''Slovo'' (russian: Слово, A Word) is the sixth full-length

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by the

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band Arkona. It was released on 26 August 2011 through

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. An academical choir and a chamber orchestra were used on the album.

Reception

A review by the webzine Jukebox Metal called the album "imaginative and lively" but criticised a lack in musical consistency and identity. ''

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'' Germany was more positive and lauded the evolution in the band's musical quality, writing that the songs were more complex and sophisticated than those on the previous studio album ''

Goi, Rode, Goi! ''Goi, Rode, Goi!'' (russian: Гой, Роде, Гой!) is the fifth full-length album by the Russian pagan metal band Arkona. It was released on 28 October 2009 through Napalm Records. "Goy, Rode, Goy!" means "Hail, Rod, Hail!". Rod is the Sl ...

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Track listing

Personnel

Arkona

* Masha "Scream" – vocals, keyboards, tambourine, khomus, shaman drums, shaker, choirs, acoustic guitar on ''Bol’no mne'', producing, engineering, mixing *Sergei "Lazar" Atrashkevich – lead guitar, acoustic guitars, balalaika, additional vocals on ''Arkaim'' and ''Nikogda'', producing, engineering, mixing, mastering *Ruslan "Kniaz" – bass *Vlad "Artist" Lyovushkin Sokolov – drums and percussion, synthesizers *Vladimir "Volk" – gaita gallega, tin whistle, low whistle, sopilka, zhaleika, blockflute,

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Additional musicians

* Chamber Orchestra of Kazan State Conservatory N.G. Zhiganov (under the direction of Darya Ivanova) * The choir of Moscow State Conservatory students (conducted by Alexandra Sidorova) * Meri Tadić (

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) – violin * Anna Kalinovskaya (Rodogost) – symbaly * Tatiana Narishkina, Dariana Antipova (Vedan’ Kolod’) – vocals on "Zimushka" * Ilya "Wolfenhirt" (Svarga), Aleksandr "Shmel" (Rarog) – choir on "Stenka na Stenku" * Aleksandr Oleynikov (Kalevala) – accordion on "Stenka na Stenku" * Ilya "Hurry" (Svarga) – accordion on "Leshiy"

References

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