MOONSORROW — Tulimyrsky EP (review)

MOONSORROW — Tulimyrsky EP album cover EP · 2008 · Folk Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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Moonsorrow is one of those bands that can be counted on to pull through quality metal, and the Tulimyrski EP is a great example of that. You've got an excellent 30 minute epic track on one half, and two covers and a couple good remakes in the other. All of it is worth listening to, and if you're looking for some more folk metal for your collection, this one will fit the bill perfectly.

The draw of this album is the self titled epic track, "Tulimyrski", which means firestorm when translated to English, a very fitting name. It has all the aggression of flames all over, most notably in the fierce beginning, but also has the passion of fire all over in the form of wonderful folky melodies and tribal singing. It develops well in several movements and has many different moods, truly a worthy listen.

The cover of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" absolutely crushes the original. It has folk instrumentation and an epic instrumental section that Metallica could never really reach in the first place.

The next three songs will be less known, and ultimately less attractive to less devoted fans, but they're still pretty good. All three are in a similar mood, dark with haunting sythesized strings and black metal elements all over the place. The song "Back to North" is a cover of the black metal band Merciless and I think they made a fitting version.

All in all, Tulimyrski is a worthy EP. The only faults with it I can find is that it is heavily weighted towards the beginning epic and seems to drop in quality from there, and that the songs don't all quite fit together. That being said, this is not an album, it is released as an EP, so the songs don't have to fit together. Therefore as far as EP buying goes, you can't go wrong with Tulimyrski.
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