månegarm) - violin, flute ("Na Moey Zemle")
Baalberith (Obtest) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Sadlave (Obtest) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Peter (Skyforger) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Edgar "Zirgs"(Skyforger) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Kaspars (Skyforger) - pipes, kokle ("Na Moey Zemle")
Heiko Gerull (Menhir) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Joris "Boghtdrincker" (Heidevolk) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Mark "Splintervuyscht" (Heidevolk) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Cosmin "Hultanu" Duduc (Ashaena) - tulnic ("Goi, Rode, Goi!")
Vasiliy Derevyanniy - domra ("Nebo Hmuroe, Tuchi Mrachniye", "Yarilo")
Dmitriy "Vetrodar" (Tverd) - mandoline ("Nebo Hmuroe, Tuchi Mrachniye")
Also participated: string quintet under the direction of Aleksandr Kozlovskiy; female choir of Conductors Department of the State Musical Colledge named after the Gnessins (conductor: Sofia Sultanova).

 

[derek]

Nice.

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

sounds horrible

 

[Psychonaut]

Sounds like Butterfly Temple.

 

[vikk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpfK60-8rxM
Love this band. one of the last folk metal bands that I still care about.

Masha is a great person. all Arkona albums are pretty badass. Can't wait to hear it

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Sounds like Butterfly Temple.

Only way ballsier. Never was a fan of Butterfly Temple, really. Even when I was into that whole scene.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Masha is a great person.

She's also a great singer, and gorgeous.

 

[Anvil]

I hung out with Blackguard when they were in Seattle, awesome band, even greater musicians... and the drummer is a girl! Who's also really hot.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Blackguard is a terrible terrible band and part of a trend i absolute looooooooooooathe

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

another new album? cranking them out, huh
I'll buy it.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

the last one came out two years ago...

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

oh

 

[derek]

Time flies when you're playing with your own nuts huh?

 

[azal]

there's a folk metal scene and trendy folk metal bands?

I'm glad I have no idea about this.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Time flies when you're playing with your own nuts huh?

pretty much.
That and I got their last album super late because in Soviet Russia, US distros eat dirty asshole hairs.

 

[stefan86]

Mm... asshole hairs.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

there's a folk metal scene and trendy folk metal bands?

I'm glad I have no idea about this.

surely you've seen the paganfest tour/new wave of myspace folk metal bands

 

[Swabs]

That actually sounds pretty awesome, and I usually don't like female vocals in folk metal, I just think they usually sound a bit shit. Like that Kivimetsän Druidi band, they can fuck right off.