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Originally Posted by AnthonyCook
Finntroll - Trollhammaren
Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. They combine black metal and Finnish polka, called humppa. Although it is a Finnish band, Finntroll's lyrics are in Swedish, because Swedish just sounds "damn trollish"
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Spinefarm Records has set a March 28 Finnish release date for the fifth album from
FINNTROLL, entitled
"Ur Jordens Djup" ("From the Depths of the Earth"). The CD, which was recorded by
Nino Laurenne at
Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, will be the group's first release with new vocalist
Mathias Lillmåns (a.k.a.
Vreth;
TWILIGHT MOON) following the departure of
Tapio Wilska (
SETHIAN, ex-
WIZZARD, former session vocalist for
NIGHTWISH) last spring.
Lillmåns is reportedly 24 years old, and like
FINNTROLL's original vocalist,
Katla Mathias, is Fenno-Swedish, with Swedish as his mother tongue.
"Ur Jordens Djup" track listing:
01.
Gryning
02.
Sång
03.
Korpens Saga
04.
Nedgång
05.
Ur Djupet
06.
Slagbröder
07.
En Mäktig Här
08.
Ormhäxan
09.
Maktens Spira
10.
Under Två Runor
11.
Kvällning
A video clip of
FINNTROLL performing one of the new songs last August at the
Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany has been posted online at
YouTube.com.
FINNTROLL parted ways with
Wilska in January 2006 after "reach[ing] a situation in which we [found] it impossible to continue
FINNTROLL" with their previous vocalist, according to a statement issued by the group a short time after the split.