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

album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by Finnish

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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 Season of Mist is an independent record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pa ...

, however, is packaged in a clear jewel case displaying the album's artwork.

Track listing

Personnel

Ville Sorvali Ville Tuomas 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 g ...

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

Henri Sorvali Henri Antti Viljami "Trollhorn" Sorvali (born 19 October 1978), is a Finnish musician, known as a guitarist and keyboardist of pagan metal band Moonsorrow, and keyboardist of black metal band Finntroll. He also played keyboards on a few occasiona ...

- keyboards, guitars, mouth harp,

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, vocals,

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, recorder

Guest musicians

* Blastmor - backing vocals * Frostheim -

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* Hittavainen -

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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