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Arkona new album?

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Arkona announced they started the recording of their 9th album! The album will be called “Kob’ ” (“Кобь” in Russian), which means sorcery, divination in ancient Slavic language.The Russian attempt to invade the Ukraine might have a huge impact on Arkona. We’ll just have to wait and see what this … Continue reading →

Arkona Pagan Rebellion Tour

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Arkona Pagan Rebellion Tour 2019

The Chapel, San Fransisco
19 September 2019

On one warm Friday evening, I took off work early and headed to the city not to simply escape the heat and indulge in the delectable culinary offerings but to primarily see one of my favorite bands. This particular trip was especially anxious with an interview confirmed with headliners, Arkona, but more on that later.

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Skálmöld, Arkona & Eluveitie – Effenaar Eindhoven (2014)

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Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 23 November 2014 It is sunday evening, seven o’clock. A large delegation from Folk-metal.nl travels to the Effenaar in Eindhoven, where a healthy dose of folk metal will blast through the speakers tonight. The Swiss band Eluveitie is being assisted by the Russian band Arkona and … Continue reading →

Arkona back in this world

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Congratulations on the release of ‘Yav’! Could you please elaborate on the album? Does it have a theme or concept?
‘YAV is a concept album. Concept not in the sense that each song relates to the previous one and the whole album is in the style of history, but that all the songs are about our world today and it describes my point of view on it. The album’s lyrics are made in philosophical manner and narrates about the world around us. The world how I see it. It also describes my feelings about some nowadays problems and opens the philosophy of my views about the future of our generation and empathy to the changes which have started.

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Ragnarök Festival 2014

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25/26 April 2014 Stadthalle Lichtenfels, Germany Ragnarök is a small festival that’s taking place in Lichtenfels. However, never let the size of things misguide you, because on this festival the best of pagan- folk- and black-metal come together. With bands like Arkona, Finntroll, Skálmöld en Manegarm, there were enough bands … Continue reading →