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Slovo (album)
''Slovo'' (, A Word) is the sixth full-length album by the Russian pagan metal band Arkona. It was released on 26 August 2011 through Napalm Records. An academical choir and a chamber orchestra were used on the album. Reception A review by the webzine Jukebox Metal called the album "imaginative and lively" but criticised a lack in musical consistency and identity. ''Metal Hammer'' Germany was more positive and lauded the evolution in the band's musical quality, writing that the songs were more complex and sophisticated than those on the previous studio album '' Goi, Rode, Goi!''. Track listing Personnel Arkona * Masha "Scream" – vocals, keyboards, tambourine, khomus, shaman drums, shaker, choirs, acoustic guitar on ''Bol’no mne'', producing, engineering, mixing *Sergei "Lazar" Atrashkevich – lead guitar, acoustic guitars, balalaika, additional vocals on ''Arkaim'' and ''Nikogda'', producing, engineering, mixing, mastering *Ruslan "Kniaz" – bass *Vlad "Artist" Lyovushk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkona (band)
Arkona () is a Russian folk metal band. Their lyrics are heavily influenced by Folklore of Russia, Russian folklore and Slavic mythology, and their music incorporates several traditional Russian musical instruments. The name of the band "Arkona" refers to the last Pre-Christianized Slavic Jaromarsburg, city-castle. History The band was founded in February 2002 by two members of Dolgoprudny Slavic Neopaganism Society: Masha "Scream" Arkhipova and Alexander "Warlock" Korolyov, originally as Giperboreya (Гиперборея – Hyperborea). At the end of 2002 the group (featuring also Evgeny Knyazev on guitar, Evgeny Borzov on bass and Olga Loginova on keyboards, and now as Arkona) entered the Moscow CDM Studios. Having recorded the ''Rus'' demo (its three tracks re-surfaced in 2006 as bonuses for the live set ''Zhizn vo Slavu''), the band started playing live, performing with fellow Russian folk metal bands, like Butterfly Temple, Pagan Reign, Svarga, and Rossomahaar. In Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goi, Rode, Goi!
''Goi, Rode, Goi!'' () is the fifth full-length album by the Russian pagan metal band Arkona. It was released on 28 October 2009 through Napalm Records. "Goy, Rode, Goy!" means "Hail, Rod, Hail!". Rod is the Slavic Great God, Father of the Universe. The album has a large cast of guest vocalists and musicians, most notably on the track "Na Moyey Zemle" which features vocalists from Månegarm of Sweden, Obtest of Lithuania, Menhir of Germany, Skyforger of Latvia, and Heidevolk of the Netherlands. Each sings in their native language, playing the role of warriors from that region describing their homeland to a traveler. The album is one of the band's few releases on limited edition double-LP, released in a hand-numbered edition of 500. The album is packaged in a gatefold with plain white inner sleeves and pressed in Germany. The album reverses the order of two songs "Pritcha" and "Na Moey Zemle" in comparison to the CD version, leaving four songs to each side of a record except f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Albums
The following is a list of albums, Extended play, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2011. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and Compilation album, compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) WP:MUS, notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information for deaths of musicians and for links to other music lists, see 2011 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 albums 2011 albums, 2011-related lists, Albums Lists of albums by release date, 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eluveitie
Eluveitie ( ; )Chrigel Glanzmann: "Eluveitie is a name in Gaulish language, which is an ancient Celtic language. Since it's not a living language anymore, nobody really knows how it's pronounced like. All we have today of this language is scientific reconstruction and in today's science it's pronounced as "El-Vey-Ti", but really, it's hard to know.:: Metalist Magazine :: Interviews :: Eluveitie is a Swiss folk metal band from Winterthur, Zürich, founded in 2002 by Chrigel Glanzmann. The project's first demo, ''Vên'', was released in 2003. ''Vên'' was a studio project of Glanzmann's, but its success led to the recruitment of a full band, and the re-release of '' Vên'' as an EP in 2004. The band then released a full-length album, '' Spirit'', in June 2006. In November 2007, Eluveitie was signed by Nuclear Blast. The group rose to fame following the release of their first major-label album, '' Slania'', in February 2008. The album peaked at number 35 in the Swiss charts and nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurdy-gurdy
The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-turned crank, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin (or nyckelharpa) bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin. Melodies are played on a musical keyboard, keyboard that presses ''tangents''—small wedges, typically made of wood or metal—against one or more of the strings to change their pitch. Like most other acoustic stringed instruments, it has a sound board (music), sound board and hollow cavity to make the vibration of the strings audible. Most hurdy-gurdies have multiple drone (music), drone strings, which give a constant pitch accompaniment to the melody, resulting in a sound similar to that of bagpipes. For this reason, the hurdy-gurdy is often used interchangeably or along with bagpipes. It is mostly used in Occitan folk music, Occitan, Music of Aragon, Aragonese, Cajun music, Cajun French, Music of Galicia, Cantabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaita Gallega
The Galician gaita (, , ) is the traditional instrument of Galicia and northern Portugal. The word is used across northern Spain as a generic term for "bagpipe", although in the south of Spain and Portugal it denotes a variety of horn, flute or oboe like instruments according to region. Etymology There are many suggestions as to the origin of the name . It has been compared to the names of eastern European bagpipes, such as the Bulgarian ''kaba gaida'' and the Slovak (plurale tantum). The linguist Joan Coromines has suggested that the word most likely derived from a Gothic word or , meaning "goat"; as the bag of a gaita is made from a whole, case-skinned goat hide. Gothic was spoken in Hispania from the fifth century to the eighth century when the country was ruled by the Visigoths. The Visigoths originated in north-eastern Europe. The instrument The Galician gaita has a conical chanter and a bass drone () with a second octave. It may have one or two additional dro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Arkhipova
Maria Arkhipova (; born 9 January 1983), known by her stage name as Masha Scream, is a Russian metal musician from Moscow. She is the founder, vocalist and main songwriter of the folk metal band Arkona. She has also played in other bands such as Nargathrond. Personal life Arkhipova is married to fellow band member Sergei "Lazar" Atrashkevich with whom she has two children. Discography With Arkona Studio albums * '' Vozrozhdeniye'' (2004) * ''Lepta'' (2004) * ''Vo Slavu Velikim!'' (2005) * '' Ot Serdtsa K Nebu'' (2007) * '' Goi, Rode, Goi!'' (2009) * '' Stenka Na Stenku'' (2011, EP) * '' Slovo'' (2011) * '' Yav'' (2014) * '' Khram'' (2018) * '' Kob''' (2023) Live albums / DVDs * ''Zhizn Vo Slavu'' (2006) * '' Noch Velesova'' (2009) With Nargathrond Studio albums * ''Carnal Lust and Wolfen Hunger'' (2000) * ''...For We Blessed This World With Plagues'' (2002) * ''Inevitability'' (2004) Guest appearances Arkhipova appeared as a guest vocalist on Svarga's fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Fist Fighting
Russian boxing () is the traditional bare-knuckle boxing of Rus' and then Russia. Boxers will often train by punching buckets of sand to strengthen bones, and prepare minutes before the fights. History The earliest accounts concerning the sport date to the 13th century. Supposedly, fist fighting was practiced even prior to the Christianization of Kievan Rus', at celebrations dedicated to Perun. Metropolite Kiril, in 1274, created another one of many personally-instituted rules, declaring expulsion from Christianity for any of those who fist-fight and do not sing a prayer or hymn at the burial of someone who died during a fist fight. The government itself never supported, but also never opposed, fist fighting. Russian boyars used the sport as mass entertainment, and acquired the best fighters for competitions. The fights most often took place in holiday times and in crowded places. In winter it took place on ice. First the young children fought, then every pair was older tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leshy
Leshy or Leshi, ; literally, ' efrom the forest'. is a tutelary deity of the forest in pagan Slavic mythology. As Leshy rules over the forest and hunting, he may be related to the Slavic god Porewit. A similar deity called ''Svyatibor'' (''Svyatobor'', ''Svyatibog'') is thought to have been revered by both the Eastern and Western Slavs as the divine arbiter of woodland realms, and/or the sovereign ruler over other diminutive forest spirits. Svytibor's functions were much like those of the god Veles. Leshy often appears as a masculine humanoid, and possesses an ability to disguise himself as any person, including changing in size and stature. In some accounts, Leshy is described as having a wife (''Leshachikha'', ''Leszachka'', ''Lesovikha,'' and sometimes the '' Kikimora'' of the swamp) and children (''leshonki'', ''leszonky''). Leshy is known to misguide wanderers and abduct young ones, traits he shares with the notorious Chort, the "Black One" or "Devil," thus leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkaim
Arkaim () is a fortified archaeological site, dated to 2150-1650 BCE, belonging to the Sintashta culture, situated in the steppe of the Southern Urals, north-northwest of the village of Amursky and east-southeast of the village of Alexandrovsky in the Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia, just north of the border with Kazakhstan. It was discovered in 1987 by a team of archaeologists which later came under the leadership of Gennady Zdanovich. The realization of its importance unprecedentedly forestalled the planned flooding of the area for a reservoir. The construction of Arkaim is attributed to the early Proto-Indo-Iranian-speakers of the Sintashta culture, which some scholars believe represents the proto-Indo-Iranians before their split into different groups and migration to Central Asia and from there to the Iranian plateau, Indian subcontinent and other parts of Eurasia. Discovery and salvage of the site In the summer of 1987 a team of archaeologists headed by Gennady Zdanovich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A (Cyrillic)
А (А а; italics: ''А а'') is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents an open central unrounded vowel , halfway between the pronunciation of in "cat" and "father". The Cyrillic letter А is Romanization, romanized using the A, Latin letter A. History The Cyrillic letter А was derived directly from the Alpha (letter), Greek letter Alpha (). In the Early Cyrillic alphabet its name was (azǔ), meaning the personal pronoun "I". In the Cyrillic numerals, Cyrillic numeral system, the Cyrillic letter А has a value of 1. Form Throughout history, the Cyrillic letter А has had various shapes, but today is standardized on one that Homoglyph, looks exactly like the Latin letter A, including the Italic type, italic and lower case forms. Usage In most languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet – such as Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, Belarusian language, Belarusian, Russian language, Russian, Rusyn language, Rusyn, Serbian languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Hammer
''Metal Hammer'' is a heavy metal music magazine and website founded in 1983, published in the United Kingdom by Future, with other language editions published by different companies available in numerous other countries. ''Metal Hammer'' features news, reviews and long-form articles covering both major and underground bands in heavy metal, as well as covering rock, punk, grunge and other alternative music genres. Publication history Wilfried F. Rimensberger conceived ''Metal Hammer'' in 1983, taking the idea of a rock magazine publishing in different languages to Jürgen Wigginghaus, publisher of the German magazine ''MusikSzene'', where Rimensberger was chief editor. Wigginghaus helped launch the German edition of ''Metal Hammer'' soon after, while Rimensberger launched the flagship, English language version from London in November 1986, installing Harry Doherty, formerly of ''Melody Maker'', as editor. The magazine would grow to be published in 11 different languages around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
