''Taival'' (translation: ''Journey'') is the eighth studio album by Finnish band
Stam1na
Stam1na (pronounced ) is a Finnish heavy metal musical group native of Lemi, South Karelia. Their music is arguably best described as thrash metal with some progressive metal, death, alternative and punk influences, and is sung in the Finnish l ...
, released on 12 October 2018. Just like with the previous album, it was produced by Janne Joutsenniemi and mixed by Jens Bogren.
It debuted at number one on
The Official Finnish Charts
The Official Finnish Charts ( fi, Suomen virallinen lista; sv, Finlands officiella lista) are national record charts in Finland compiled and published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. The name ''Suomen virallinen lista/Finlands officiell ...
.
Stam1na promoted the album with a tour of Finland, called the Haloo Lemi tour, from October to December 2018.
Background
On 5 September 2018, the band published the track listing and shared the cover art. Before releasing the album, they released three singles: "Elämänlanka" on 16 May 2018,
"Enkelinmurskain" on 7 September, and "Gaian lapsi" on 11 October. The band's lyricist Antti Hyyrynen described the album as "wander
ngthrough the big topics of a human's life" and speaking "of the unachievable nature of life".
Track listing
# "Hyvää yötä" –
''"Good Night"'' (Antti Hyyrynen) - 2:31
# "Solar" (Pekka Olkkonen) – 3:55
# "Elämänlanka" -
''"Lifeline"'' (Hyyrynen
) – 3:30
# "Enkelinmurskain" -
''"Angel Crusher"'' (Olkkonen) – 4:12
# "Gaian lapsi" -
''"Gaia's Child"'' (featuring Anna Eriksson) (Hyyrynen) – 3:20
# "Metsästäjä I: Metsästäjä" -
''"Hunter I: Hunter"'' (Olkkonen) – 2:59
# "Metsästäjä II: Ero" -
''"Hunter II: Separation"'' (Olkkonen) – 2:27
# "Metsästäjä II: Ylösalainen" -
''"Hunter III: Upside Down"'' (Olkkonen) – 2:34
# "Sudet tulevat" -
''"The Wolves Are Coming"'' (featuring Björgvin Sigurðsson) (Kai-Pekka Kangasmäki) – 3:19
# "Merivälimatka" -
''"Sea Voyage"'' (a play-on-words; ''"Välimeri"'' refers to the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...
) (Hyyrynen) – 5:00
# "Kannoin sinut läpi hiljaisen huoneen" -
''"I Carried You Through a Silent Room"'' (Olkkonen) – 3:53
# "Kajo" -
''"Shimmer"'' (Emil Lähteenmäki) – 3:19
Personnel
Stam1na
* Antti Hyyrynen – vocals, guitar
* Kai-Pekka Kangasmäki – bass guitar, secondary vocals
* Emil Lähteenmäki – keyboard
* Pekka Olkkonen – guitar
* Teppo Velin – drums
Guest musicians
*
Anna Eriksson
Anna Sofia Eriksson (born 22 April 1977) is a Finnish artist, filmmaker, composer, and singer. In September 2018, avantgarde film '' M'' directed and produced by Eriksson was having the world premiere at the Venice International Film Critics Wee ...
– vocals on "Gaian lapsi"
* Björgvin Sigurðsson (
Skálmöld
Skálmöld () is a Viking / folk metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in August 2009. The band's name is literally translated as ''Age of Swords'' and also means "lawlessness", referring to the Age of the Sturlungs of Icelandic history, w ...
) – vocals on "Sudet tulevat"
* Eetu Klemetti –
kampiliira on "Kajo"
* Janne Joutsenniemi – secondary vocals on "Merivälimatka"
* Zaani, Arttu Leppänen, Joonas Kaselius & Lauri Mäntynen (Nerve End) – background vocals
Charts
References
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2018 albums
Stam1na albums