Khram (album)

Khram
Храм
Studio album by
Arkona
Released19 January 2018
RecordedJune – August 2017
StudioCDM Records Studio
GenreBlack metal, pagan metal, folk metal
Length74:05
LanguageRussian
LabelNapalm Records
ProducerSergei "Lazar" and Masha "Scream"
Arkona chronology
Yav
(2014) 		Khram
Храм
(2018) 		Kob'
(2023)

Khram (Russian: «Храм») is the eighth full-length album by the Russian pagan metal band Arkona. It was released on 19 January 2018 through Napalm Records.[1] The title means "Temple" in English.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer Germany[3]5/7
Teamrock[4]
Metal Storm[5]8.7/10

Metal Hammer Germany's reviewer wrote that Arkona continued with the same intensity that was known from their previous albums. Influences of Black metal and "unusual melodies" were, however, noted in this release.[3] According to the Sonic Seducer, the album shows the natural development of the band in terms of vocals, composition and instrumentation. Thematically, it constitutes a "tribute to the ... worship of flora and fauna".[2] A review by Teamrock called Khram "wildly adventurous" and noted Arkona's sincere expression of their pagan ideals.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleTranslationLength
1."Mantra (Intro)" (Мантра (Интро))Mantra (Intro)3:51
2."Shtorm" (Шторм)Storm5:12
3."Tseluya zhizn" (Целуя жизнь)Kissing Life17:11
4."Rebyonok bez imeni" (Ребёнок без имени)Nameless Child11:58
5."Khram" (Храм)Temple9:50
6."V pogonye za beloy tenyu" (В погоне за белой тенью)In Pursuit of a White Shadow7:49
7."V ladonyakh bogov" (В ладонях богов)In Gods' Palms9:16
8."Volchitsa" (Волчица; Vedan Kolod cover)She-wolf8:03
9."Mantra (Outro)" (Мантра (Оутро))Mantra (Outro)0:55
Total length:74:05

Personnel

Arkona

  • Masha "Scream" – vocals, keyboards, percussion, songwriting, lyrics, producer
  • Sergei "Lazar" Atrashkevich – guitars, recording, producer, mixing, mastering
  • Ruslan "Kniaz" Oganyan – bass
  • Andrey Ischenko – drums
  • Vladimir "Volk" Reshetnikov – gaita gallega, recorder, tin whistle, low whistle, sopilka
Additional musicians
  • Anatoly Pakhalenko – vocals on "Mantra (Intro)"
  • Alexander Kozlovsky – cello on "Tseluya zhizn"
  • Alexander – tuba on "Tseluya zhizn"
  • Radimir Atrashkevich, Bogdan Atrashkevich – child narration on "Tseluya zhizn"
  • Robert Engstrand – piano on "V ladonyah bogov"
Production
  • Sergey Pavlov – lyrics translation
  • Rotten Phantom – artwork
  • Vladimir Chebakov – design
  • Ele Kachalina – photography

References

  1. ^ "Details Of New Album 'Khram' Issued By Arkona". Metal Underground. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b Eck, Markus (2018). "Arkona 'Khram'". Sonic Seducer (in German). No. 2.
  3. ^ a b Gratzke, Lisa (19 January 2018). "Review: Arkona – Khram". Metal Hammer Germany (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b Lawson, Dom (5 February 2018). "Russian progressive pagans set folk metal ablaze". Teamrock. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Arkona - Khram". Metal Storm. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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