Nifelvind

Nifelvind
Studio album by Finntroll
Publication (s)	2010
Label (s)	Century Media
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Folk Metal , Pagan Metal
Title (number)	11 12 (Limited Boxset) 14 (Tour Edition)
running time	45 min 36 s 49 min 08 s (Limited Boxset)
occupation	Singing : Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns Guitar : Mikael "Routa" Karbom, Samuli "Skrymer" Ponsimaa Keyboard : Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali Bass : Sami "Tundra" Uusitalo Drums : Samu "Beast Dominator" Ruotsalainen
production	Mixing : Nino Laurenne & Finntroll Mastering : Mika Jussila, Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali Production : Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali
Studio (s)	Sonic Pump Studios
chronology Ur Jordens Djup (2007) Nifelvind Blodsvept (2013)

Nifelvind (dt. Hell wind ) is the fifth album by the Finnish metal band Finntroll . It was published in Finland on February 17, 2010 and in Germany on February 19, 2010 by Century Media .

The limited edition of Nifelvind entered the German album charts at number 31 and the Finnish charts at number 8.

Recording and publication

Nifelvind was recorded at Sonic Pump Studio in Helsinki from July to September 2009 and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios .

The original title was Mot Skuggornas Värld , but the band decided on the name Nifelvind .

The cover of the album was designed by Skrymer like the previous ones. The texts, written in Swedish , come from founding member Katla.

The album was released as a regular CD, as a limited box set version, which, in addition to the CD, contains a beer mat and a flag in the cover design. In addition, a tour edition of the album with a new cover design and a bonus cover CD was released on September 23, 2011 .

style

Unlike on the previous albums, none of the lyrics on Nifelvind are about trolls, the word troll doesn't even appear. For the first time, Finntroll mainly refers to death and themes from Norse mythology . The song Den Frusna Munnen deals with the encounter between a dying man and the goddess of death Hel, from whose ice-cold mouth (Swedish : frusen mun ) he receives the kiss of death. In the song Under Bergets Rot , the lyrical self discovers the entrance to the underworld (see Helheim ) at the foot of a mountain in snow and ice. The song Ett Norrskensdåd describes the lust for murder of a person whose character is portrayed with reference to the hellhound Garm .

With the new texts, which refer strongly to mythology, Finntroll are approaching the genre of pagan metal , which they only did before by letting trolls fight against Christianity in their texts.

Alex Straka from the online magazine Powermetal.de describes the instrumentation consisting of a Humppa accordion, banjo, violin etc. as varied and intelligent. Sabine Langner finds the additional use of orchestral elements "conspicuous but still relatively unobtrusive". She describes the style as black or death metal .

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Nifelvind   AT 61 03/05/2010 (1 week)   CH 44 03/07/2010 (1 week)   FI 35 08/2010 (2 weeks)   SE 49 09/2010 (1 week) Nifelvind Limited box set   DE 31 03/05/2010 (1 week)   FI 8th 08/2010 (1 week)

1. Blodmarsch (Blood March) - 2:11
2. Solsagan (The Sun Sage ) - 4:31 (Music: Trollhorn / Text: Katla)
3. Den frusna munnen (The frozen mouth) - 4:04 (music: Trollhorn, Tundra / text: Katla)
4. Ett norrskensdåd (A Northern Lights act) - 3:34 (Music: Trollhorn / Text: Katla)
5. I trädens sång (In the song of the trees) - 3:43 (Music: Trollhorn / Text: Katla)
6. Tiden utan tid (Time without time) - 4:55 (Music: Trollhorn / Text: Katla)
7. Galgasång (gallows song ) - 3:44 (music: Trollhorn / text: Katla)
8. Mot skuggornas värld (In the World of Shadows) - 4:43 (Music: Trollhorn, Tundra / Text: Katla)
9. Under bergets rot (Under the root of the mountain) - 3:28 (Music: Trollhorn, Routa / Text: Katla)
10. Fornfamnad (hugged by the ancestors) - 3:42 (music: Trollhorn, Routa / text: Katla)
11. Dråp (Homicide) - 7:00 (Music: Trollhorn / Text: Katla)

    Bonus track of the box set version

12. Under Dvärgens Fot (Under the dwarf's foot) - 3:32

    Tour Edition bonus CD

13. Insects ( Oingo-Boingo cover)
14. Can You Forgive Her? ( Pet Shop Boys Cover)
15. The God That Failed ( Metallica Cover)

Web links

• Trollhorn's diary about the recording work
• Criticism at laut.de
• Solsagan music video on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} musicline.de: Finntroll in the German album charts ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} finnishcharts.com: Finntroll in the Finnish charts
3. ↑ Blabbermouth: "FINNTROLL: New Album Details Revealed" ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 1, 2010) 
4. ↑ Review on powermetal.de (accessed on March 1, 2010)
5. ↑ Review on musikreviews.de (accessed on March 1, 2010)
6. ↑ austriancharts.at: Finntroll in the Austrian charts
7. ↑ swisscharts.com: Finntroll in the Swiss charts
8. ↑ swedishcharts.com: Finntroll in the Swedish charts