is a

folk rock Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers suc ...

band from

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. They were formed in 2001 as a collaboration between the pagan metal group Ugnėlakis and the

pagan folk Neopagan music is music created for or influenced by modern Paganism. Music produced in the interwar period include efforts from the Latvian Dievturība movement and the Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt. The counterculture of the 1960s establish ...

group

Kūlgrinda (plural ; from the Samogitian 'stone' and 'pavement', itself from 'to rake, pull together') is a hidden underwater stony road or ford across swamps and swampy areas used for defense in the history of Lithuania. Similar secret roads made primar ...

. This was reflected in the title of their debut album in 2002, ''Ugnėlakis su Kūlgrinda''. On 19 December 2023, the band was announced among the competing artists of '' Eurovizija.LT'', the Lithuanian national final for the

Eurovision Song Contest 2024 The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is set to be the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is scheduled to take place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Tattoo" by Loreen. Organised by the Euro ...

, with the song "Gaudė vėjai".

Style

The lyrics for band's songs are usually taken from the

folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...

of Lithuanian people and are sung in their original

Lithuanian language Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 millio ...

. Žalvarinis' music frequently features singing technique of traditional Lithuanian

sutartinė Lithuanian folk songs (in Lithuanian: "liaudies dainos") are often noted for not only their mythological content but also their relating historical events. Lithuanian folk music includes romantic songs, wedding songs, as well as work songs and ...

(a form of

glee Glee means delight, a form of happiness. Glee may also refer to: * Glee (music), a type of English choral music * ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy * ''Glee'' (Bran Van 30 ...

), usually sung by band's three female singers – examples of

can be heard in tracks ''Ailiom susėdom'', ''Dijūta'' or ''Ožys''. Authentic pronunciation as well as ancient words and their forms in folk songs are also usually preserved by the band. As a legacy of Kūlgrinda, the band also features few folk-songs of Old Prussians. Žalvarinis's sound, on the other hand, while still influenced by traditional Lithuanian folk music, is more modern – generally speaking, it is a mix of traditional heavy metal and

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

. The first album of the band was metal-influenced, however with later albums, the sound becomes more progressive. The song ''Aš kanapį sėjau'' (''I Sowed a

Hemp Hemp, or industrial hemp, is a botanical class of ''Cannabis sativa'' cultivars grown specifically for industrial or medicinal use. It can be used to make a wide range of products. Along with bamboo, hemp is among the fastest growing plants o ...

''), taken from the 2005 album ''Žalio vario'' was featured on ''Transformations in Lithuanian Song'' – a 2006 compilation CD that covered the development of Lithuanian

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

over many years, published by the Lithuanian-American journal '' Lituanus''.

Members

Current members

*Robertas Semeniukas - vocals, electric, acoustic and slide guitars, keyboards, music director *Sigita Jonynaitė - vocals *Viltė Ambrazaitytė - vocals *Rytis Vasiliauskas - bass guitar *Sergej Makidon - drums

Former members

*Domas Žostautas - bass guitar *Jonas Lengvinas - drums *Tadas Žukauskas - bass guitar *Ineta Meduneckytė-Tamošiūnienė – vocals *Laurita Peleniūtė – vocals *Paulius Jaskūnas – bass guitar *Simonas Gudelis – drums *Aurimas Lemežis – bass guitar *Marius Būda – electric guitar *Ramūnas Pocius – vocals, pipes *Eglė Pakšytė – vocals *Dariush Loznikoff – bass *Demonas – bass *Arūnas Lukaševičius – bass *Ilja Molodcov – drums *Aidas Buivydas – guitar

Discography

*''Ugnėlakis su Kūlgrinda'' (2002, Bomba records) *''Žalio vario'' (2005, Prior music) translates as ''

ade Ade, Adé, or ADE may refer to: Aeronautics *Ada Air's ICAO code *Aden International Airport's IATA code *Aeronautical Development Establishment, a laboratory of the DRDO in India Medical * Adverse Drug Event *Antibody-dependent enhancement *ADE ...

of Green Copper'', green copper being an archaic name for brass *''Folk n' Rock'' (2008, Monako Productions) *''Gyvas'' (2014, Robertas Semeniukas) *''Teka'' (2016, Robertas Semeniukas) *''Einam Tolyn'' (2018, Robertas Semeniukas) *''The Best of Žalvarinis'' (2019, Robertas Semeniukas) *''Švęskime Laisvę!'' (2019, Robertas Semeniukas) *''Demo & Remix 2008-2015'' (2020, Robertas Semeniukas) *''Cantabile'' (2022, Robertas Semeniukas)

References

External links

Official homepage
*https://www.facebook.com/ZalvarinisBand/ *https://www.youtube.com/user/zalvarinisofficial *https://www.instagram.com/zalvarinis_official/ *https://zalvarinis.bandcamp.com *https://soundcloud.com/zalvarinis_music
Žalvarinis on MyspaceEncyclopaedia Metallum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zalvarinis Lithuanian folk metal musical groups Lithuanian heavy metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2001 Modern pagan musical groups Modern paganism in Lithuania Baltic modern paganism