This album will not only blow your mind, it'll blow your very soul . 10/10

Sounds like one of the best albums of the last decade.

Written by Spacerunner on 10.03.2012 at 00:32

Sounds like one of the best albums of the last decade.

Absolutely! Just revisiting this album now, was a 10 then, and is a 10 now. Superb melodies.

Not even the word "epic" can describe just how beautiful and aventurous this album is....heavenly music. I've had it for over 14 months and still can't believe humans crafted something like this.

I've decided that the violin solo in 'Mana' (14:00 mins in to the song) is my favourite section of music ever written (and I've listened to a lot of music!), its so beautiful how it slides down the scale and then rises and flattens out at the end. I'm not just some mega Equilibrium fan boy making ridiculous outlandish statements either. Mana is just THAT good, those who haven't listened to it do so now! You might want to bring a clean pair of underwear also.

A bit overrated, but that's ok.

metal!!!!

Written by Timmeh on 25.04.2012 at 06:24

I've decided that the violin solo in 'Mana' (14:00 mins in to the song) is my favourite section of music ever written (and I've listened to a lot of music!), its so beautiful how it slides down the scale and then rises and flattens out at the end. I'm not just some mega Equilibrium fan boy making ridiculous outlandish statements either. Mana is just THAT good, those who haven't listened to it do so now! You might want to bring a clean pair of underwear also.

It's a nice solo and Mana has several brilliant melodies. They could have written an entire album based on this song. I know this song like the back of my hand at this point now since I probably spent around 50 hours transcribing it, and I'd have to say my favorite part is 9:10-10:05. There's a ton going on there at the same time and I get in some sort of trance in several places of the song

Great album, just a couple of songs that are fine but not super awesome makes it a straight 9 in my opinion. I really hope Equilibrium will deliver songs as good as this in the future as well. Rekreatur is good, this is on a whole other level though.

Written by fanapathy on 21.11.2012 at 23:37

It's a nice solo and Mana has several brilliant melodies. They could have written an entire album based on this song. I know this song like the back of my hand at this point now since I probably spent around 50 hours transcribing it, and I'd have to say my favorite part is 9:10-10:05. There's a ton going on there at the same time and I get in some sort of trance in several places of the song

Great album, just a couple of songs that are fine but not super awesome makes it a straight 9 in my opinion. I really hope Equilibrium will deliver songs as good as this in the future as well. Rekreatur is good, this is on a whole other level though.

Agreed, may I ask how you are going transcribing it? That's one mighty job are you using guitar pro?

Written by Timmeh on 23.11.2012 at 04:18

Written by fanapathy on 21.11.2012 at 23:37

It's a nice solo and Mana has several brilliant melodies. They could have written an entire album based on this song. I know this song like the back of my hand at this point now since I probably spent around 50 hours transcribing it, and I'd have to say my favorite part is 9:10-10:05. There's a ton going on there at the same time and I get in some sort of trance in several places of the song

Great album, just a couple of songs that are fine but not super awesome makes it a straight 9 in my opinion. I really hope Equilibrium will deliver songs as good as this in the future as well. Rekreatur is good, this is on a whole other level though.

Agreed, may I ask how you are going transcribing it? That's one mighty job are you using guitar pro?

Yes. It was insane to take it on in the first place but in the end worth it, because awesome song is awesome. I just uploaded a video for people without GuitarPro or just to hear what it sounds like. Still some modifications to be made though http://youtu.be/t2mZ0dhnaTs if you wanna check it out (there's a link if you have GP6 too). Cheers!

Written by fanapathy on 24.11.2012 at 05:45

http://youtu.be/t2mZ0dhnaTs if you wanna check it out (there's a link if you have GP6 too). Cheers!

Wow that was absolutely incredible, monumental effort man you definitely have an adept musical aptitude .

Written by fanapathy on 24.11.2012 at 05:45

Yes. It was insane to take it on in the first place but in the end worth it, because awesome song is awesome. I just uploaded a video for people without GuitarPro or just to hear what it sounds like. Still some modifications to be made though http://youtu.be/t2mZ0dhnaTs if you wanna check it out (there's a link if you have GP6 too). Cheers!

I am most certainly downloading this for GP6, very nice job...

Everything i can say about this is...MAGIC

Unbesiegt and Heimwärts are one of the bests songs i've ever heard. Pure awesomeness \m/

Indeed they were really innovative with this album. Very good work.

I came back to this album after not listening to it for about four years and it's still amazing. Definitely my favorite release of theirs. Blut Im Auge is my jam.

Maybe it is still too new in my mind, but what a thrill of album this is. I am impressed, really really impressed. From the beginning till the end this have you at the edge of the chair.

A pleasant surprise

By far the best album with folk influences I've ever heard. It sounds more like extreme folk/symphonic power to me though. "Unbesiegt", "Snuffel", "Heiderauche", "Die Weide Und Der Fluß", "Des Sängers Fluch", "Dammerung", and above all, "Mana" are all AMAZING songs. "Mana" even rivals "The Count Of Tuscany" for my favourite song ever. So many amazing melodies and unexpected twists through this song and the entire album. The second half is much more diverse, while the first is just upbeat folk/power metal with plenty of excellent riffs (I mean, they go from disco music to thrash metal to ZZ Top in the space of three songs!).
One of few top 200 albums that I believe deserves its spot.

This is definitely up there as far as best folk metal albums go (I'll probably put Kivenkantaja and maybe 1 or 2 other Moonsorrow albums up top, but hard to think of much else that competes). Unbeseigt and Mana in particular are mega songs

Moonsorrow are the overall kings of folk-infused/adjacent stuff in my book, but I would absolutely argue that this as an individual album is up there with the best. Incredibly unusual to be able to sustain this level of quality over 80 minutes. Shame they've never really got back to this peak since.

I was blown away the first time I'd heard this album. I still return to it every now and then, it's definitely one of the best folk metal albums around.

9.1/10 for me - 'Blut Im Auge' is the standout track. 'Wurzelbert', 'Unbesiegt' and 'Mana' are all also fantastic.