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Moonsorrow are a folk/pagan metal band formed in Helsinki, Finland in 1995. The band call their sound "Epic heathen metal" and try to distance themselves from the term "viking metal" as much as possible. Their lyrics are heavily based on Scandinavian viking traditions and poetry, even though they are written in Finnish. A good example is the song Sankaritarina from the Voimasta Ja Kunniasta album, which features lyrics directly translated from Hávamál. (source) Image File history File links Moonsorrow. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Province Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government - City manager Jussi Pajunen Area - City 187. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Folk metal is a diverse collection of music, encompassing a wide variety of different styles and approaches. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Spinefarm Records is the recording label responsible for bands such as Children of Bodom, Dark Tranquillity, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Finntroll, For My Pain, Impaled Nazarene, Nightwish, Norther, Sentenced, Sinergy, Sonata Arctica, Tarot, Throne of Chaos, Thy Serpent and Warmen. ... Ville Sorvali (b. ... Henri Trollhorn Sorvali Henri Sorvali (born October 19, 1978) is the guitarist of the Finnish folk metal band Moonsorrow,and he also plays keyboards in Finntroll. ... Markus EurÃ© was born April 19, 1978. ... Folk metal is a diverse collection of music, encompassing a wide variety of different styles and approaches. ... Pagan metal is a subgenre of black metal that draws heavily on Pagan or Neopagan, Celtic and/or Anti-Christian imagery. ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Province Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government - City manager Jussi Pajunen Area - City 187. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Viking (disambiguation). ... Voimasta ja Kunniasta (Of Strength and Honor) is the second full-length album by the Finnish Folk Metal band Moonsorrow. ... HÃ¡vamÃ¡l (Sayings of HÃ¡r, Sayings of the high one) is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda. ...

History

The group's earliest formation consisted of cousins Ville Sorvali (vocals and bass) and Henri Sorvali (guitar and keyboards) who released various demos that were much more characteristic as being Melodic black metal musically, than future releases. Ville Sorvali (b. ... Henri Trollhorn Sorvali Henri Sorvali (born October 19, 1978) is the guitarist of the Finnish folk metal band Moonsorrow,and he also plays keyboards in Finntroll. ... Melodic black metal is a sub-genre of black metal. ...

Their debut album, Suden Uni, recorded in the early 2000, was released in 2001, along with Tämä Ikuinen Talvi (This Everlasting Winter), a re-release of a 1999 demo. Suden Uni (translated as "A Wolf's Dream") was acclaimed by the fans and the reviews with its epic combination of Finnish paganism and folk elements. After recruiting Mitja Harvilahti and Markus Eurén, Moonsorrow started their first shows, releasing Voimasta Ja Kunniasta (Of Strength and Honour) in the late 2001. But the real takeoff for the band was the 2003 release Kivenkantaja (Stonebearer). In 2005 the band released their fifth album, Verisäkeet (Blood Verses). Suden Uni (Wolfs Dream) is the first full-length album by the Finnish Folk Metal band Moonsorrow. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... TÃ¤mÃ¤ Ikuinen Talvi (This Eternal Winter) is the fourth demo album of the Finnish folk / viking metal band Moonsorrow, released in 1999 by Meat Hook Productions. ... This article is about the year. ... The elk is a common image in many Finnish petroglyphs Finnish paganism was the indigenous pagan religion in present-day Finland and Karelia prior to Christianization. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... Markus EurÃ© was born April 19, 1978. ... Voimasta ja Kunniasta (Of Strength and Honor) is the second full-length album by the Finnish Folk Metal band Moonsorrow. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kivenkantaja (Stonebearer) is the third full-length album by Finnish folk metal band Moonsorrow. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... VerisÃ¤keet (Blood Verses) is the fourth full-length album by the Finnish Folk / Viking Metal band Moonsorrow. ...

In January 2006 the band played their first US show at the Heathen Crusade metalfest in Columbia Heights, MN. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Columbia Heights can refer to: the neighborhood of Columbia Heights, Washington, DC a metro stop on the Washington Metro serving the above neighborhood the city of Columbia Heights, Minnesota This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area Ranked 12th - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 400 miles (645 km) - % water 8. ...

Henri is also the keyboardist for Finntroll and a former session member of Ensiferum. Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. ... Ensiferum (Latin ensÄfÄ•rum (neuter adjective) meaning sword bearing) is a Viking / Folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. ...

On the 7 March 2006, Moonsorrow announced on their official website that they had signed a 2-album contract with Spinefarm Records, and that their next album was slated for release in late 2006. On June 19 it was revealed that the upcoming album would feature guest vocals by Thomas Väänänen, the former vocalist of Thyrfing. Sometime thereafterward there was an announcement that the release of the album, titled Viides Luku - Hävitetty (Chapter five - Ravaged), was being delayed until January 10, 2007. is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Spinefarm Records is a Helsinki, Finland based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. ... is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Thyrfing are a Viking Metal band from Sweden. ... Viides Luku - HÃ¤vitetty (Fifth Chapter - Ravaged) is the fifth full-length album by Finnish, viking metal band Moonsorrow. ... is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Members

Henri Trollhorn Sorvali Henri Sorvali (born October 19, 1978) is the guitarist of the Finnish folk metal band Moonsorrow,and he also plays keyboards in Finntroll. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... Ville Sorvali (b. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, popping or using a pick. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Markus EurÃ© was born April 19, 1978. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

Guests

Thyrfing are a Viking Metal band from Sweden. ... Korpiklaani (Forest Clan in Finnish) is a folk metal band from Finland. ... â€œFiddlerâ€ redirects here. ... The jouhikko is an ancient, usually three-stringed Finnish bowed lyre, also called jouhikannel (see kantele). ... Various recorders The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes â€” whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle and ocarina. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ...

Lakupaavi

Lakupaavi (Liquorice Pope in Finnish) is a Grindcore sideproject of the band. The project started as a joke: when Moonsorrow were recording their 2005 album Verisäkeet, they said in an interview that the album would be named Raah Raah Blääh and it would be very different stylistically than their previous releases. Although this was just a joke, many people took it to heart. Later they stated that it had been a joke, but they then decided to actually record one of the songs, called "Kuolema Taidehomoille... Ja Muille" (or "Death To Art Faggots... And Others"). It didn't end there, however: the band ended up actually recording the whole Raah Raah Blääh album and released it on the internet under the new moniker Lakupaavi. They have a coming a new album in 2007 under the workname Homosika!. Grindcore, often shortened to grind, is an evolution of crust punk, most commonly associated with death metal, a very different though similarly extreme style of music. ... VerisÃ¤keet (Blood Verses) is the fourth full-length album by the Finnish Folk / Viking Metal band Moonsorrow. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Discography

Albums

Suden Uni (Wolfs Dream) is the first full-length album by the Finnish Folk Metal band Moonsorrow. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Voimasta ja Kunniasta (Of Strength and Honor) is the second full-length album by the Finnish Folk Metal band Moonsorrow. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Kivenkantaja (Stonebearer) is the third full-length album by Finnish folk metal band Moonsorrow. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Suden Uni (Wolfs Dream) is the first full-length album by the Finnish Folk Metal band Moonsorrow. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... VerisÃ¤keet (Blood Verses) is the fourth full-length album by the Finnish Folk / Viking Metal band Moonsorrow. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Viides Luku - HÃ¤vitetty (Fifth Chapter - Ravaged) is the fifth full-length album by Finnish, viking metal band Moonsorrow. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Demos

MetsÃ¤ is the second demo by the Finnish folk / viking metal band Moonsorrow. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... TÃ¤mÃ¤ Ikuinen Talvi (This Eternal Winter) is the fourth demo album of the Finnish folk / viking metal band Moonsorrow, released in 1999 by Meat Hook Productions. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Other

Thorns of Ice is the first demo by the Finnish viking metal band Moonsorrow. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Promo is a demo by the Finnish viking metal band Moonsorrow, recorded in June of 1997. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

External links

Categories: Finnish black metal | Finnish heavy metal musical groups | Viking metal musical groups Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... MusicBrainz (MusicBrainz. ... Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives (commonly known as Metal Archives per the URL or just MA) is a website which lists bands from various forms of heavy metal music. ... Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about music recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and certain bootleg or off-label releases. ...

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