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Finntroll - Midnattens Widunder



7.9 | 320 votes |
Release date: 1999
Style: Extreme folk metal

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01. Intro
02. Svartberg
03. Rivfader
04. Vätteanda
05. Bastuvisan
06. Blodnatt
07. Midnattens Widunder
08. Segersång
09. Svampfest

Additional info
Recorded and mixed 6th-17th September 1999 at Wallstone Studios by Tuomo Valtonen.
Mastered at Finnvox by Mika Jussila.

Titles in English:
"Monster Of Midnight"
1. Intro / 2. Black Mountain / 3. Rivfader ("Father Shred") 4. Goblin Spirit / 5. The Sauna Song / 6. Night Of Blood / 7. Monster Of Midnight / 8. Victory Song / 9. Mushroom Feast

Staff review by
Herzebeth
Rating:
7.5
I guess this is the weirdest band I've heard in a long time, I thought Finntroll was a Black Metal band but after hearing Midnattens I really do not know which genre they are, a mixture of Black, Folk, even a slight spice of gothic Metal, and some other elements I can't describe.

The album in execution (instruments) is quite average if you ask me, nothing really complex or outstanding, but that's only when you pay attention to just one instrument, the thing is that when you hear everything together sounds impressive, that is what makes Finntroll a different band actually, a lot of simple riffs combined with nice keyboards, which by the way is the most important instrument in this album (the keyboards pack Midnattens with all kind of atmospheres and incredible feelings), the bass-lines are not awesome or anything (in fact there are few songs where you can actually "hear" the bass-lines) and the drumming is ok, so when I say that what matters is the instruments combined I mean it.

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published 21.01.2005 | Comments (3)

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Comments: 8   Visited by: 257 users
17.01.2013 - 16:41
Rating: 9
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
After listening to this album I fell in love with Finntroll's music so it holds a special meaning for me, even if I like their second album more. Crazy humppa metal!
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"And we are not who we think we are
We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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19.10.2013 - 20:07
Rating: 8
NorthernDickhead

Vocals are awesome!
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13.11.2013 - 14:42
Immortal

Album ID = 666
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"Hope is the greatest of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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22.05.2014 - 19:22
Rating: 10
FinnRommi

Old but still gold
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28.08.2016 - 23:39
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Some fairy tail music from the forest a bit pre I net day wonder I say
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Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!

Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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18.04.2017 - 17:55
Breedo

Everybody starts somewhere and finntroll started with a blast. Though I might Think it isn't their best albums it still have plenty of good songs.
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27.02.2020 - 21:12
Rating: 8
Metal Rasputin

I don't know what the heck these guys were smoking when they came up with this Finland-Swedish troll metal folk humppa thing, but I love it. I even bought the album when it was first released, it's still somewhere in my possession. In case you guys you don't know what "humppa" means, it's kind of traditional Finnish dance music with hectic "dumm-dah, dumm-dah" rhythmic pattern. In more modern slang people mostly use the word to describe something incredibly lame and boring. This is where the self-ironic humor of this band actually comes from.
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You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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18.07.2022 - 12:18
Rating: 7
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Fun little album and for a debut it's a great introduction to the band. They had their identity clear from the get go which is most important. Unfortunately the songwriting is lacking a bit and the most memorable songs are for me Svartberg and Rivfader so the second half is kind of meh.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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