Metsä (''Forest'') is the first officially released demo cassette by finnish

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Moonsorrow Moonsorrow is a Finnish pagan metal band formed in Helsinki in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound. The band call their sound "epic heathen metal" and try to distance themselves from th ...

in 1997. Originally 215 copies of the demo were released,The Metal Archives
retrieved 2012-10-3.Discogs
retrieved 2015-12-22. all of which were sold out. In 2001, Marko Tarvonen remastered the demo and it was then provided as a download. However, the download was later removed from the website. In 2002 the remastered demo was re-released with the addition of bass guitars, keyboards and vocals. At the same time the demo cover was changed. A completely re-recorded version of the songs "Hvergelmir" and "Elivagar (Pakanavedet)" was released on the EP Tulimyrsky in 2008.

Track listing

# ″Jo pimeys saa″ – ''The Darkness Comes'' – 1:57 # ″

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″ – 7:50 # ″ Elivagar (Pakanavedet)″ – ''Ice Waves (Pagan Waters)'' – 2:28 The two tracks ''Hvergelmir'' and ''Elivagar'' were combined into one track on both the original and the re-released demo.

Credits

* Ville ''Urponpoika'' Sorvali – vocals, bass * Henri ''Seponpoika'' Sorvali – guitars, drums, keyboards, mouth harp and clean vocals

References

External links

Unofficial Moonsorrow Biography
– Shares authorized compilation of bootlegs and demos. {{Authority control 1997 albums Demo albums Moonsorrow albums