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.
Continue reading →29 August 2019, Anti-Bar; Quebec Canada It’s the end of summer in Québec Citythe temperature has finally fell a bit and it’s time for Arkona’s show on Thursday 29th of August in the famous Anti-Bar (https://lanti.ca/). I leave work early to prepare for the show. The place is really nice … Continue reading →
Interview with Masha Scream Arkhipova (M) and Sergei Lazar (S) – Pagan Rebellion Tour – September 13, 2019
Let’s start off with a huge thanks for sitting down with me for the folks of Folk-Metal.nl.
M: “Likewise!”
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.
Continue reading →Arkona & Korpiklaani, House of Blues, Dallas USA; 21st November 2018 After spending several minutes trying to claim my ticket at the box office, I was very excited to finally get to see Korpiklaani live. While it did turn out to be a relatively short night and in some ways … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.0/10 Release: 19 January 2018 Label: Napalm Records Always exciting, a new Arkona Album. Ever since Masha joined in and the band changed their name to Arkona, the band has developed with each and every album. The evolution went from lots of black and pagan metal, to music with … Continue reading →
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 →
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.
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 →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 25 April 2014 Label: Napalm Records It has been a while since Arkona has released a new studio album. In 2011 the band released ‘Slovo’, shortly followed by a pair of live cd’s called ‘A Decade of Glory’ in 2013. In 2014 it is finally time for … Continue reading →
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