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Kauan - Sorni Nai



8.6 | 262 votes |
Release date: 20 October 2015
Style: Post-rock, Doom metal

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176 have it
32 want it


01. Akva
02. Kit
03. Khurum
04. Nila
05. At
06. Khot
07. Sat

The Best Post-Metal Album Of 2015
Top 20 albums of 2015: 4

Line-up
Anton Belov - vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming
Anatoly Gavrilov - viola
Alina Belova - vocals
Anton Skrynnik - drums
Alexander Vynogradoff - bass, vocals

Additional musicians:
Alexandra Altukhova - violin
Julia Makarenko - violin
Vladimir Babutin - cello
Klim Shutikhin - backing vocals

Staff review by
Dream Taster
Rating:
8.8
Touched by grace once more, the Russian band known as Kauan carries on with their folkish doom atmospheric brilliance with another composition that spans the whole album. After the impressive Pirut, I was a little weary when Kauan's mastermind Anton Belov announced that this was going to be another epic composition. After all, how could it compare to the sheer genius of Pirut? So yeah, I was a fan of the band coming in, but this album does not disappoint. Let me rephrase that. It has all the makings of a classic masterpiece for years to come.

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published 07.11.2015 | Comments (8)

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Comments: 22   Visited by: 978 users
22.07.2015 - 21:36
advent
YES !!
Hope it will be better than last album.
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13.10.2015 - 23:08
Rating: 8
Góral
Combo Breaker
Finally. Full stream:

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13.10.2015 - 23:31
Paz
777
Elite
Written by Góral on 13.10.2015 at 23:08

Finally. Full stream:

Add a news article instead, bitch

Welcome back tho!
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14.10.2015 - 13:03
Rating: 9
M C Vice
ex-polydactyl
Sounded good, better than the last one, more like the previous few. Youtube kept crapping out on me, so I didn't get to hear all of it, though.
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"I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets."
"I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples."
" 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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14.10.2015 - 21:55
Rating: 8
Góral
Combo Breaker
Written by Paz on 13.10.2015 at 23:31

Add a news article instead, bitch

A news article? And you will correct my mistakes and approve it? No fuking way
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14.10.2015 - 22:50
Paz
777
Elite
Written by Góral on 14.10.2015 at 21:55

A news article? And you will correct my mistakes and approve it?

I'll do it with a big pleasure
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15.10.2015 - 12:21
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Great one and another evidence how beautiful sounds Nordic languages into metal
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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18.10.2015 - 14:30
Rating: 9
IronArkadius666
Wow, this song is fantastic! Suits the story very well, on first listen I'd say as good as Aava Tuulen Maa, which is no easy task.

Update: After having listened to this many times now I think i can say that I firmly believe this to be their best work to date. The many themes that recur towards the end of the track round it off superbly, much like Pirut did, and the way they sing in Finnish sounds so emotional and beautiful.

Could be a serious contender for my aoty.
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Album Release day (October 20, 2015)
20.10.2015 - 10:31
Rating: 10
AzizMuhammed
I have had high expectations for this album, their performance here is not even half as good as the prior 2 albums. Muistumia was absolutely a masterpiece from start to finish, this album feels like a step down in terms of performance. But it's still a Kauan album!
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22.10.2015 - 14:38
Rating: 6
Sword_Chant
Compared to Muistumia this is a big disappointment, it's just boring, there is barely any metal!! I want to like it more but it's just not my cup of tea.
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22.10.2015 - 15:47
LuciferOfGayness
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I have only listened to Aava tuulen maa and even though its a great album its a bit too much post-folk-Rock and bit too less of post-folk-Metal. I would like some harder parts on Aava tuulen maa. Is this album mostly rock or has it harder parts?
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23.10.2015 - 00:36
Rating: 10
AzizMuhammed
Written by [user id=157444] on 22.10.2015 at 15:47

I have only listened to Aava tuulen maa and even though its a great album its a bit too much post-folk-Rock and bit too less of post-folk-Metal. I would like some harder parts on Aava tuulen maa. Is this album mostly rock or has it harder parts?

If you want a more metal release you should definitely check out Muistumia
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30.10.2015 - 19:51
Rating: 7
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Some nice moments all over the place, but also unremarkable at many points. Would serve well as backround music, but I can definitely see why so many people enjoy this.
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11.11.2015 - 12:16
telephonebear
Account deleted
I love the artwork
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15.11.2015 - 02:12
Rating: 10
lial87
Incredible
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15.11.2015 - 23:08
Rating: 8
raveneffect
Very good work. Good blend of Post Rock and Metal, lots to grasp here. Strong AOTY candidate
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09.01.2016 - 23:43
Joe Zombie
Folk and/or doom is typically outside of my interests but this is some great stuff here. Very cinematic, and that artwork is among my favorites of last year.
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21.01.2016 - 13:20
Paz
777
Elite
An interesting documentary about Dyatlov Pass incident:

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30.11.2017 - 21:24
Rating: 9
qlacs
"The Quaker"
Heard this record 2 days ago and it impressed me a LOT. Listening to it ever since and planning on checking the rest of their catalog. Never ever thought I would ever enclose anything related to doom metal in my heart but this is just beautiful.
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22.03.2022 - 00:33
Rating: 10
Barron
Final part of the song is one of my favourites from any album i have. Goosebumps all times i listen to it.
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25.05.2023 - 09:49
Rating: 9
tintinb
This is the album that introduced me to Kauan, and I think this is undoubtedly their best work till date. Kit, khurum and Nila are some perfect songs written in my opinion. The subject matter is interesting and acts as a great Muse for the album. Even the artwork is haunting in the backdrop of the subject matter
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Leeches everywhere.
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13.02.2024 - 16:18
Rating: 7
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
The Instrumentation creates a perfect soundscape for the tragic circumstances behind the albums theme. Although I don't find it an album suitable for listening to on a regular basis it's certainly a good album to listen to as a one off every now and then, and when in the right mood.
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