Vo slavu velikim! explained

Vo Slavu Velikim! (Во славу Великим!)
Type:	studio
Artist:	Arkona
Cover:	Arkona voslavuvelikim.jpg
Released:	24 September 2005
Recorded:	16 June – 27 August 2005
Studio:	CDM Records Studio (Moscow, Russia)
Genre:	Folk metal, pagan metal
Length:	61:26
Label:	Sound Age Production
Producer:	Masha "Scream" Sergei "Lazar"
Prev Title:	Lepta (Лепта)
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Zhizn vo Slavu (Жизнь во славу)
Next Year:	2006

Vo Slavu Velikim! (Во славу Великим!) is the third full-length album by the Russian folk metal band Arkona. It was released on 24 September 2005 through Sound Age Production. It was re-released in 2008 by Vic Records.

Reception

A review of the 2008 re-release by German magazine Sonic Seducer was very favourable, calling the album a proof that Arkona were among "the very best and the most aesthetic" pagan folk metal bands world-wide. The reviewer praised singer Maria Arkhipova's voice as well as the dynamic and highly melodic compositions.^[1]

Credits

• Masha "Scream" – vocals, choir, keyboards, acoustic guitar
• Sergei "Lazar" – guitars, vocals, choir
• Ruslan "Kniaz" – bass
• Vlad "Artist" – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Vladimir Cherepovsky – various folk instruments
• Ilya "Wolfenhirt" – vocals, choir
• Igor "Hurry" – accordion
• Andrey Karasev – violin

Notes and References

1. Arkona – Vo Slavu Velikim . Markus . Eck . . 2008 . 12 . de . Mit diesem zeitlos schönen Geniestreich offenbart sich, dass diese russische Gruppe zum Allerbesten und auch Ästhetischsten gehört, was der gesamte internationale Pagan Folk Metal überhaupt zu bieten hat. [This agelessly beautiful stroke of genius reveals that this Russian band belongs among the very best and the most aesthetic that the entire range of international pagan folk metal has to offer.] . 2012-07-29 . https://archive.today/20130212005114/http://www.sonic-seducer.de/index.php/component/option,com_reviews/anzeige,8430/func,detail/ . 2013-02-12 . dead .