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Suotana - Ounas I



7.8 | 69 votes |
Release date: 17 March 2023
Style: Melodic black metal, Melodic death metal

Owners:

9 have it
13 want it


01. Lake Ounas (The Beginning)
02. Through The Mammoth Valley
03. The Ancient
04. Legacy
05. River Ounas
06. Land Of The Dead [Summoning cover]

Line-up
Tuomo Marttinen - vocals
Tommi Neitola - keyboards
Pasi Portaankorva - guitars
Ville Rautio - guitars
Rauli Juopperi - drums
Rauli Alaruikka - bass

Guest musicians
Veli-Matti Kananen - keyboards

Additional info
Released via Reaper Entertainment

Staff review by
AndyMetalFreak
Rating:
8.1
Surprise, surprise, another great meloblack/melodeath band from the land of snow and metal. Do the Finns ever disappoint in such genres? Well, Suotana, at the very least, prove here once again that they don't.

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published 30.03.2023 | Comments (5)

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Comments: 15   Visited by: 163 users
13.01.2023 - 05:51
Rating: 9
Grouch Douglas
Enigma
I sure hope there are some long songs on this album. 5 tracks and a Summoning cover has me a little worried this might be too short.
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17.03.2023 - 07:34
Rating: 8
Anghellic67

This was surprisingly good. I especially liked the long and epic River Ounas. And cover of one of the best Summoning songs was pretty different and well done though the female singing was a bit off in my opinion perhaps because it's faster than original. Album cover art is gorgeous.
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17.03.2023 - 08:01
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Written by Anghellic67 on 17.03.2023 at 07:34

This was surprisingly good. I especially liked the long and epic River Ounas. And cover of one of the best Summoning songs was pretty different and well done though the female singing was a bit off in my opinion perhaps because it's faster than original. Album cover art is gorgeous.

The album cover alone has me intrigued, but I'm also interested in that Summoning cover song, Eldamar also did a cover of "Land Of The Dead" if I'm not mistaken.
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17.03.2023 - 08:08
Rating: 8
Anghellic67

Written by AndyMetalFreak on 17.03.2023 at 08:01

The album cover alone has me intrigued, but I'm also interested in that Summoning cover song, Eldamar also did a cover of "Land Of The Dead" if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah, Eldamar has also done cover but it's more or less in similar style as Summoning but not nearly as good. Suotana makes it a melodeath song so I didn't necessarily compare it to the original which is good
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17.03.2023 - 08:13
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Written by Anghellic67 on 17.03.2023 at 08:08

Yeah, Eldamar has also done cover but it's more or less in similar style as Summoning but not nearly as good. Suotana makes it a melodeath song so I didn't necessarily compare it to the original which is good


Makes me more intrigued, I will give this album a good listen to later
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17.03.2023 - 10:41
Rating: 8
Nejde
CommunityManager
Damn those melodies are contagiously catchy. Suotana delivers again. That Summoning cover is pretty damn good too and the change of style really works.
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17.03.2023 - 14:17
Rating: 10
traililya

What a great epic effort!
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17.03.2023 - 19:55
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Well it's certainly epic, it's incredibly melodious with super catchy riffs, cool blast beating, some impressive solo's, and of course outstanding synth work. It's a great album, very addictive and enjoyable.
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18.03.2023 - 04:32
24emd

Love the melodies on this one! A great album...
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19.03.2023 - 00:26
Rating: 8
skeksis25

Pretty cool melodic stuff
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23.03.2023 - 16:18
Rating: 7
Liafev

It's quite a cheesy album, but somehow I don't mind it. It doesn't reach the quality of Ulthima or Euphoreon in my book, but still a nice epic melodeath album.
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27.03.2023 - 23:02
Rating: 8
Fred_P

"The Ancient" and "Legacy" are really great tracks. Some great riffs and good use of keyboard that borderlines on the "too much" for me but overall I really liked it.
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06.04.2023 - 17:33
Rating: 8
DarkWingedSoul

A pleasant surprise for 2023.
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29.04.2023 - 07:05
Rating: 8
metalbrat

'River Ounas' is stunning even though its lengthy. Normally i dont listen to very lengthy songs but somehow this attaracted me.
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01.06.2023 - 02:57
Rating: 8
tintinb

At first listen I wasn't too impressed, but with subsequent listens the riffs fell into place and it became a really enjoyable listen.
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