Youd be forgiven to question the longevity of a folk metal bands life cycle but finntroll are approaching a formidable 20 years as a band and are still a powerful force to be reckoned with and would give any live band a run for their money. When i think of finntroll, i think of enduring authenticity, folkish tradition, and welltrollishness. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. Finntroll is a folk metal band from helsinki, finland. The audience is rocking out and having a blast listening to the performance. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Recently, rockrevolt got a chance to sit down with vreth vocals of finntroll and fire a few questions his way about their upcoming album blodsvept, their tour plans and their creative process youre a really busy guy.
Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Progress for the writing and recording process was documented via an incredibly detailed and interesting blog written by keyboardist and band mastermind henri sorvali aka trollhorn, and it spanned all the way from the. Get finntroll setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other finntroll fans for free on. Mind you, there are still sections dominated by heavier riffage and pummeling doublebass. Translation of blodsvept by finntroll from swedish to english. Its almost absurd to say that blodsvept is a stale album. Shrouded in blood is the sixth studio album by finnish folk metal band finntroll.
Finntroll s lyrics are mostly in swedish, the only exception being the song madon laulu on visor om slutet. Finntroll came together for the first time in 1998. The band featured numerous artists members of moonsorrow, barathrum, and impaled nazarene. Underworlds winds is the fifth full length album by the finnish folk metal band finntroll, released on february 17, 2010 through century media. The album features artwork by band member samuli skrymer ponsimaa, including a painting for each song on the album. Finntroll skovlarens dod album blodsvept 20 tracks. Having been a massive fan of finntroll for absolutely years, i was always going to be excited for the release of their new album, blodsvept. Finntrolls new album, a storm of oldworldladen, folkrooted black metal called nifelvind, will be the sound that freezes souls as it blows from the grim north this february 2010 the twilight of the gods it is a troubled tale that has been told many times before anno 1997. Its refreshing and energizing to see such a performance.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. They combine elements of black metal and folk metal. However, finntroll does need to work on much before they can obtain their full potential. Finntroll is a band from helsinki, finland, that combines folk metal, black metal, and finnish traditional dance humppa. Finntrolls lyrics mainly deal with legends and tales revolving around the fictional trollking rivfader and the trolls fighting against the christians who entered their lands and spread their beliefs.
Listen to your favorite songs from blodsvept by finntroll now. Finntroll means troll from finland or a spotty troll. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. The bands lyrical themes are generally based around trolls living in the forest, eating people, hanging out with wolves and witches, and partying.
This is the first track on finntroll s album blodsvept with swedish lyrics on screen and here in the description. Blodsvept is the sixth studio album by finnish folk metal band finntroll. His throaty roars and growls send a shiver all the way deep down into my spine. With their sixth fulllength blodsvept, finntroll return to the fierce harshness of their blackened origins without giving up the perfect balance between. Finntroll blodsvept official album trailer youtube. Finntrolls lyrics are in swedish, one of finlands two national languages, because they say swedish just sounds damn trollish. Finntrolls original singer, katla, decided to use swedish over finnish since he was part of a swedishspeaking minority in finland and the sound of the language seemed to better suit the bands trollish outfit. Finntroll listen and stream free music, albums, new. The band members of finntroll are guitarsist somnium impaled nazarene, thy serpent, katla the vocalist, drummer b. Blodsvept, an album by finntroll on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Apparently the result of alcoholinduced experimentation, finntrolls bizarre fusion began one night in march of 1997 when founding members somnium exthy serpent and impaled nazarene and katla decided to add the detuned guitars and brutal vocals of black metal to finnish folk melodies played in the humppa style a form of polka on the. In addition to finntroll, youve sung and played bass in chthonian, twilight moon, decomposter, and most recently observant with some of the other. Finntroll is everything you would want in a live band and more. While finntroll have never been the most extreme of folk metal bands, despite the evident black metal influence in their music, on blodsvept the focus has decisively shifted in favor of a more dancy style, driven by humppa the finnish version of polka.
Even if they take just about every catchy tune imaginable in the folk genre, it all flows terrifically. They mix elements of extreme metal with finnish polka, called humppa. Finntrolls original singer, katla, decided to use swedish over finnish since he was part of a swedishspeaking minority in finland and the sound of the language. Finntrolls profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Finntrolls original singer, katla, decided to use swedish over finnish since he was part of a swedishspeaking minority in finland and the sound of the language seemed to. Finntrolls path, since adding new vocalist vreth in 2006, has been one of remarkable consistency. Blodsvept features artwork by band member samuli skrymer ponsimaa, including a painting for each song on the album. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy.
Though finntroll might not seem at first to be my style of music, i fell madly in love with the band on nifelvind and, like many, have been anticipating its successor, blodsvept, with bated breath. Finntroll simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Take the egg rumpelstiltskin so suck on the floor to keep us coming bridget fonda make me an apple pie no one likes us, so we slit their throats oh, rumpelstiltskin take your face fuck us now, taken by the egg eat a muskrat egg eat a piece of root evil mustache. Finntrolls lyrics are mostly in swedish, the only exception being the song madon laulu on visor om slutet. Their music can most concisely be described as blackened death polka but they often branch out to include elements of music of the classical, punk, carnival, ambient, acoustic, and bluegrass varieties. Solsagan music video on youtube under bergets rot music video on youtube.
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