Finntroll - Midnattens Widunder
| Release date: | 1999 |
| Style: | Extreme folk metal |
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01. Intro
02. Svartberg
03. Rivfader
04. Vätteanda
05. Bastuvisan
06. Blodnatt
07. Midnattens Widunder
08. Segersång
09. Svampfest
02. Svartberg
03. Rivfader
04. Vätteanda
05. Bastuvisan
06. Blodnatt
07. Midnattens Widunder
08. Segersång
09. Svampfest
Review
Lyrics Recorded and mixed 6th-17th September 1999 at Wallstone Studios by Tuomo Valtonen.
Mastered at Finnvox by Mika Jussila.
Titles in English:
"Monster Of Midnight"
1. Intro / 2. Black Mountain / 3. Rivfader ("Father Shred") 4. Goblin Spirit / 5. The Sauna Song / 6. Night Of Blood / 7. Monster Of Midnight / 8. Victory Song / 9. Mushroom Feast
Rating:
7.5
7.5
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Rating: 7.5 |
I guess this is the weirdest band I've heard in a long time, I thought Finntroll was a Black Metal band but after hearing Midnattens I really do not know which genre they are, a mixture of Black, Folk, even a slight spice of gothic Metal, and some other elements I can't describe. The album in execution (instruments) is quite average if you ask me, nothing really complex or outstanding, but that's only when you pay attention to just one instrument, the thing is that when you hear everything together sounds impressive, that is what makes Finntroll a different band actually, a lot of simple riffs combined with nice keyboards, which by the way is the most important instrument in this album (the keyboards pack Midnattens with all kind of atmospheres and incredible feelings), the bass-lines are not awesome or anything (in fact there are few songs where you can actually "hear" the bass-lines) and the drumming is ok, so when I say that what matters is the instruments combined I mean it. Read more ›› |
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889  |
After listening to this album I fell in love with Finntroll's music so it holds a special meaning for me, even if I like their second album more. Crazy humppa metal! 
---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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| NorthernDickhead Posts: 220  |
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| Immortal Posts: 426  |
Album ID = 666
---- "Hope is the greatest of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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| FinnRommi Posts: 14 |
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62032  |
Some fairy tail music from the forest a bit pre I net day wonder I say
---- 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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| Breedo Posts: 12 |
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| Metal Diogenes Posts: 1264  |
I don't know what the heck these guys were smoking when they came up with this Finland-Swedish troll metal folk humppa thing, but I love it. I even bought the album when it was first released, it's still somewhere in my possession. In case you guys you don't know what "humppa" means, it's kind of traditional Finnish dance music with hectic "dumm-dah, dumm-dah" rhythmic pattern. In more modern slang people mostly use the word to describe something incredibly lame and boring. This is where the self-ironic humor of this band actually comes from.
---- You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Fun little album and for a debut it's a great introduction to the band. They had their identity clear from the get go which is most important. Unfortunately the songwriting is lacking a bit and the most memorable songs are for me Svartberg and Rivfader so the second half is kind of meh.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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