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| Slania | 
 enlarge | Artist: Eluveitie
Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 10237
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 12079
UPC: 727361207922
EAN: 0727361207922
ASIN: B00127R7G0
Release Date: March 11, 2008
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 Fun 'Death Metal' June 25, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
First of all, I'm not a death metal fan. I don't find it offensive to my sensibilities or ears and I can treat it as 'white noise' if it's playing, but I generally like clean vocals.
That said, awhile back I picked up "Amon Amarth's" "With Oden on Our Side" and enjoyed it a lot, mainly because I loved the melodic nature of the instruments. So off and on I've been searching for other music of a similar vein. Slania isn't really all that similar, but I like it nevertheless.
What IS similar is that the melodies of the music are much more interesting to me than the normal 'thrash/death' style, but the way the melodies are created is different. In Slania, the melodies are driven by the folk instruments (flute particularly) while the guitar work is very straightforward *but still quite good). As others have pointed out, Slania is often classified as straight "Folk Metal" and/or "Melodic Death Metal", thus Amazon's classification is misleading, which is why I've changed this review to reflect that.
I like the variety in the music. A couple of songs are very light on the folk instruments, others use clear vocals, including my favorite song on the CD, "Slania's Song", which features a female counterpoint which works nicely. Oddly, my one main complaint is one of repetition. There's a flute melody which appears to be repeated in many of the songs, particularly near the end of the CD.
Still, this is another example of a 'Death Metal' CD which interests me, though admittedly that's because it isn't pure Death Metal, but rather "Melodic Death Metal" or "Folk Metal".
 surprising April 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't usually go for the screaming metal, but this is excellent. My daughter introduced the band to me via a music video, and I'm hooked. I think the instrument choices of the band make it so good. I love medieval european music and traditional instruments, and combining them with metal is outstanding. Other bands with the same formula would be In Extremo and Tanzwut - but they come without the screaming. They really are more traditional.
Beautiful and Hard Rocking Folk Metal Album April 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Eluveitie have taken a giant leap forward with "Slania". While their previous efforts were quite good, this album is in the big leagues, with the very best of Ensiferum, Turisas, Korpiklaani, and Finntroll, to name a few outstanding folk metal bands. (And if you enjoy "Slania", you will enjoy those bands, except maybe not the most recent Finntroll release from 2007, which is mainly guitar-based, but try Finntroll's "Nattfodd" or any of their other albums for a great, fun, folk metal thrill!)..."Slania" is excellent because is really rocks HARD on most tracks, with death-growl vocals, yet at the same time many traditional instruments are used throughout the album, giving it NOT so much a viking sound as a medieval sound that is really lovely. If you like any of those bands I mentioned above, this album is an absolute MUST!
A Strange Mix . . . May 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
... of Folk Metal with a little "something else". It is hard to describe Eluveitie. The way i do it is Folk Metal meets Death Metal or Melodic Death Metal. the only difference is that the melodic part, the lead is with instruments such as violin, pipes, or hurdy gurdy.
The same rings true throughout their new album. i cannot begin to tell you how many times i have listened to this album since it's release. this is a very solid album with only a few minor gripes such as what i feel to be poor placement of pinch harmonics in the second track. but for most people that won't be a problem, it isn't for me, i just think they could have been left out.
Without going into extensive detail, i suggest everyone interested in Folk Metal buy this, even though it has some Death Metal to it.
A must buy!
Just.... WOW! May 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It has been exactly 48:42 minutes since I bought the album (plus the time taken to write this review). I found the band on Amazon, saw the six 5-star reviews, and decided to take the plunge and buy the album.
Now let me say that although I'm into melodeath bigtime, I've never been a huge fan of folk metal. I however do occassionally listen to soft folk rock like The Corrs. So I was stunned, no, OVERWHELMED, when I heard Eluveitie blend folk elements so seamlessly with melodic death metal.
There are flutes, oh yes. Violins? Think so. Plus a bunch of other funny (albeit pleasant) noises too. All together with melodious guitar lines and great vocals (there's even one with female vocals). The net output is a whole new level of awesomeness, which is quite surprising from a relatively unknown band.
So, while my review is clearly not what might be considered well-thought out, I wanted to "weigh in" here on how cool this album is. If you like melodic death metal, you're going to LOVE this. In fact, the track 'Bloodstained Ground' would have almost been indistinguishable from a Dark Tranquillity track (but then the incredible folk stuff kicked in :P).
Recommended tracks: Inis Mona, Bloodstained Ground, hell... all of them :).
PS: It's the not-yet-popular bands like these that need your support (and money) the most! Please please buy the album if you like it after listening to a few of the songs.
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