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Nattfödd
''Nattfödd'' () is the third studio album by the Finnish folk metal band Finntroll. It was released on 19 April 2004 by Spinefarm Records in Finland and by Century Media outside. ''Nattfödd'' marks a change in the musical direction of Finntroll, as they drift into a slightly slower, less frenzied sound that is reminiscent of some songs from their first album, '' Midnattens widunder''. It also incorporates some of the acoustic and ambient elements from their previous album, ''Visor om slutet'', though is largely a return to the band's folk and black metal roots. A special edition of the album includes the EP ''Trollhammaren ''Trollhammaren'' () is an extended play, EP from Finland, Finnish band Finntroll. It was released on April 13, 2004, by Spinefarm Records, Spinefarm. In an unusual style, this album incorporates an accordion for the intro and chorus. Track lis ...'' as a bonus disc. Track listing *Tracks 1, 8 and 9 lyrics and music by Trollhorn. *Tracks 2-4 and 6 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finntroll
Finntroll is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. They combine elements of black metal and death metal with a type of Finnish folk music called humppa. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" on ''Visor om slutet''. Finntroll's original singer, Katla, decided to use Swedish over Finnish since he was part of a Swedish-speaking Finns, Swedish-speaking minority in Finland and the sound of the language seemed to better suit the band's "trollish" outfit. Despite several vocalist changes, this tradition has continued. To date, the band's discography includes seven full-length albums, a live album and three EPs. Their newest studio album ''Vredesvävd'' was released in 2020. History Finntroll was founded in 1997 with a line-up which included guitarist Teemu Raimoranta, Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta and vocalist/lyricist Jan Jämsen, Jan "Katla" Jämsen. A year later they were joined by guitarist Samuli Ponsimaa, Samuli "Skrymer" Pon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ur Jordens Djup
''Ur jordens djup'' () is the fourth full-length Finntroll album. It was released on 28 March 2007. The album is the first to feature vocalist Mathias Lillmåns, who replaced Tapio Wilska in 2006. Unlike in ''Nattfödd'', the lyrics for this album were written by the band's original vocalist, Jan "Katla" Jämsen. This and other factors appear to contribute to a darker, more black metal feel. A music video for " Nedgång" was released in April. Concept The band approached the founding member Jämsen about writing the lyrics for this album. He chose to continue a semi-mythical saga which has been touched upon throughout Finntroll's career. The " kingshaman of the trolls" character Rivfader (Ripfather), was first introduced in their first demo, fittingly titled "Rivfader" (re-recorded for '' Midnattens widunder''), but Jämsen has said that the story truly originated in the song "Födosagan" on the second album, '' Jaktens tid''. The song "Eliytres", from ''Nattfödd'', also makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapio Wilska
Tapio Wilska (born 19 September 1969) is the main vocalist of the heavy metal band Sethian. He is also the ex-lead vocalist for the band Finntroll and is the current vocalist of Canadian band Obscene Eulogy. He gets his inspiration from bands like Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Dead Kennedys, Venom, Thin Lizzy and The Pixies. Biography His musical career started when he was in bands like Lyijykomppania, Stray Toasters and Nattvindens Gråt with Sami Vänskä and Tuomas Holopainen (both from the then yet to be founded Nightwish) in the middle of the 1990s. He even helped Nightwish to get a record deal with Spinefarm. When Nightwish became an established name, Wilska moved on to stage technical work during their tours. His job included working on microphones, the bass and drums, and some security. When Nightwish released their 1998 album ''Oceanborn'', Wilska was asked to do the male vocals on the tracks "Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean" and "The Pharaoh Sails to Orion". After his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trollhammaren
''Trollhammaren'' () is an extended play, EP from Finland, Finnish band Finntroll. It was released on April 13, 2004, by Spinefarm Records, Spinefarm. In an unusual style, this album incorporates an accordion for the intro and chorus. Track listing # "Trollhammaren" (''The Trollhammer'') (lyrics: Wilska, music: Trollhorn/Tundra) – 3:29 # "Hemkomst" (''Homecoming'') (lyrics: Wilska, music: Trollhorn) – 3:46 # "Skog" (''Forest'') (lyrics/music: Routa) – 3:23 # "Försvinn du som lyser (Metal Version)" (''Begone, You Who Shine'') (lyrics: Katla, music: Somnium) – 2:17 # "Hel vete" (''Whole Wheat''This is actually a pun, as ''helvete'' means "hell", it could also be reference to "Hel (being)", since ''vete'' means "Should know". ") (lyrics: Wilska, music: Tundra) – 4:14 Personnel *Mikael "Routa" Karlbom – guitar *Samuli Ponsimaa, Samuli "Skrymer" Ponsimaa – guitar *Samu "Beast Dominator" Ruotsalainen – drums *Henri Sorvali, Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali – keyboards * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Metal
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example, Dutch Heidevolk, Danish Sylvatica and Spanish Stone of Erech). It also sometimes features soft instrumentation influenced by folk rock. The earliest folk metal bands were Skyclad (band), Skyclad from England and Cruachan (band), Cruachan from Ireland. Skyclad's debut album ''The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth'' was released in 1991 and would be considered a thrash metal album with some folk influences, unlike Cruachan’s early work which embraced the folk element as a defining part of their sound. It was not until 1994 and 1995 that other early contributors in the genre began to emerge from different regions of Europe and beyond. Among these early groups, the German band Subway to Sally spearheaded a different regional variation that over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuli Ponsimaa
Samuli Johannes "Skrymer" Ponsimaa is the guitarist in Folk Metal band Finntroll. He is also an artist, and has designed all of the artwork for Finntroll, such as Cover and Booklets, Stage Scenery and Outfits, Merchandise and more. He owns an artwork profile on Facebook and he also works as a tattoo artist at Inkquisition tattoos in Essen. He plays Gibson Guitars. Mostly the Gibson flying v. In 2009 he and fellow Finntroll member Mathias Lillmåns formed the Death Metal Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive ... band Decomposter, in which he plays the guitar. References Living people Finnish heavy metal guitarists Finntroll members 1977 births 21st-century guitarists {{Guitarist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visor Om Slutet
''Visor om slutet'' () is an acoustic EP by the Finnish folk metal band Finntroll. It was released in 2003 by Spinefarm. It was the first album to feature Tapio Wilska on vocals, and the last to feature Jan "Katla" Jämsen, who was forced into retirement in 2003 due to a tumour developing on his vocal cords. ''Visor om slutet'' was released after a number of misfortunes befell several band members, including the death of guitarist Teemu Raimoranta, to whom the album is dedicated. It was recorded in a cabin off in the woods near Helsinki, coined as an "acoustic experiment," and features the use of traditionally non-metal instruments such as the kazoo. Though quite different in its sound to the folk metal-inspired '' Jaktens tid'', the album was a relative success. Track listing Personnel * Jan "Katla" Jämsen – vocals * Samuli "Skrymer" Ponsimaa – rhythm guitar * Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta – lead, rhythm & acoustic guitar, choirs * Samu "Beast Dominator" Ruotsalaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Storm (webzine)
Metal Storm (also known as MetalStorm.net, MetalStorm.ee, MetalStorm.eu or just MS) is a webzine specializing in various forms of heavy metal music. It is based in Tallinn, Estonia, but caters to an international audience, symbolically recognized by the acquisition of an EU domain in 2008. The site features a database of over 5,000 bands, alongside album reviews, news and interviews. Community Members Metal Storm users can register for free and create a custom profile based on their specific preferences. The comprehensive profile format allows for users to display detailed information about their musical taste, activity on the site, and other miscellaneous information, including up to three photos. "Community Points" are awarded to users for contributing forum reports, band info, lyrics, news, events, reviews, and articles, with the number awarded depending on the value of the contribution. Users may also add albums to their "Collection," an interactive list of albums acquired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Century Media
A century is a period of 100 years or 10 decades. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word ''century'' comes from the Latin ''centum'', meaning ''one hundred''. ''Century'' is sometimes abbreviated as c. A centennial or centenary is a hundredth anniversary, or a celebration of this, typically the remembrance of an event which took place a hundred years earlier. Start and end of centuries Although a century can mean any arbitrary period of 100 years, there are two viewpoints on the nature of standard centuries. One is based on strict construction, while the other is based on popular perception. According to the strict construction, the 1st century AD, which began with AD 1, ended with AD 100, and the 2nd century with AD 200; in this model, the ''n''-th century starts with a year that follows a year with a multiple of 100 (except the first century as it began after the year 1 BC) and ends with the next coming year with a multiple of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
