Stenka na stenku explained

Stenka na Stenku
Type:	EP
Artist:	Arkona
Cover:	Arkona – Stenka Na Stenku.jpg
Released:	25 May 2011
Recorded:	September 2010 at CDM Records and Gigant Records
Genre:	Folk metal, Pagan metal
Length:	23:50
Label:	Napalm Records
Producer:	Sergei "Lazar", Masha "Scream"
Prev Title:	Goi, Rode, Goi!
Prev Year:	2009
Next Title:	Slovo
Next Year:	2011

Стенка на Стенку (Stenka na Stenku)^[1] is an EP by the Russian folk metal band Arkona. It was released on 25 May 2011 through Napalm Records.

Album description

The title track is about a type of group fist fights once popular in Russia, called Wall Against wall. This topic is reflected in the EP's cover and the video which was shot for the track.

Stenka na stenku was featured on the group's album Slovo,^[2] while the rest are non-album tracks.^[3]

Personnel

• Masha "Scream" – vocals, keyboards, tambourine, khomuz, shaman drums, choir, shamanic guttural vocals on "Goi, Rode, Goi!"
• Sergei "Lazar" – guitars, acoustic guitars, balalaika
• Vladimir "Volk" – gaita gallega, blockflute, whistle, zhaleyka
• Ruslan "Kniaz" – bass
• Vlad "Artist" – drums

Guest musicians

• Irina "Lisa" – cello on "Goi, Rode, Goi!"
• Ilya "Wolfenhirt" (Svarga) – choir
• Aleksandr "Shmel" (Rarog) – choir
• Aleksandr Oleinikov – accordion
• Philipp "Freki" Seiler (Varg) – guest vocals on "Skål!"

External links

• • Nuclear Blast

Notes and References

1. Web site: Discography - "Stenka na Stenku" 2011 (EP). Arkona - official web-site . 2011-07-18 . dead . https://archive.today/20120709183709/http://arkona-russia.com/en/ediscography/10079.html . 2012-07-09 . Stenka na stenku on the official Arkona website
2. Web site: News - Information about new Arkona CD "Slovo" . Arkona - official web-site . 2011-07-18 . dead . https://archive.today/20120710153655/http://arkona-russia.com/en/enews/10120.html . 2012-07-10 . Slovo on the official Arkona website
3. http://www.napalmrecords.com/product_info.php?products_id=13559