Arkona - Khram

Khram album cover
8.1 | 160 votes |
Band
Arkona
Style
Progressive black metal, Pagan folk metal
Release date
19 January 2018
Owners
102 have it
11 want it
Tracklist
01. Mantra (Intro)
02. Shtorm
03. Tseluya Zhizn'
04. Rebionok Bez Imeni
05. Khram
06. V Pogonie Za Beloj Ten'yu
07. V Ladonyah Bogov
08. Volchitsa
09. Mantra (Outro)
Line-up
Vladimir "Volk" - gaita gallega, blockflute, tin whistles, low whistles, sopilka
Masha Arhipova - vocals, keyboards, percussion
Sergey "Lazar" Lazarev - guitars
Andrey Ischenko - drums
Ruslan "Kniaz" - bass

Additional musicians:
Robert Engstrand - piano
Anatoly Pakhalenko - shamanic voice
radimir - voice
Bogdan - voice
Alexander Kozlovskiv - cello
Alexander - tuba
Additional info
Produced by Sergey "Lazar" and Masha "Scream".
Staff review by
RaduP
Rating:
8.7
Rating:
8.7
Arkona were already pretty much set; with the level of popularity they achieved, they could've just kept making the same folk metal they always did. Instead, they chose to build upon everything they had created so far and craft their most ambitious album to date. Did it pay off?

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published 22.02.2018 | Comments ( 12 )
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19.01.2018 - 14:53
Rating: 10

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Wow, I wasn't expecting something that good, not at all!
This reminds me of Nokturnal Mortum's last two albums, and I freaking love those two albums.
This is easily my top Arkona album and a strong contender for my album of the year.
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19.01.2018 - 20:29
Rating: 9

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Arkona is talking about Nav' and Yav' The album Yav' is the first part and Khram is the second part. the two albums must be listened both together if we wanna understand the themes
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Føroyar mítt land

Tú alfagra land mítt

Føroyar mín Móðir
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19.01.2018 - 23:11
Rating: 7

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Well we can say that 2018 has officially started. Great album here.
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#MetalIsForEveryone
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nikarg
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15.02.2018 - 13:16
nikarg
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I think this is extreme prog more than anything else, many black elements (yay!), definitely not pagan/folk. Beautiful album, multilayered, loads of stuff to discover after repeated listens.
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21.02.2018 - 05:07
Rating: 7

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Yep, was alright.
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24.02.2018 - 21:33
trzyszostki
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This one is really good, cant stop listening to it at times...really like the ambitious step they took and made it work on the album! quite surprising considering their earlier albums.
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13.04.2023 - 00:12

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Oh it's two albums , I was going to say the only problem is it is waaay too long
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23.01.2026 - 12:57
Rating: 8

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My personal Top 3 songs from the album:

Shtorm
Rebionok Bez Imeni
V Pogonie Za Beloj Ten'yu
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