''Ur jordens djup'' ( en, From the Depths of the Earth) is the fourth full-length

Finntroll Finntroll is a Finnish metal band from Helsinki that combines elements of black metal and folk metal. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" on ''Visor om slutet''. Finntroll's original singer, ...

album. It was released on March 28, 2007. The album is the first to feature vocalist

Mathias Lillmåns Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns is the vocalist for the Finnish folk metal band Finntroll, and has been since 2006. He is also the vocalist and the bassist for the bands Chthonian and Twilight Moon. In 2009 he and fellow Finntroll member Samuli Pons ...

, who replaced

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in 2006. Unlike in ''

Nattfödd ''Nattfödd'' ( en, Nightborn) is the third studio album by the Finnish folk metal band Finntroll. It was released on April 19, 2004 by Spinefarm Records in Finland and by Century Media outside. ''Nattfödd'' marks a change in the musical directi ...

'', 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 Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emp ...

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 Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narrati ...

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 ''Jaktens tid'' ( en, "Time of the Hunt") is the second studio album by the Finnish folk metal band Finntroll, released on 18 September 2001 through Spinefarm Records. Track listing *All lyrics are written by Katla (except track 9: traditional ...

''. The song "Eliytres", from ''

'', also makes reference to Rivfader. Aside from this, the lyrical concept for this album was based on Nordic myths, the

Kalevala The ''Kalevala'' ( fi, Kalevala, ) is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and ...

(the Finnish national epic), history and stories of Jämsen's own creation. He has stated that the focus has moved from conflict between pagan and Christian beliefs, to being more concerned with the nature of myth, symbolism, and the origin of all mythology. This is meant to complement the old-and-new dynamic of the musical aspect of Finntroll, which mixes traditional folk music with very modern metal music. The narrative of the album itself concerns a struggle between witches and troll-shamans, the death and resurrection of Rivfader, the "journey and odyssey of the shaman" and the "great war against one-self".

Track listing

*All lyrics by Katla. *Tracks 1-3, 7, 9-11 music by Trollhorn. *Tracks 4 and 5 music by Trollhorn/Tundra. *Track 6 music by Tundra. *Track 8 music by Routa/Trollhorn.

Personnel

* Mikael "Routa" Karlbom – guitar * Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns – vocals * Samuli "Skrymer" Ponsimaa – guitar, backing vocals * Samu "Beast Dominator" Ruotsalainen – drums and percussion, backing vocals * Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali – keyboards, acoustic guitar, banjo, mouth harp, backing vocals * Sami "Tundra" Uusitalo – bass, backing vocals ;Additional personnel * Antti "Perish" Eräkangas – guitar solo on "Maktens Spira" * Petri Eskelinen – shouting * Katla - lyrics ;Production * Nino Laurenne – engineer, mixing * Mika Jussila – mastering

References

TrollHorn Post on Finntroll ForumImperiumi Press Release
'In Finnish'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Ur Jordens Djup Finntroll albums 2007 albums Concept albums