for fans of : Current 93 / Of The Wand & The Moon / Sol Invictus Neo / Psychedelic Folk 13 tracks, 6-panel eco-digifile, lim. Edition of 500 copies
BACKWORLD are known to most people from the World Serpent era, when they were the most famous representatives of Neo / Psychedelic Folk together with Current 93, Death In June and Sol Invictus. In the period from 1996 to 2011 they released 7 albums, and since then nothing new has been heard from them. On «Sacred & Profane Songs» Joseph Budenholzer has now selected 11 songs from this era, polished them all up in the studio and at the same time had them carefully remastered by Bobby Bachinger. In addition, there are two new tracks that Joseph recorded especially for this album in late 2019 ( In This New Dark Age & Love and Its Disintegration).
The Wyrm – The Wyrm Label: Gradual Hate Records – GH 105 CD Format: CDr, Album, Limited Edition Country: Spain Released: 24 Oct 2010 Style: Military, Industrial, Neofolk, Ambient
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The Wyrm as a musical project born in 2002 as a result of terrorist coverage (from the artistic standpoint) of Plagiarism is Art, the thematic line songs, to be: forgotten traditional customs, extreme nationalism, witchcraft and paganism. The Wyrm navigates between gender Darkfolk and Martial eventually take center stage by offering a host of clear-cut musical folk instruments.
«A mediados-finales de los noventa estuve tocando en varios grupos de amigos como vocalista o haciendo performances. Sobre el año 2000 (bastante tarde, todo hay que decirlo) conozco todo lo que había hasta el momento de cuatro bandas grandes que me marcarán y me siguen marcando a día de hoy a la hora de componer como son, Blood Axis y su Gospel of inhumanity, Los primeros trabajos de Der Blutharsch (concretamente, un video de un directo en una especie de parking donde había desde punkis con cresta, góticos y paneuropeos) Death in June y sobre todo Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud. Es entonces que decido hacer mi propio grupo y que este aune todas estas ideas y darles un toque de aquí, de España, usando discursos duros, de carácter nacionalista, al igual que hacen estos grupos a los que admiro antes citados pero en castellano, que se entendiera, que las reacciones fuesen distintas (¡y vaya si lo fueron!)
El nombre de The Wyrm es una representación de un dragón, pero no cualquier dragón. Aunque a primeras pueda parecer un anglicismo, The Wyrm viene del latín vermiis, y estos son los gusanos que corrompen y descomponen la carne putrefacta de los cadáveres, por lo tanto, seria la peor categoría que uno puede encontrar dentro de las distintos y ricos simbolismos del dragón. Buscaba un nombre telúrico, oscuro y amenazante». ENTREVISTA A THE WYRM por Metal Music Clan
Tenhi – Valkama (Vinyl 2-LP Gatefold, Clear) Label: Prophecy Productions – PRO 351 LP Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Clear Country: Germany Released: 2023 Style: Folk Rock, Neofolk
When night falls onto the sub-arctic landscapes of the Land of the Thousand Lakes, in the twilight of forest and swamps, the veils between our reality and the otherworld grow thin. It is at those times that stories such as ‘the fairy tale that never was’ leak into the lyrics and music of TENHI. On their sixth album, «Valkama», which translates as ‘harbour’ or ‘shelter’ among other meanings, the Finns originally began telling of a journey that was meant as a fairy tale in a burning, war-torn village and the crossing over dark waters to an island of the dead. The island is called Verisurma (‘the place for those who have suffered blood-death’) in Finnish folklore, where those dwell that died in war or were killed with a blade, and who shed blood on its shore forever. Yet, during the ten years that TENHI were working on the album, our reality started to bleed into the otherworld with its own terrors and wars. Year after year, the musicians felt their story becoming more and more real until the point was reached that the band decided to change course. Although echoes of the original work are still audible in the final music and visible in the artwork, the album now feels more harmonious and comforting, even brighter. TENHI could hardly have picked a more suitable band-name. This old Finnish word means a person that is an ‘elder’ or ‘shaman’. And while the shamans of the ancient nomadic Finns are the guardians against but also the mediators between their communities and the spirit world, TENHI are their musical equivalent as a liminal force between dark folk, folk rock, and even reaching out into the normally electrified world of metal. The latter invites comparison with WARDRUNA and HEILUNG, although in a spiritual meaning and certainly not by way of a stylistic comparison. TENHI were conceived by guitarist and vocalist Tyko Saarikko in 1996. Ilmari Issakainen joined the band a few years later. Together they form the creative core of the group. After self-releasing the demo «Kertomuksia» (1997) and the MCD «Hallavedet» (1998), the Finns immediately hit a nerve with their debut full-length «Kauan» in 1999. TENHI started into the new millennium with another MCD entitled «Airut:ciwi» (2000), which was followed by a string of albums from «Väre» (2002) via «Maaäet» (2006) and «Airut:aamujen» (2006) to «Saivo» (2011). With each new album, the Finns continued to grow a dedicated following that is coming from different musical directions. From the start, TENHI have combined acoustic instrumentation and a traditional vibe with structures based on contemporary rock music. While their previous full-length «Saivo» tilted more towards an ambient-style and panoramic soundtrack feeling, «Valkama» returns to a more song-oriented approach – even though the tracks retain an epic and meandering format. «Valkama» comes with the trademark Finnish longing and melancholia, but despite its audible darkness, TENHI offer a musical outlet from the horrors of the modern world. In the twilight world of the North, «Valkama» is the silver-lining on the horizon promising shelter and peace.
Tracklist: 01. Saattue 02. Kesävihanta 03. Valkama 04. Rintamaan 05. Rannankukka 06. Laineinen 07. Hele 08. Ulapoi 09. Elokuun linnut 10. Sydämes on tiel 11. Veden elein 12. Aina sininen aina
