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Battlelore
Battlelore are a Finnish heavy metal band from Lappeenranta, founded in 1999 by guitarist Jyri Vahvanen and bassist Miika Kokkola. The name derives from the union of the words 'battle' and 'folklore'. Many of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth sagas and their stage costumes and live shows are largely inspired by the themes and characters of fantasy literature. The band had many changes of personnel during their twelve years of activity and had a long hiatus after the completion of the tour supporting their latest release ''Doombound'' in 2011. In January 2016 they announced that they would be performing at Metal Female Voices Fest XIII in October 2016. History The first demo and Napalm Records (1999–2004) Battlelore's first demo ''Warrior's Tale'' was released in late 1999, the same year of the founding of the group, but Battlelore attracted the attention of the Austrian record label Napalm Records only after the publication of the second demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Journey (DVD)
Battlelore are a Finnish heavy metal band from Lappeenranta, founded in 1999 by guitarist Jyri Vahvanen and bassist Miika Kokkola. The name derives from the union of the words 'battle' and 'folklore'. Many of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth sagas and their stage costumes and live shows are largely inspired by the themes and characters of fantasy literature. The band had many changes of personnel during their twelve years of activity and had a long hiatus after the completion of the tour supporting their latest release '' Doombound'' in 2011. In January 2016 they announced that they would be performing at Metal Female Voices Fest XIII in October 2016. History The first demo and Napalm Records (1999–2004) Battlelore's first demo ''Warrior's Tale'' was released in late 1999, the same year of the founding of the group, but Battlelore attracted the attention of the Austrian record label Napalm Records only after the publication of the second dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Age Of The Sun
''Third Age of the Sun'' is the third studio album released by the Finnish heavy metal band Battlelore, released in 2005. As on previous albums, the songs are all based on J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth sagas. This album introduced new bass player Timo Honkanen and new vocalist Tomi Mykkänen, who had previously toured with the band when Miika Kokkola and Patrik Mennander had been unavailable. The sound of the album differs from the first two Battlelore albums, as the instrumentation has a more live and organic feel and also due to the absence of clean male vocals. The album peaked at position 38 in The Official Finnish Charts. Track listing Credits ;Band members * Kaisa Jouhki - vocals * Tomi Mykkänen - vocals * Jussi Rautio - guitar, acoustic guitars * Jyri Vahvanen - guitar * Timo Honkanen - bass * Henri Vahvanen - drums * Maria Honkanen - keyboards ;Production *Terje Refsnes - producer, engineer, mixing *Miitri Aaltonen - additional pre-production *Tommi Havo - addit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evernight (album)
''Evernight'' is the fourth studio album by the Finnish heavy metal band Battlelore, released in 2007. As previously, the songs are all based on J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Overall the sound of the album was darker and denser than the band's earlier releases with a much thicker and heavier guitar sound. The album also was more consistent in sound with less variation between songs to present a more cohesive piece of work. In this album the band choose not to use names and direct references to Tolkien's legendarium to make the lyrics accessible to a broader audience. Track listing Personnel ;Band members * Kaisa Jouhki - vocals * Tomi Mykkänen - vocals * Jussi Rautio - guitar, backing vocals * Jyri Vahvanen - guitar, backing vocals * Timo Honkanen - bass * Henri Vahvanen - drums * Maria Honkanen - keyboards ;Production *Miitri Aaltonen - producer, engineer, mixing *Mika Jussila - mastering at Finnvox Studios Finnvox Studios is a recording studio located in Pitäjän ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doombound
''Doombound'' is the sixth album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Battlelore, released on January 26, 2011. It was their final album before their hiatus. A digipak version including the CD, a bonus DVD, and a poster is available at Napalm Records website, which also released a sample for the song "Kärmessurma". According to the band's blog: Track listing All music and lyrics by Battlelore. ''10 Years of Battlelore'' - bonus DVD *Live at Club Nosturi, Helsinki, Finland June 27, 2008 *Live at Club Nosturi, Helsinki, Finland January 1, 2009 *"Evernight over Europe" Tour 2007 *"The Last Alliance" Tour in Finland 2008 *Photo galleries *Music videos: #"Third Immortal" #"House of Heroes" #"Storm of the Blade" #"Journey to Undying Lands" Credits ;Band members * Kaisa Jouhki – vocals * Tomi Mykkänen – vocals * Jussi Rautio – guitar * Jyri Vahvanen – guitar * Timo Honkanen – bass * Henri Vahvanen – drums * Maria Honkanen – keyboards, flute ;Additional musicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword's Song
''Sword's Song'' is the second studio album released by the Finnish heavy metal band Battlelore, released in 2003. As with all of the band's other albums, the lyrics are based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth sagas. ''Sword's Songs music and lyrics are essentially similar to those of their debut album, but in the opinion of most reviewers and fans showed an improvement in both strength of the material and quality of the performances. The album was the last to feature original vocalist Patrik Mennander and bass player Miika Kokkola and, as a result, following releases saw a noticeable change in the sound of Battlelore. Track listing All music by Battlelore, all lyrics by Jyri Vahvanen. Credits ;Band members * Kaisa Jouhki - vocals *Patrik Mennander - vocals * Jussi Rautio - guitar * Jyri Vahvanen - guitar * Miika Kokkola - bass * Henri Vahvanen - drums * Maria Honkanen- keyboards ;Production *Miitri Aaltonen - producer, engineer, mixing *Eric Zacharias - pre-production, add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where The Shadows Lie
''...Where the Shadows Lie'' is the first full-length album by the Finnish heavy metal band Battlelore, released in 2002. The album received good reviews and gained the band a loyal fan base. No singles were released from the album, although a video was filmed for the song "Journey to Undying Lands", used to promote the band throughout Europe. After the release of this album in 2002, guitarist Tommi Havo had to leave the band due to personal reasons and was replaced by Jussi Rautio. The album cover features an image of Morgoth, painted by Ted Nasmith in 1998, titled “Morgoth and High King of Noldor” (used with permission). Track listing Personnel ;Band members * Kaisa Jouhki – vocals *Patrik Mennander – vocals *Tommi Havo – guitar *Jyri Vahvanen – guitar *Miika Kokkola – bass *Henri Vahvanen – drums *Maria Honkanen – keyboards ;Guest musicians *Jyrki Myllärinen – classical guitars ;Production *Miitri Aaltonen - pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrik Mennander
Patrik Mennander (born 8 January 1976) is a Finland, Finnish singer who has been in the bands Ruoska, Battlelore and Natsipaska. Short biography Mennander was born in Finland in 1976. He was in the Finnish army (the year he entered is unknown) until 1997. A year later, in 1998, he then created the comic/hard rock band Natsipaska with Anssi Auvinen, Mika Kamppi and Sami Karppinen. The band released three albums before retiring in 2000. Then, in 2002, with a guitarist, Kai Ahvenranta, Ruoska was started. Although Ruoska is still an ongoing band, Patrik Mennander has not been there every single step of the way, since he left for the symphonic metal band Battlelore from end 2003 to near-end 2004, between the releases of Ruoska's second and third albums. Since then, Mennander has stayed with Ruoska, and is best known as singer of Ruoska. Mennander is also a tattoo artist at "His Master's Tattoo" in Mikkeli, Finland. Discography Reduced to Ash *''Club Demonique'' (1999) Ruo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Female Voices Fest
Metal Female Voices Fest was a heavy metal music festival dedicated to female vocalists, held annually in the Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium from 2003 to 2016. It was organized by the ''Metal Organisation'', which later changed into "2 Wild 4 agency". The festival enables smaller and unknown bands within the female fronted genre to perform on a big stage beside bigger and more famous bands. Over the years, they gave away special awards or organized a warm-up which allowed bands to compete to perform on the festival for the next year. On 13 February 2017, it was announced that the Metal Female Voices Fest is put on indefinite hold. On 10 December 2018, it has been confirmed that a Japanese edition of MFVF will take place in Osaka and Tokyo in April 2019. In 2020, the official website of the Metal Female Voices Fest went dead. Lineups 2019 Japan * Leaves' Eyes * Anneke van Giersbergen's VUUR * Mary's Blood (Tokyo only) * Evig Natt * Sailing to Nowhere * Ancient Myth (Osaka o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later expanded its roster by adding gothic metal, symphonic metal, power metal, doom metal, metalcore and nu metal bands, as well as stoner rock acts Monster Magnet, Karma to Burn, and Brant Bjork, and even folk bands like Ye Banished Privateers. Napalm has its own publishing house named Iron Avantgarde Publishing. In November 2020, Napalm acquired the German record label SPV GmbH. Roster *1914 * 8kids * Æther Realm * Accept *Ad Infinitum * Adept * Agathodaimon * The Agonist *Ahab * Alestorm * Alien Weaponry * Alissa *Alter Bridge *Amberian Dawn * Andrew W.K. * Angus McSix * Arkona * Audrey Horne * Battlelore * Batushka *Be'lakor * Before The Dawn * Beyond the Black * Black Mirrors *Bloodbath * Bloody Hammers * Bodom After Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta (; sv, Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality in the region of South Karelia, about from the Russian border and from the town of Vyborg (''Viipuri''). It is situated on the shore of the Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, and is one of the most significant urban centers in the whole Saimaa region, along with the towns of Imatra, Mikkeli and Savonlinna. With approximately inhabitants () Lappeenranta is the largest city in Finland, after incorporating the previous municipalities of Lappee and Lauritsala in 1967, Nuijamaa in 1989, Joutseno in 2009, and Ylämaa in 2010. Lappeenranta, the region's centre for tourism, is the second most visited city by Russian tourists in Finland after Helsinki and it competes with Helsinki for the largest share of tax-free sales in Finland. Lappeenranta is a model for renewable energies and a clean living environment. Lappeenranta was the only Finnish city among the 14 finalists in the international Earth Hour City Chall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air (, abbreviated as W:O:A) is a rock music festival, held annually since 1990 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Almost all styles and subgenres of hard rock and metal are represented and hosted. It is now one of the largest heavy metal festivals in the world and one of the largest open-air festivals in Germany. Between 2011–2018, the number of attendees was around 85,000, 75,000 of whom were paying visitors. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no 2020 and 2021 editions of Wacken Open Air. History Background The idea for Wacken Open Air was conceived in 1989 when Thomas Jensen and Holger Hübner visited a restaurant together. Both lived in Wacken and were friends, Jensen played the electric bass with Rock cover band Skyline. From its beginnings until 1992, the band was composed of Ines Jeske from Vaale (vocals), Thomas Jensen from Wacken (bass), Peter Huhn from Wacken (electric guitar), Dennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
