CLOAMA & BLUTLEUCHTE - 'Cloama & Blutleuchte' CD (Anima Arctica)
CD reissue of the 2005 collaboration originally released by New Old Sentinel (Ltd x 100 copies). If the psychedelic ritual industrial / dark ambient / baroque experimental nature of their other collaborative release "From Wasteland Mausoleums" caught your attention, you will not want to miss this. Incantations for the twilight hours. Yog-Sothoth is the key. Ltd x 300 copies.
Hailing from the cold but beautiful climes of Finland, Key are purveyors of dreamy and evocative Neofolk. "Silver Moon Slumber" is a beautiful album, at once trancelike and atmospheric, conjuring cold but joyous landscapes in the mind�s ear. Musically, the album�s architecture is built around jangling acoustic guitars, expressive basswork, and fluid drumming. Resonant and eerie vocals provide the direction for the music, which is occasionally supported by chimes or fiddle. Key are gloomy and at times heavy in that particularly Finnish folk music way; but they are also playful and uplifting.
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MAA - 'Tuhkankantajat' CD (Anima Arctica)
A groundbreaking band, right on the leading edge of what neofolk as a genre can be capable of. "Tuhkankantajat" draws together folk, classical, experimental, ambient and noise influences with quiet and organic perfection. Although built on a core of acoustic guitar, bass, drums, and pathos-laden Finnish vocals, MAA also use piano, chimes, strings, and various electrical devices. Each song invites us into a rich weave: introspective, sombre, edgy, emotionally complex. Mournful-wistful-joyous, weary elation, measured but indefatigable momentum. Aching beauty, inky and dark and heavy, yet dappled with sunlight like the earth in a primordial forest. "Tuhkankantajat" is darkness tempered with ecstasy; raw and sophisticated; deeply interior yet verging on the boundless. These Finnish masters have been quietly forging rich new possibilities for Neofolk. Ltd x 500 copies.
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PYHÄ KUOLEMA - 'Saavun Vaikken Kulkisi' CD (Anima Arctica)
Pyhä Kuolema is a solo project of Mikko Pöyhönen after the Neofolk duo Tuhat Kuolemaa Sekunnissa disbanded. Out of the ruins grew something new, beautiful and fresh - the birth of an extremely intimate, emotional, personal, and spiritual solo-project. Traditional to the bone, ”Saavun Vaikken Kulkisi” brings forth a dozen of atmospheric, national romantic, extremely emotional and personal songs sung in Finnish. The style of playing and singing varies from solemn ritualistic Neofolk songs to troubadour-like playful approach to traditional folk. Ltd x 300 copies.
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TUHAT KUOLEMAA SEKUNNISSA - 'Tuhat Kuolemaa Sekunnissa' CD (Anima Arctica)
Noble & Honest Neofolk rooted firmly to the pagan grounds of Finland. "These songs are made to rise higher than pines, and the brilliant melodies glitter like silvery lakes under the holy sun. Some of these tracks are surely to be sung along with tears in eyes by lonely listeners, and some out loud by like-minded minds affected by blessed beers and wicked wines. This record is mainly performed with two acoustic guitars and bass guitar held by men with fierce fire in minds and souls... in the language of their ancestors... A reverend nod is given in the direction of the classics of the British Isles' Neofolk genre, which shake hands with archaic songs sung by Finnish tribes next to fireplaces in nightless night, in lightless winter of this cold, cold country." Tuhat Kuolemaa Sekunnissa disbanded and Mikko Poyhonen is now known as Pyhä Kuolema. Ltd x 1000 copies.
