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Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika



8.6 | 524 votes |
Release date: 1 April 2016
Style: Viking folk metal

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01. Jumalten Aika
02. Ruttolehto Incl. Päivättömän Päivän Kansa
03. Suden Tunti
04. Mimisbrunn
05. Ihmisen Aika (Kumarrus Pimeyteen)
06. Soulless [Grave cover] [bonus]
07. Non Serviam [Rotting Christ cover] [bonus]

The Best Folk / Pagan / Viking Metal Album Of 2016
Top 20 albums of 2016: 5

Additional info
Recorded 9-10/15 at Finnvox, Sonic Pump & In The Woods Studios
Mixed 10-11/15 at Tico Tico Studio
Mastered 12/15 at Finnvox Studio

Staff review by
Dream Taster
Rating:
8.8
Sharpen your wooden spear and brush your bear pelt, epic heathen metal is making a comeback with the return of one of the most famous Finnish bands out there, Moonsorrow. It has been five years already since the dark sonic haunts of Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa so the release of Jumalten Aika does feel like a return in earnest. Meaning "The Age of Gods", their latest offering is a true rebirth of that larger-than-life pagan metal sound.

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published 27.03.2016 | Comments (15)

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23.11.2017 - 02:39
Rating: 7
Karlabos
^Indeed. I love later Moonsorrow because of its bmness approach to folk metal.
I feel like a lot of people here judge them based on the earlier albums which were generic af, but from 2005 onwards Moonsorrow is one of my favs
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26.01.2018 - 00:57
Rating: 9
DeathMetal
First time listening to this band, did not expect something like this, damn. Great Soulless cover too.
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03.01.2019 - 14:24
Rating: 9
nonZero
A great album! The title track is up there as one of my favourite Moonsorrow songs.
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12.12.2019 - 19:34
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Tage Westerlund
Written by DeathMetal on 26.01.2018 at 00:57

First time listening to this band, did not expect something like this, damn. Great Soulless cover too.

Gosh you have missed a lot, try older albums and try in order you missed a lot
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23.05.2023 - 05:12
Rating: 9
Zyk
Listening to this for the first time in a while during the long drought before a new Moonsorrow album. It's been years since I listened to the cover songs on this one and considering they did two covers on Tulimyrsky too I kind of wish they did an album of cover songs at some point during the last few years. They always put a good spin on the original while recreating it in their huge layered sound, so a cover album in place of something new (or rather nothing) would have been fun.
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23.08.2024 - 16:18
Zap
Does anyone know what makes that "poing poing" sound during the intro to "Jumalten Aika" and during parts of other songs, like around two minutes into "Suden Tunti"?
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23.08.2024 - 17:02
Starvynth
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Written by Zap on 23.08.2024 at 16:18

Does anyone know what makes that "poing poing" sound during the intro to "Jumalten Aika" and during parts of other songs, like around two minutes into "Suden Tunti"?

That's a munniharppu, a Finnish jaw harp, and Henri Sorvali plays it. The booklet of the mediabook says that it's a mouth harp, which is not a very accurate translation, because it's often equated with a mouth organ, which is a completely different instrument.
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24.08.2024 - 09:35
Zap
Written by Starvynth on 23.08.2024 at 17:02

That's a munniharppu, a Finnish jaw harp, and Henri Sorvali plays it. The booklet of the mediabook says that it's a mouth harp, which is not a very accurate translation, because it's often equated with a mouth organ, which is a completely different instrument.

Thank you kindly. I did notice the mouth harp on another website but was thinking about a harmonica.

This looks like a fun instrument, I might get one one day.
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