Gjallarhorn, Suvetar

[MissSpock709]

I wish I could get this on iTunes. :(

[EneriGiilaan]

@MissSpock709 After a five year pause this band is coming back this year - 20th anniversary DVD is coming out and they will tour both Europe and USA!

Go to their YouTube channel "GjallarhornOFFICIAL", there are links to their web-page etc - I guess it won't hurt to leave your request directly there.

BTW they have made some vids available, among others a very good quality version of this one.

[Martin250201]

penis



[SparringPARTNER14]

...krasne...ojedinele...zaujim­ave...fenomenalne:-)

[MegaEnzil]

nádherné

[jakubvolat]

Чароўна!



[LavittoriadiLuka]

Ahh Gjallarhorn blows my mind!!!

Would anyone be willing to give me the lyrics and/or a translation as well???

Finnish is actually one of my ultimate favourite languages in the world ahh

[final2k4]

@LavittoriadiLuka lyrics.wikia.com/Gjallarhorn:S­uvetar

[Lottimaari]

Prayer for the Earth...this takes one's breath away

[rw16966]

beautiful!

[UnholyVilius]

Im finnish and its hard even for me to understand what she says.

[agent9752]

This is beautiful, especially today, the Summer Solstice...

[avarophil]

"Játszott Vejnemöinen ujja, Harsogott a hárfa húrja..."

[konspil]

Finnish is a very nice language, but hard to understand..!

[Tiwaking]

They have digerdoo's in Finland?

[battlefrostrecords]

Two of their members studied music in Australia.

[TSardaukar]

The thing that sounds like the digerdoo is a bass recorder. It's a big honking thing! I saw them last fall. Gjallarhon kicks ass.

[iconman001]

No, it actually IS a didg on this track/album (Sjofn), but I think the guy who played it has left, and the new guy plays recorders. Their latest album, Rimfaxe, features recorders but no didg.

[TSardaukar]

Your right on the didg, but the person who plays it is a woman.

[EneriGiilaan]

@TSardaukar I'm kind of late with this - but didgeridoo/slideridoo player here was Tommy Mansikka-Aho, definitely male.

[TSardaukar]

@EneriGiilaan: Cool, thanks for the information. Gjallarhorn really is a great group. I saw them play a couple of years ago and there didg player was female. Do you know if they changed members or if it was a temporary thing?

[EneriGiilaan]

@TSardaukar If you have seen them, you surely are better informed than me, as I have never seen them live (stupid me).

According to Wikipedia Tommy was their 'doo player in 1996-2004, and they have not had one since. After that they have had a 'subcontrabass recorder' played (among other instruments) by Göran Månsson.

So according to this information (and I don't have better), it indeed seems that the concert has been some special arrangement.

[Nhordmyr]

@EneriGiilaan Are there men known to you who make familiar music?

Not nordic heavy metal.. imagine this song with a mans voice - what bands would come up your mind?

[TheABsiNtHeFaiRy]

@Nhordmyr Hedningarna

[nwlorax]

Wonderful!

While I doubt the band would self-identify as druids, their use of musical techniques from Norse poetry makes this song, if not video, an excellent selection for general listening and meditation.

Kitsaplorax, Druid

[northernmarjaana]

Norse poetry?

To me this sounds very Carelian indeed.

[nwlorax]

This video as posted on the Link TV website identifies many of their stylistic techniques as Norse. If that's incorrect, I apologize.

[northernmarjaana]

OK, the music could be Norse. I thought you referred to the lyrics as well. They represent the traditional Kalevala/Kanteletar style with alliteration and octosyllabic Kalevala meter.

But the insruments, there the Norse influence is very possible indeed. I am afraid I am not familiar with that aspect. Some sounds even seem to be a bit more exotic than just Scandinavian/Fenno-Ugric.

[3mannen]

Not only seem. For bass/bottom instrument, they used a didgeridoo ...!

[vaudevilleUK]

Amazing, I love Finnish culture and mythology :D

[artimus29]

you're nto alone...I should have been born in Suomen as well...but at least, I will try to get there

[zoadam]

I think I should have born in Finland or Sweden.

[dadadj3]

Magical. i like the build up so much, it holds its edge[tension] so well. A great and deft mix of instruments and the vocal is so deeply dreamy. Makes me want to dive into a field of wheat and praise the earth goddess.

[hoserman16]

Do you mean Gaia?

[dadadj3]

Could be Gaia, or whatever gladdens your being friend!

[dogofman]

No not Gaia. It's Suvetar another fertility and earth goddess.

[sunaNOonna]

perfect!

[imtubester]

SPELLBINDING! 5*'s!

[spokenlife]

I love everything about this vid: the song, the imagery. Very cool. I didn't know Finnish music was this funky (I actually don't know anything at all about Finnish music.) Great vid. Also, did I see/hear a (pardon spelling) dijideroo?

[imtubester]

2nd that!

[s0060982x]

Yes, you heard a didgeridoo :)

[ZorGre]

Breathtaking! My favorite Finnish group!

[sisugrl]

memorizing...folkish, but with a beat that you can hum ..luv it

[imtubester]

I agree!

[misswhip667]

Horribly out of sync, though.

[merc340sr]

Breathless!!!

[nemofolk]

Mysterious and fantastic video with the image of the woman as bond of the ancient elements.

You can see my video seeking for: nemofolk

[jesienka]

amazing!! i love this piece!! drums, didjeridoo & stunning vocals + "supernatural" video make so WONDERFUL a tmosphere!! (and that guy with didjeridoo.. :-)

[gatonegro99]

Excellent!

[Vraltupp]

WOW this is so beautiful!!

[janis666]

great band. more vidz plz

[henrikjokas]

wOw! great video! i love nordic music (althou i'm portuguese)

[Jygri]

i'm gonna hank up you to the bed so you better not scream for mommy

[Sandraugiga]

Great video, great band! Thanks for putting this up. I couldn't view it from their webiste for some strange reason.