Chapter V: Havitetty - Moonsorrow

Epic folk metal from Finland (266 words)
by Burning_Darkness - written on 13/11/09, updated on 13/11/09 (Very useful, 19 readings)
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With their fifth album Hävitetty (meaning ravaged ), talented Finns M Moonsorrow took the brave move of creating a full-length consisiting of just two extremely long, epic tracks in their trademark upbeat pagan/black metal style. The first song lasts for a full half an hour whilst the second clocks in at just under twenty six minutes, although in honesty the album pretty much plays as one flowing block of constantly-evolving music. Hävitetty ranges from melancholy, semi-acoustic passages to jaunty and powerful folk/metal parts to furious torrents of raging black metal complete with harsh screamed vocals, and whilst these latter sections are infused with melancholy the ...