The true Finnish folk metal, epic kantele metal!
This album is inspired with Väinämöinen, a Finnic demigod and central character in Finnish and Karelian folklore. The lyrics are also concentrated around self reflection, human feelings and becoming a bigger person in hard times, with a slight shade of an occult.
All lyrics are written in traditional Finnic Kalevala meter, a four trochaic tetrameter. They are written in standard Finnish except the song KULTAPYÄRÄ, which is based on traditional Western Finnish folk poetry and uses Western Finnish dialect.
Credits
JUHA JYRKÄS - vocals, bass kantele, percussions in the song HELKATULET
OLGA KOLARI - keyboards, concert kantele in the songs VOIMA NOUSEE, HELKATULET, ÄIDINMAAN PUOLUSTUS and METALLIKANTELE, 15 stringed kantele in the songs VOIMA NOUSEE, ÄIDINMAAN PUOLUSTUS and METALLIKANTELE, 16 stringed kantele in the songs HELKATULET, KULTAPYÄRÄ and METALLIKANTELE, copper stringed kantele in the songs SYNTYSANAT and METALLIKANTELE, viola in the songs HELKATULET and KULTAPYÄRÄ, violin in the song KULTAPYÄRÄ, jouhikko in the song SYNTYSANAT, concert harp in the song UKKOSLOITSU
JANNE VÄÄTÄINEN - drums
HENRY KOLARI - soundscapes
ANTTI RÖKSÄ - guitar solo in the songs ÄIDINMAAN PUOLUSTUS and METALLIKANTELE
All music and lyrics by JUHA JYRKÄS, except KULTAPYÄRÄ, lyrics TRAD.
JUHA JYRKÄS - production
HENRY KOLARI - recording, sound engineering, mixing, mastering
TUOMAS KUUSINEN - guitar recording
JANNE VÄÄTÄINEN - drum recording
PETRI HILTUNEN - cover art
JUHA JYRKÄS - cover photography
LEX KARRILA - cover graphics
This album has been recorded in ART OF SOUND studio during the years 2022 and 2023.
"Jätti kantelon jälille,
soiton Suomelle sorean,
kansalle ilon ikuisen,
laulut suuret lapsillensa."
-KALEVALA
