Devil Music

Here is the clip for Nedgang by Finntroll. Quite an interesting music video.

This is a video of one of the best folk metal bands of the moment. It is a performance of Korpiklaani in 2006. They are singing the song Korpiklaani in Waaken.

Finntroll is a very well known folk metal band that comes from Finland. Their music has been combined as a combination of humppa (Finnish polka) and black metal. All Finntroll lyrics are in Swedish, with the official reason that they sound trollish. Finntroll actually means “Troll from Finland“.

The band was formed in 1997. The original members were Teemu “Somnium” Raimoranta and Jan “Katla” Jamsen. They recorded a demo that was released one year later. That was when Samuli Ponsimaa (guitarist), Henri Sorvali (keyboardist that also played with Moonsorrow), Sami Uusitalo (bassist) and Samu Routsalainen (drummer that also played with Rapture, Shape of Despair and Barathrum) joined Finntroll. The immediate result was the first album, called Midnattens Widunder.

The next album signed Finntroll appeared in 2001 and it was called Jaktens Tid. The good news for the folk metal band was that this album actually reached position 20 in Finnish album chart. It is needless to say that this exceeded everyone’s expectations. Thanks to this Century Media got involved in promoting Finntroll around the world. We then started seeing the band playing in open air festivals in different countries. (more…)

Finntroll is definitely one of the most known bands in the folk metal scene. Here is their video for Trollhammeren.

This is a video of Turisas performing live their One More track at Paganfest 2008. The concert happened on the 16th of May 2008, in San Antonio, Texas. We are more than sure that you will like this. Few bands are as interesting as Turisas when performing live and One More is one of the most loved tracks by fans from all over the world.

Eluveitie, one of the best folk metal bands in the world today. Few people would argue with this for sure. Some even belief that it is the best one, although we can not rule out bands like Ensiferum or Turisas. Inis Mona is taken from the album Slania, which was launched this year.

This video for Battle Metal was especially created for the new A Finnish Summer With Turisas DVD. Soon it will appear in US and it already appeared in Europe. Hope you like the video

Track List:

1. The Scythe
2. Lost Hill Of Memories
3. Infection
4. Poison Tears
5. A Riddle Of Stars
6. Romance & Wrath
7. The Divided Heart
8. Horns Ablaze (LTD. Bonus)
9. Totentanz
10. Death And The Suffering
11. Dominhate

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It is needless to say that The Scythe is a controversial album. A lot of fans ended disliking it because of a different approach to the music done by Elvenking. We think that the biggest problem was the fact that the folk elements are more in the background and power metal elements are a lot stronger. The lyrics also bring in a darker theme and we can say that The Scythe is one album that is not like the ones that appeared before from Elvenking.

Now the fans can take it as they want. With this album Elvenking won and lost a lot of fans. We must say that the combination brought is enjoyable. The folk elements are almost eliminated but the violin is used a lot and does a great job at setting the mood. It is very easy to criticize but very hard to notice that we are talking about a very good album. Although The Divided Heart is a little too commercial for our personal tastes, the other tracks are very impressive. The Scythe is one album that actually has a story and you will find it out at the end. Death appears as a woman and we are basically faced with a story that relates to folklore from some point of views. The lyrics are darker and the folk elements mild. (more…)

The Divided Heart is one of the best tracks (according to us) from the The Scythe album by Elvenking. We are talking about the first ever album from the band that was centered on the theme of death, portrayed as one beautiful woman. You will surely notice this from the video and we are sure that fans of Elvenking and power/folk metal in general will like it.