Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
| Release date: | 21 February 2011 |
| Style: | Viking folk metal |
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01. Tähdetön
02. Hävitetty
03. Muinaiset
04. Nälkä, Väsymys Ja Epätoivo
05. Huuto
06. Kuolleille
07. Kuolleiden Maa
The Best Pagan / Viking / Folk Metal Album Of 2011
Top 20 albums of 2011: 17
02. Hävitetty
03. Muinaiset
04. Nälkä, Väsymys Ja Epätoivo
05. Huuto
06. Kuolleille
07. Kuolleiden Maa
The Best Pagan / Viking / Folk Metal Album Of 2011
Top 20 albums of 2011: 17
Reviews 
Lyrics Translations:
01. Starless
02. Ravaged
03. The Ancient Ones
04. Hunger, Weariness And Despair
05. The Scream
06. To The Dead
07. The Land Of The Dead
Release dates:
February 21: UK
February 23: Finland
February 25: Germany, Switzerland, Austria
February 28: Rest of Europe
Ville Sorvali - lead & backing vocals, bass, fretless bass
Henri Sorvali - lead & rhythm guitars, keyboards, 6-stringed acoustic guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, accordion, mouth harp, recorder, backing vocals
Marko Tarvonen - drums, percussions, 12-stringed acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Mitja Harvilahti - lead & rhythm guitars, slide guitar, saw, autoharp, backing vocals
Markus Eurén - keyboards, backing vocals
The Valhalla Choral Ensemble:
Markus Eurén, Mitja Harvilahti, Janne Perttilä, Henri Sorvali, Ville Sorvali, Marko Tarvonen, Jakke Viitala & Olli Vänskä
Marching Band Of The Post-Apocalyptic Army:
Mitja Harvilahti, Teemu Suominen, Ville Sorvali & Marko Tarvonen
Additional Backing Vocals:
Riku Katainen, Mathias Lillmåns, Jules Näveri, Knut Sorvali & Jukka Varmo
Violin played by Olli Vänskä
Music by Henri Sorvali, except #7 by Henri Sorvali, Marko Tarvonen & Ville Sorvali
Lyrics by Ville Sorvali, except #5 by Ville Sorvali & Marko Tarvonen
Translations by Kasper Mårtenson
Recorded at Finnvox Studios / Sonic Pump Studios & on Jive Mobile by Jukka Varmo
Mixed at Tico Tico Studio by Henri Sorvali & Ahti "Kaffemeister" Kortelainen
Mastered at Finnvox Studios by Mika Jussila
Lead vocals produced by Jules Näveri
Photography by Juha Helminen, layout by Mikko Virtanen
Rating:
9.0
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Rating: 9.0 |
The wait is finally over. Finland's premier band Moonsorrow released their latest album in early 2011. And like a ton of bricks hitting you in the gut, the sharply-named Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa [Like Shadows We Walk through the Land of the Dead] is most likely going to take your breath away. In line with its precursors, this album features epic compositions of pure Viking Folk Metal. Where the album differs is mostly in the mood. This time around the atmosphere is darker, more insidiously poignant, and overall heavier - as in more oppressive - than it has ever been. The gloomier tone of the album doesn't strip away much of the trademark Moonsorrow spirit though. In doing so, it remains true to the core while still offering something previously uncharted by the band; namely a nice little trip to the blackened death territories. Read more ›› |
Rating:
8.8
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Rating: 8.8 |
This album is dense. Really dense. So dense, in fact, you could cut the sound waves with a knife. Or a Viking axe, whatever you'd prefer. Read more ›› |
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| moe5512 Posts: 502  |
Written by MétalNoir on 31.03.2011 at 17:28 I agree, moonsorrow songs are mostly boring execpt some parts that are just orgasmic 
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| Nocturno-Inculto Posts: 38  |
One question, Can I already get this album in Mexico??? Ther is a release date for America?
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| LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561  |
Alright, so the parts of this album that are actually songs are fucking sick. But, i cannot, for the life of me sit down and listen to 11-16 minute songs anymore. I believe i a topic was posed in some forum where it asked if multiple 3-5 min. songs were favored over "epic" 11-16 minute long songs. I can now firmly say that i would take the shorter (I believe the comparison was to old Ensiferum and Moonsorrow), Ensiferum route. My opinion does not discount the quality of this album, don't get me wrong.
---- Kick Ass, Die Young Less is More Stay Pure Stay Poor Music was my life, music brought me to life and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz in my head that only I can hear.
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| BehzadSh Posts: 94  |
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567  |
When you start getting into these really long tracks youve got to start thinking of them not as "songs" put peices of music. Crimson II is not one song...its many songs on one track.
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| Night Sight Posts: 260  |
I think moonsorrow is very boring band i found no interesting moments in this release
---- Alone in birth Alone in the darkness Alone in death Alone in the daylight
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| Metal_4Ever Posts: 877  |
Written by Night Sight on 11.07.2011 at 20:11 Folk Metal in general isn't interesting or epic, I feel so strange for who listen to that genre
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266  |
Gotta love it, 4 songs 50 minutes plus...
---- rekt
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| kaspair Posts: 67  |
Huuto is definitely their best song (close to Sankaritarina, though) ever.
---- Last FM
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| Death Posts: 63  |
Very interesting that not many people favored the album. It's actually as good as Moonsorrow's previous work.
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| MyNameJeff Posts: 438  |
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| Gopherhawk Posts: 257  |
Written by MyNameJeff on 13.05.2012 at 21:59 HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
---- Follow your heart, not trends.
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| SUHAYL Posts: 6  |
I WASNT REALLY HAPPY WITH THIS ALBUM,VOIMASTA JA KUNIASTA IS STILL THE BEST ALBUM
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| Vombatus Potorro Posts: 2394  |
Well, the terms viking/folk/pagan are very loosely used when describing these kind of bands...
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| Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698  |
A very weird album. Sounds like a soundtrack album, the folk rhythm is so "futuristic/ digitalised". I can feel thousands of aliens landed at a small village and started killing the villagers... Moonsorrow has gone down hill...
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| musclassia Staff Posts: 7685  |
Gave it a blast whilst driving the other day - my opinions on it haven't shifted since I first got it; three mostly pointless but mercifully short and mildly suitable interludes separate two very long and pretty good songs from an absolutely storming track and a very satisfying closer. Huuto can play that same motif however many times it wants, it's frigging majestic
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| Karlabos Posts: 5744  |
Btw it's 2015 already and they still haven't put up new stuff. Which is funny, the otehr albums used to come within 3 years of waiting at most...
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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| Risto Wandering Midget Posts: 1115  |
Written by Karlabos on 30.07.2015 at 02:09 They actually came into a some kind of dead end and started everything from scratch in the process. The upcoming album now has taken it's form in 5 songs and they'll enter the studio in a couple of months.
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| Spacerunner Posts: 259  |
Huuto... no, it's not a song. It's a vague memory. A mild touch of something you once knew and then forgotten. First snowfall through the window of the parent's home. First own steps into the big world. First wins and first losses. First love and first grief. It's all there. What a masterpiece.
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| nonZero Posts: 1336  |
8.5/10 slightly leaning towards an 8. My least favourite Moonsorrow album, but still an outstanding release (which speaks volumes about how extraordinary this band is!).
---- Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated) Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres) So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62092  |
Written by nonZero on 07.06.2019 at 14:26 I have to agree, they ok are not so black as they were in beggining, they are still pagan and each albums are more abit prog, but not such extreme was as Enslaved.
---- 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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| ikakoika Posts: 13 |
what a great song
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