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Kiuas
Kiuas are a Finnish heavy metal band from Espoo, Finland. Their music includes influences from power metal, folk metal and different styles of extreme metal. Influences from progressive metal can also be heard in some songs. History Before the formation of Kiuas, three musicians (Markku Näreneva, Teemu Tuominen and Ilja Jalkanen) played in a band known as Iconofear, which plays a genre of music known as dark heavy metal. Iconofear had formed after the break-up of a blackened death metal band known as Agonia. They released a single EP before those three musicians left the band to concentrate on Kiuas. Kiuas was formed in 2000 when the four original members (Mikko Salovaara, Markku Näreneva, Teemu Tuominen and Atte Tanskanen) found a lead singer, Ilja Jalkanen. In 2002, funded only by themselves, they released their first demo known as '' The Discipline of Steel'', that featured four songs, and was rooted deep in the mysticism and importance of steel, and its effect on Finni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Dark Age
''The New Dark Age'' is the third studio album by the Finnish heavy metal band Kiuas. The album was released through Spinefarm Records on 12 March 2008 for Finland with new dates to be announced for other areas. The song "Conqueror", directed by Owe Lingwall, was shot as a music video on 18 February 2008. "Of Sacrifice, Loss and Reward" was released on 20 February as a single in Finland and topped the Finnish charts at number 1. The single will include two other songs and a Japanese bonus track exclusively to the single and Japan only. The album cover was designed by Niklas Sundin of Cabin Fever Media, and guitarist for Dark Tranquillity. It is of an original renaissance woodcut illustration with the portrayal of Kiuas' band members as the "five" Horsemen of the Apocalypse. A second music video for "The Decaying Doctrine" was again directed by Owe Lingwall. Track listing All songs written by Mikko Salovaara, except where noted. # "The Decaying Doctrine" – 4:55 # "Conqueror" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spirit Of Ukko
''The Spirit of Ukko'' is the debut studio album by the Finnish heavy metal band Kiuas, released on 4 May 2005 by Spinefarm Records. "Ukko" in Finnish mythology is the greatest of the pagan god Paganism (from classical Latin ''pāgānus'' "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. In ...s and is a Finnish male name. The Japanese version features a bonus song eponymously titled from the ''Winter in June'' EP. The third quarter piece of the song, "Across the Snows" is sung in Finnish. Track listing # "The Spirit of Ukko" − 5:52 # "On Winds of Death We Ride" − 4:20 # "No More Sleep for Me" − 4:06 # "Warrior Soul" − 5:48 # "Until We Reach the Shore" − 4:27 # "Across the Snows" − 5:59 # "Thorns of a Black Rose" − 4:49 # "And the North Star Cried" − 6:59 # "Winter in June" − 4:24 (Japanese edition bonus trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Discipline Of Steel
''The Discipline of Steel'' is the first demo by the Finnish Heavy Metal band Kiuas self-released in 2002. The demo's theme concentrates around the importance of steel and features an album cover edited by computer graphics of a working blacksmith A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from #Other metals, other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such .... Track listing # "Until We Reach the Shore" − 5:57 # "Behind the Glass" − 6:49 # "The Wisdom of Steel" − 1:28 # "The Discipline of Steel" − 11:51 Credits * All music by Salovaara except "The Discipline of Steel" by Salovaara and Tuominen. * Engineered and mixed by Yki * Cover art by ToxicAngel Kiuas albums 2002 EPs {{2000s-power-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reformation (Kiuas Album)
Reformation is the second full-length studio album from the Finnish heavy metal band Kiuas. Released on May 24, 2006 by Spinefarm Records, some versions include a cover of Jethro Tull's “Hunting Girl.” Track listing # "Race with the Falcons" − 4:47 # "Through the Ice Age" − 3:58 # "The New Chapter" − 4:25 # "Of Ancient Wounds" − 3:33 # "Child of Cimmeria" − 1:06 # "Black Winged Goddess" − 5:21 # "Heart of the Serpent" − 4:55 # "Bleeding Strings" − 5:50 # "Call of the Horns" − 3:39 # "Reformation" − 6:12 # "Hunting Girl" ( Jethro Tull cover) − 5:09 Personnel Band members * Ilja Jalkanen − vocals * Mikko Salovaara − guitars * Markku Näreneva − drums * Atte Tanskanen − keyboards * Teemu Tuominen − bass guitar Guest musicians Choirs by: * Kimmo Blom * Aleksi Parviainen * Pete "Vessaharja" Aho Musicians in individual songs: * Niko Kalliojärvi − berzerker vocals on Track 6 * Euge Valovirta − guest guitar solo on Track 8 * Janne "Crab" Lehi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espoo
Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi while surrounding the enclaved town of Kauniainen. The city covers with a population of about 300 000 residents in 2022, making it the 2nd-most populous city in Finland. Espoo forms a major part of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Helsinki, home to over 1.5 million people in 2020. Espoo was first settled in the Prehistoric Era, with the first signs of human settlements going back as far as 8,000 years, but the population effectively disappeared in the early stages of the Iron Age. In the Early Middle Ages, the area was resettled by Tavastians and Southwestern Finns. After the Northern Crusades, Swedish settlers started migrating to the coastal areas of present-day Finland, and Espoo was established as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinefarm Records
Spinefarm Records is a Finnish independent record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. It is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. History Spinefarm Records was originally founded in 1990 by Riku Pääkkönen as a mail-order distribution company for rock and heavy metal albums and singles, but later became a record label for Finnish acts such as Nightwish, Children of Bodom, and Sonata Arctica. Since 2002, Spinefarm has been part of Universal Music Group, but operates as an independent business unit. In autumn 2007, Spinefarm launched in the UK, starting with re-issuing deluxe versions of the first five Nightwish albums, including the '' Over the Hills and Far Away'' EP. At the start of 2016, it was announced that Spinefarm Records had acquired Candlelight Records. On 18 August 2017, Spinefarm Records announced the global launch of sub-label Snakefarm Records. Snakefarm has since signed Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown and more. The label's focus genres are roots roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single (music)
In music, a single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record or an album. One can be released for sale to the public in a variety of formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. In other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. Despite being referred to as a single, in the era of music downloads, singles can include up to as many as three tracks. The biggest digital music distributor, the iTunes Store, accepts as many as three tracks that are less than ten minutes each as a single. Any more than three tracks on a musical release or thirty minutes in total running time is an extended play (EP) or, if over six tracks long, an album. Historically, when mainstream music was purchased via vinyl records, singles would be released double-sided, i.e. there was an A-side and a B-side, on which two songs would appear, one on each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukko
Ukko (), Äijä or Äijö (Finnish for 'male grandparent', 'grandfather', 'old man'), parallel to Uku in Estonian mythology, is the god of the sky, weather, harvest and thunder in Finnish mythology. Ukkonen, the Finnish word for thunder, is the diminutive form of the name ''Ukko''.Compare to English ''thunder'' (< ''þunor'') and ''donner'' (< ''donar'') both derived from ''*þunraz'' and originally synonymic with appellations of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pagan
Paganism (from classical Latin ''pāgānus'' "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. In the time of the Roman empire, individuals fell into the pagan class either because they were increasingly rural and provincial relative to the Christian population, or because they were not ''Miles Christianus, milites Christi'' (soldiers of Christ).J. J. O'Donnell (1977)''Paganus'': Evolution and Use ''Classical Folia'', 31: 163–69. Alternative terms used in Christian texts were ''Greeks, hellene'', ''gentile'', and ''wikt:heathen, heathen''. Ritual sacrifice was an integral part of ancient Classical mythology, Graeco-Roman religion and was regarded as an indication of whether a person was pagan or Christian. Paganism has broadly connoted the "Civil religion, religion of the peasantry". During and after the Middle Ages, the term ''paga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitou
Manitou (), akin to the Iroquois '' orenda'', is the spiritual and fundamental life force among Algonquian groups in the Native American theology. It is omnipresent and manifests everywhere: organisms, the environment, events, etc. ''Aashaa monetoo'' means "good spirit," while ''otshee monetoo'' means "bad spirit." When the world was created, the Great Spirit, ''Aasha Monetoo'', gave the land to the indigenous peoples, the Shawnee in particular. Overview The term ''manitou'' was already in widespread use at the time of early European contact. In 1585, when Thomas Harriot recorded the first glossary of an Algonquian language, Roanoke (Pamlico), he included the word ''mantóac'', meaning "gods" (plural). Similar terms are found in nearly all of the Algonquian languages. In some Algonquian traditions, ''Gitche Manitou'' refers to a "great spirit" or supreme being. The term has analogues dating to before European contact, and the word uses of ''gitche'' and ''manitou'' themse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omnium Gatherum
Omnium Gatherum is a six-piece melodic death metal band from Finland, founded in the autumn of 1996. Although the band mainly follows the path of the melodic death metal genre, much of their work shows strong influences from progressive metal, especially their later albums. History After releasing four demos, they were signed to Rage of Achilles, The debut full-length album "Spirits And August Light" was released in April 2003 via Rage Of Achilles and gave the band some attention within the underground metal community and the press. Next, the band signed to the major metal label Nuclear Blast in the autumn of 2004 to release the second album "Years In Waste". This album was more technical and progressive than their earlier releases. In spring 2006, long-time singer Antti Filppu was replaced by Jukka Pelkonen aka J. "Stuck Here On Snakes Way" was the debut OG album featuring J on vocals and it was released in April 2007 after a successful UK tour and a signing to Candleli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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