''Verisäkeet'' (''"Blood Verses"'') is the fourth full-length

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band

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 ...

. It was released on 23 February 2005 through

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. The album comes in a full-black shining case with golden

logo, with the original booklet inside. The

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release of the album, through Season of Mist, however, is packaged in a clear jewel case displaying the album's artwork.

Track listing

Personnel

Ville Sorvali Ville Sorvali (born 13 April 1980 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish musician and music journalist. He is the vocalist, bass guitarist and lyricist for the Finnish pagan metal band Moonsorrow. His cousin Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali is the guitarist ...

- vocals, bass * Marko Tarvonen - drums, percussion, guitars, vocals (backing) * Lord Eurén - keyboards, vocals (backing) * Mitja Harvilahti - guitars, vocals (backing) *

Henri Sorvali Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali, born 19 October 1978 in Finland, is the guitarist and keyboardist of the pagan metal band Moonsorrow, and keyboardist for Finntroll. He also played keyboards on a few occasional gigs with The Rasmus in the late 1990s. ...

- keyboards, guitars, mouth harp, accordion, vocals,

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Guest musicians

* Blastmor - backing vocals * Frostheim -

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* Hittavainen - fiddle,

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, recorder * Jukka Varmo - vocals choir * Janne Perttilä - vocals choir

Production

* Hunaja-Pasi Moilanen - photography * Tero Salonen - cover art, layout * Mika Jussila - mastering * Ahti "Periaatteessa se on mulle aivan sama" Kortelainen - mixing * Henri Sorvali - mixing * Tanja Ahtila - photography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verisakeet 2005 albums Moonsorrow albums Season of Mist albums