Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
| Release date: | 25 February 2005 |
| Style: | Viking folk metal |
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Owners: |
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01. Karhunkynsi
02. Haaska
03. Pimeä
04. Jotunheim
05. Kaiku
Top 20 albums of 2005: 11
Top 200 albums of all time: 187
02. Haaska
03. Pimeä
04. Jotunheim
05. Kaiku
Top 20 albums of 2005: 11
Top 200 albums of all time: 187
Review
Lyrics Ville Seponpoika Sorvali - vocals, bass
Marko "Omega Meggadeath" Tarvonen - drums, 12-stringed acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Mitja Harvilahti - guitars, backing vocals
Henri Urponpoika "Trollhorn" Sorvali - guitars, keyboards, 6-stringed acoustic guitars, accordion, mouth harp, recorder, tin whistle, backing vocals
Markus Eurén - keyboards
Session musicians
Janne Perttilä - backing vocals
Jukka Varmo - backing vocals
Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty - fiddle, jouhikko, recorder
Kuuraparta Frostheim - kantele
Blastmor - backing vocals
Additional info
Spikefarm released a European edition of where the entire jewel case is black (non-transparent) and the front has a golden Moonsorrow logo printed on the plastic. The track list is printed on a sticker on the back side of the jewel case.
The album title means ''Bloodverses'', and the track titles:
1. ''Bearclaw''
2. ''Carrion''
3. ''Dark''
4. ''Jotunheim''
5. ''Echo''
Recorded in Tico Tico Studio in September 2004 and partly in The Stable.
Overproduced by Moonsorrow.
Mixed by Ahti Kortelainen and Henri Sorvali.
Mastered at Finnvox Studios by Mika Jussila.
Cover art and layout by Tero Salonen. Photograph of the cross by Hunaja-Pasi Moilanen. Band photo by Tanja Ahtila.
Rating:
7.5
7.5
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Rating: 7.5 |
Moonsorrow is back with their fourth full-length album, the chances that you don't know this band are very rare, because these Finns have obtained quite a share of popularity in the past years with their Blackish Viking/Folk Metal. This time things are a little different, while they still hang out in the Viking genre and they still sing in Finnish, the approach of the music is more Dark, and at the same time, Progressive and mostly of all, Epic. Read more ›› |
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| Necromutant Posts: 53  |
An extremely great and magnificent album full of raw blackness and touching beauty. Probably the best album of the band.
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669  |
For me those songs are quite long for me to enjoy them (though in general i like long songs)...maybe i need more and more careful listenings...
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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| Necromutant Posts: 53 |
In my opinion the main idea of the album is expressly to listen to it very carefully so that the listener could enjoy it as much as possible. Because the atmospheres of the album are quite "deep" and "large" it takes more than few listenings to get into it. Patience is the key word.
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| Night Sight Posts: 260  |
I am not a fan of folk metal at all.but this release has some black metal vibes.like some enslaved stuffs and also it is very atmospheric.haaska is one of the best songs.
---- Alone in birth Alone in the darkness Alone in death Alone in the daylight
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| MetalSpider Posts: 1388  |
This is still their best album to me!
----  Thanks to Corrupt for these banners!
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| DreadfulYgg Posts: 38  |
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| NorthernDickhead Posts: 220  |
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| qlacs "The Quaker" Posts: 1548  |
For me it's the Moonsorrow album that's hardest to rate. Stylistically it's closer to their latest, but reflects more depth than the rest of the albums and it really takes time for all details to sink in. Astonishing work nevertheless.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62092  |
Its good most folkish black metal album from this band, it has BM atomsfere, BM vocals, but melodies are mixed whit folk metal elements. Its enjoyable thing.
---- 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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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2268  |
Written by [user id=248801] on 02.04.2020 at 18:49 It has Jotunheim, which is among the band's all-time bast work. Other than that, not quite at par, imo. I prefer the album's two predecessors to this one.
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2268 |
Written by [user id=248801] on 02.04.2020 at 22:40 Voimasta ja Kunniasta is my favourite, followed by Kivenkantaja. Then follow Suden Uni and Verisäkeet. But the differences between them all in terms of quality are not huge, I find them all good or very good (7.2-8.0).
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| Jack_Torrance Posts: 182  |
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| nonZero Posts: 1336  |
Listening to 'Jotunheim' after playing the end of God of War is an epic experience!  9.3/10 for me - 'Karhunkynsi' and 'Jotunheim' are the standout tracks, 'Pimeä' is weaker than the rest.
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| Zyk Posts: 166  |
This is probably the album I find most interesting in the evolution of Moonsorrow. It's a transition album from their old folky ways to the darker atmospheric themes which later became the main focus, but that means we get tons of both at their best. Verisäkeet is superb.
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| Jack_Torrance Posts: 182 |
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