How To Pronounce Band Names

Written by Graveheart on 20.04.2007 at 16:00

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Written by Daru Jericho on 09.04.2007 at 22:49

Does anyone think they could elaborate on that Tyr pronounciation? Seems a bit ambiguous to me.

Tyr is pronounced as 'Tear'

That's what I thought but someone told me that was incorrect on the previous page so I'm unsure now.

I just looked the word tyr up in the dictionary and it is pronounced as 'tear' or 'teer'

If you ask my opinion, it's more like "tewr". That is because in northern languages, the letter Y is pronounced like "ew", which is similar to the German letter Ü. Thyrfing is "thewr-feeng" also.

Kotipelto = kotty-pelt-awe
(when Finnish words finish with O, it is never "oh", it's always more like "awe" but it's short)

I think you are right actually. would it be pronounced as 'tewr' because of the thing above the Y? i looked up tyr in the dictionary and it said it was pronounced as 'teer' but it didnt have that thing above the Y.

Written by Daru Jericho on 20.04.2007 at 22:02

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How to pronounce 'Krisiun'? Can anybody help? When I pronounce tis name people think I'm saying 'christian'..

short and sweet one..
I've decided to pronounce 'krisiun' as 'kree-sy-un' until someone corrects me (maybe its correct?)
(kree as in tree, sy as in shy and un as in undo)... Nepali tongue mispronounces most(almost all) foreign words, so its not my fault if the pronounciation of this one is wrong

I say 'Kriss-ee-yun' (the 'y' is not emphasised much). The only other person I've met who has said Krisiun is my boyfriend and he says it the same way as me so...

I used to pronounce that way but people thought I was trying to say 'christian' (nepali tongue and ears! )... so I changed my pronounciation.

what about Kalmah?

Written by Marshmellow on 21.04.2007 at 10:45

what about Kalmah?

I've always said 'Kal-mar' but I guess you're best of asking a Finnish person.

Does anyone here know how to pronounce Adagio or Kivimetsän Druidi? i find these 2 bands difficult to pronounce

Written by Oracle on 22.04.2007 at 04:12

Does anyone here know how to pronounce Adagio or Kivimetsän Druidi? i find these 2 bands difficult to pronounce

Kivimetsän Druidi is something like this:
Key-vee-met-san Droo-ee-dee

- all vowels are short (pronounced fast)
- 'key' & 'vee' are supposed to rhyme
- san is pronounced like "sand" without the 'd'
- droo like "drool" without the 'l'

Actually, I could just record me saying that...
Here it is: Download (.wav file)

Written by KryptoN on 22.04.2007 at 05:10

Written by Oracle on 22.04.2007 at 04:12

Does anyone here know how to pronounce Adagio or Kivimetsän Druidi? i find these 2 bands difficult to pronounce

Kivimetsän Druidi is something like this:
Key-vee-met-san Droo-ee-dee

- all vowels are short (pronounced fast)
- 'key' & 'vee' are supposed to rhyme
- san is pronounced like "sand" without the 'd'
- droo like "drool" without the 'l'

Actually, I could just record me saying that...
Here it is: Download (.wav file)

thanks for the help now do you know how to pronounce Adagio?

Written by Oracle on 22.04.2007 at 05:17

thanks for the help now do you know how to pronounce Adagio?

No Problem. Adagio is a French band right? So I suppose it's pronounced either like the English dictionary word (link), or alternatively like French (which I know nothing about).

@KryptoN: thanks, now i know how to say it properly

They really picked the wrong name for their band...adagio means to play the music slowly and what do they do? Play a shitload of fast fluttering notes together in one bar after another...I dunno...maybe the tempo isn't fast and that's what they mean by calling themselves Adagio...or maybe it's just a coincidence instead of a contradiction...?

@Kap'N korrupt: I never really thought about it like that. i guess Adagio's music is fast but it could be slow too if you compare them to other bands but i havent really done that so i wouldnt know Lol. maybe they called themselves Adagio because their music is well controlled and graceful. im just guessing. but like i said i wouldnt know Lol.

Xasthur confuses me a bit, Im guessing its like Ka-thur pronounces the Xa like Xe in Xeper. If Im wrong someone correct me.

How do you pronounce Agathodaimon? Every time I talk to anybody about the band, I just have to spell it out for them. I don't know if it's AgathodAYmon, or AgathodIEmon.

Written by KryptoN on 22.04.2007 at 05:10

Written by Oracle on 22.04.2007 at 04:12

Does anyone here know how to pronounce Adagio or Kivimetsän Druidi? i find these 2 bands difficult to pronounce

Kivimetsän Druidi is something like this:
Key-vee-met-san Droo-ee-dee


- all vowels are short (pronounced fast)
- 'key' & 'vee' are supposed to rhyme
- san is pronounced like "sand" without the 'd'
- droo like "drool" without the 'l'

Actually, I could just record me saying that...
Here it is: Download (.wav file)

Wow, thats helpful... Thanks. Kivimetsän Druidi is so hard to pronounce for me. Ive also had trouble with that.

How the hell do you pronounce watain? Is it Va-tain, or like Va-ta-een I dunno...

Written by Sunioj on 22.04.2007 at 19:29

Xasthur confuses me a bit, Im guessing its like Ka-thur pronounces the Xa like Xe in Xeper. If Im wrong someone correct me.

whenever there is an X, you pronounce it with a "Z" sound right? (as in X(Z)ylophone, or X(Z)ena warrior princess).......so i'm guessing it's Za-thur or Zasthur.......but then again, correct me if i'm wrong

Ive got a hard one. ChthoniC, there an ok black metal band, not really into them but Id like to know how to pronounce the name.

Written by Asat0r on 23.04.2007 at 08:33

How do you pronounce Agathodaimon? Every time I talk to anybody about the band, I just have to spell it out for them. I don't know if it's AgathodAYmon, or AgathodIEmon.

I say "diemon".

Written by Sunioj on 30.04.2007 at 02:32

How the hell do you pronounce watain? Is it Va-tain, or like Va-ta-een I dunno...

I actually say 'wa-tain' with a w instead of a v but I don't know for sure.

Written by Sunioj on 22.04.2007 at 19:29

Xasthur confuses me a bit, Im guessing its like Ka-thur pronounces the Xa like Xe in Xeper. If Im wrong someone correct me.

I and those whom I have met say 'Zas-thur'.

Written by Doc G. on 30.04.2007 at 10:01

Ive got a hard one. ChthoniC, there an ok black metal band, not really into them but Id like to know how to pronounce the name.

I've always pronounced the word 'cthonic' as 'ker-thon-ic' although the first syllable is a short sound with not much of a stress.

Ive always pronounced Marduk (Mahr-Duck) but when I went to the CD store today the clerk was like "We have those Marduk albums you ordered" but he pronounced it (Mahr-Duke). Now im confused.

Written by Doc G. on 01.05.2007 at 08:25

Ive always pronounced Marduk (Mahr-Duck) but when I went to the CD store today the clerk was like "We have those Marduk albums you ordered" but he pronounced it (Mahr-Duke). Now im confused.

Haha, I've always heard it pronounced as "Mar-dook", well, that's how my friends and I pronounce it at least, but who knows. It's weird to hear that someone actually thinks it's "Duke" on the end, I'd never imagine it to be pronounced that way...

Mar-duck sounds more sensible to me too. In the Tekken games 4 and 5 there is a character/fighter called Craig Marduk and at least his name is pronounced like that. Hopefully that helps.

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Written by Daru Jericho on 09.04.2007 at 22:49

Does anyone think they could elaborate on that Tyr pronounciation? Seems a bit ambiguous to me.

Tyr is pronounced as 'Tear'

That's what I thought but someone told me that was incorrect on the previous page so I'm unsure now.

I just looked the word tyr up in the dictionary and it is pronounced as 'tear' or 'teer'

If you ask my opinion, it's more like "tewr". That is because in northern languages, the letter Y is pronounced like "ew", which is similar to the German letter Ü. Thyrfing is "thewr-feeng" also.

Kotipelto = kotty-pelt-awe
(when Finnish words finish with O, it is never "oh", it's always more like "awe" but it's short)

I think you are right actually. would it be pronounced as 'tewr' because of the thing above the Y? i looked up tyr in the dictionary and it said it was pronounced as 'teer' but it didnt have that thing above the Y.

Are you saying "tewr" as in tew (rhymes with chew) r? I got my Danish friend to pronounce it for me and it's kind of hard to explain, but it's like...Tu-yr with an e-ish sound infecting the "u".

Written by Cryogenic_Death on 30.04.2007 at 09:42

Written by Sunioj on 22.04.2007 at 19:29

Xasthur confuses me a bit, Im guessing its like Ka-thur pronounces the Xa like Xe in Xeper. If Im wrong someone correct me.

whenever there is an X, you pronounce it with a "Z" sound right? (as in X(Z)ylophone, or X(Z)ena warrior princess).......so i'm guessing it's Za-thur or Zasthur.......but then again, correct me if i'm wrong

It's actually more like Sasther. With a Z-esque first S. There is a youtube video - http://youtube.com/watch?v=AGh6W7R6PrI - of it being pronounced. It's said right at the start.

Written by Raiden on 01.05.2007 at 17:08

Written by Cryogenic_Death on 30.04.2007 at 09:42

Written by Sunioj on 22.04.2007 at 19:29

Xasthur confuses me a bit, Im guessing its like Ka-thur pronounces the Xa like Xe in Xeper. If Im wrong someone correct me.

whenever there is an X, you pronounce it with a "Z" sound right? (as in X(Z)ylophone, or X(Z)ena warrior princess).......so i'm guessing it's Za-thur or Zasthur.......but then again, correct me if i'm wrong

It's actually more like Sasther. With a Z-esque first S. There is a youtube video - http://youtube.com/watch?v=AGh6W7R6PrI - of it being pronounced. It's said right at the start.

That's a bit different as I pronounce it, I use a bit more of a 'K' with the 'Z/S'. Not a big difference though. Thanks for posting that, though I don't really like Xasthur anyway. This video is quite good.

Having trouble with X? Well.....I say KSASTUR......because X is KS....at least for me.....and I always say KSÉNA(é and a as in the Spanish word película) instead of ZEENA...

Hmm...so nobody knows how Thyrfing is pronounced...

Written by Graveheart on 01.05.2007 at 15:45

Mar-duck sounds more sensible to me too. In the Tekken games 4 and 5 there is a character/fighter called Craig Marduk and at least his name is pronounced like that. Hopefully that helps.

If Marduk takes the name straight from Babylonian mythology, then I believe it's mahr-dook. A few years ago I saw a historical documentary where everyone pronounced it this way, but unfortunately I have no idea what the documentary's name is. And, I've seen different spellings listed elsewhere too.

one thats been bothering me is !T.O.O.H.! is it pronounced like Too (like the number?) and with the exclamation marks does that mean Im supposed to yell it out everytime I say the band name?

Yes. Everytime.

And for the pronounciation, I pronounce it like 'me too.