Estonian pagan steel leaders “Metsatöll” additionally take part within the pageant “Zobens und Lemess”

From June 7 to 9, the primary heavy music pageant “Zobens and Lemess” in Latvia can be held in Bauskas, which can be held for the ninth time this yr. Excellent news for our “metalists”: along with bands from Switzerland, Iceland, Holland, Sweden, Turkey, Lithuania and Latvia, Estonian pagan steel masters “Metsatöll”, who’re celebrating their twenty fifth anniversary this yr, additionally on stage.

“Metsatöll” is presently probably the most well-liked Estonian musical exports. In response to moderately outdated knowledge (the administrator of the group’s web site will not be probably the most diligent and / or the quickest folks …), the group has performed greater than 700 live shows in 24 international locations – there is no such thing as a doubt that this quantity is significantly elevated, and on this space solely the Baltics can compete with our “Skyforger”.

It is onerous to even bear in mind when “Metsatöll” performed in our place for the final time – on the pageant “Zobens und Lemess” we noticed these Estonians again in 2018 – however they’ve all the time been capable of to offer a “roof tearing” live performance. Estonians are anticipated to take part within the pageant on Friday, June 7.

Nation steel is a method of preserving and celebrating cultural heritage, infusing the spirit of conventional music with the facility and depth of steel, and likewise connecting at this time’s listeners to the tales, legends and traditions of generations previous. gone – that is simply the member of the band Lauri Õunapuu talked about in an interview, at the least, the house drums and pipes of Leanne’s brother, a member of the group “Auļi”. It must be famous that “metsatöll” is an previous Estonian euphemism for “wolf”.

About different visitors of “Z&L”. The live performance program will cowl quite a lot of genres, from nation and post-country music to folks steel and different steel scenes. “A particular musical journey might be the large of Swiss heavy music” Samael “with this system of the legendary album “Passage”. We additionally convey “Skálmöld” to Zemgali, who is without doubt one of the main steel music bands in Iceland, describing his musical route as “battle steel” – a mixture of viking epic steel and different genres, supported from the cultural and Icelandic affect. historic heritage. Followers of pagan steel will admire the assembly with the Swedish group “Thyrfing”, the feminine black steel group “Asagraum”, which is a joint undertaking of Dutch and Norwegian musicians, the carry out for the primary time in Latvia,” pageant organizer Valdis Bērzvads explains the primary occasions of this system.

This system additionally options robust family names (“Procession”, “Catalepsia”, “Zintnieks”, and many others.), in addition to good bands from neighboring international locations (Estonian “Hasswald”, Lithuanian “Ūkanose”), however the occasion may even be enriched by the Previous City with the revival of historical past (golf equipment from the three Baltic international locations can be represented) and a craft camp with varied actions, in addition to a Storytelling tent.

The pageant “Sword and Lemes” has been going down since 2015. The primary three occasions had been held in Selia, Lone, however since 2018 Bauska has been the house of the pageant.