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(new video) New music video of the Swiss moongazers WAZZARA!

With their very own version of ‘Guggisberglied’ WAZZARA can touch deeply and lastingly.
Swiss folk song first mentioned in 1741. Originally scored in Bernese German (one of the Swiss idioms), it tells of a lost, unrequited love.

Singer Barbara reveals about ‘Guggisberglied‘:
‘This song is very dear to me – I’ve carried it inside me since I was a child. Its melody exerts a strong magical, irresistible force on me, which we wanted to emphasize with the new arrangement.’

LINE-UP:
Barbara Brawand • Vocals, Guitar
Marcel ‘Mäsi’ Stettler • Guitar
Tom Kuzmic • Guitar
George Necola • Bass
Deniz Lebovci • Drums

(review) Heilung – Lifa (DVD)

Heilung is healing. This collective from various countries is set to bring back some old scrolls and poems to the world of today and bring back some inner spiritual values to us who crave for release and inspirational energy that this modern sped up world lacks so much.

Heilung started playing mostly Nordic folk, or darkened folk of Nordic countries, but later evolved into more world darkened folk, with songs about Carpathi and endless sea of forests, sounds, spirits and energy. Lyrics are taken from elder scrolls, dead languages and poems, with some songs in English here and there. Also, Heilung play on custom hand made instruments of bones, stone, skin and some electronica effects without classic band instruments like guitars, bass, drums and keyboards. But, it sounds stronger and mightier than most bands that play so called folk metal nowadays.

This dvd was recorded at Castle Festival and this is not merely a gig, this is a ritual, this is so much more than everything musical gig can give. From chanting in multiple voices, clean singing by charismatic Maria Franz, group berserker tribal singing, wind, birds, spirits that are here with us, this gig is about spiritual cleansing and healing wounds that come from being part of this spiritual world not caring about nature and old ways. Nature is warning us nowadays that it is wounded and suffering due to man´s influence and evil doing, but music of Heilung somehow sooths the bleeding hearts and brings back good feeling in you. I know this is hard to get only in words, but this is a must see and must feel gig. Hope I am going to witness Heilung ritual live somehow somewhere.

(review) Smorodina Reka – Predvestye

Smorodina Reka are hailing from Moscow, Russia and they are relatively new to the scene. This album means Foreshadowing in Russian. The music of Smorodina Reka can be described as a mixture of acoustic, symphonic and dark folk atmospheric ambiental music with combination of Slavic and Nordic folklore in the song structures. That means fantastic song arrangements, bombastic almost symphonic grandiose passages mixing with beautiful and proud voice delivering us, the listeners back to the times when things such as pride, honor, belief in yourself, warrior s heart and Nature meant something. I think we all lost a bit of ourselves in these modern fast times and we never stop to reflect and think why we do the things we do and what can we achieve to make our hearts and ourselves better and more in tune with ancient beliefs and that we find ourselves again. Well, the music of this band is doing just that for me. Lyrics are in Russian, but we Slavic brothers and sisters can understand each other well enough. If you read this one and are looking for restoring ancient pride in you, go listen and check this one out.

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