Turan is the sixth and latest album of shamanic metal band Darkestrah, released on 29 April 2016. All music composed during the years 2014 and 2015 by Darkestrah, except the introduction by Turan Ensemble, Kazakhstan.[1]
| Turan | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 29 April 2016 | |||
| Recorded | March–September 2015 | |||
| Genre | Folk metal | |||
| Length | 52:23 | |||
| Label | Osmose Productions (France) | |||
| Producer | Andy Schmidt | |||
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It is the second album of Darkestrah released by Osmose Productions. It is the first album to feature the vocalist Merkith, as well.
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metal Hammer |   [2] |
| Metalstorm | 7.6/10[3] |
| newnoisemagazine |  [4] |
| folkmetalmagazine | 7.5/10[5] |
The album received 4/5 score from Metal Hammer and hailed it as being an "epic folk metal album".[6] Angry Metal Guy gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, however mentioned the importance of previous albums over Turan.[7] Grim Lord from NewNoiseMagazine gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5 and praised it being an atmospheric black metal act.[8]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "One with the grey spirit" | 10:23 |
| 2. | "Erlik-Khan" | 08:09 |
| 3. | "Conversions of the seer" | 07:53 |
| 4. | "Gleaming Madness" | 06:59 |
| 5. | "Bird of prey" | 09:46 |
| 6. | "The hidden light" | 09:13 |
Personnel
edit- Asbath – drums, percussion, temir komuz
- Resurgemus – guitars, synthesizers
- Merkith – vocals
- Cerritus – bass
- Ragnar – guitars
References
edit- ^ "Turan, by Darkestrah". Darkestrah. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ Patterson, Dayal (April 2016). "Darkestrah: Turan". Metal Hammer.
- ^ "Darkestrah - Turan - Rating details - Metal Storm". www.metalstorm.net. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Album Review: Darkestrah - 'Turan' - New Noise Magazine". newnoisemagazine.com. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Darkestrah – Turan – folkmetalmagazine.com". www.folkmetalmagazine.com. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Darkestrah: Turan". Metal Hammer. 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "Darkestrah - Turan Review | Angry Metal Guy". Angry Metal Guy. 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ "Album Review: Darkestrah - 'Turan' - New Noise Magazine". New Noise Magazine. 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2017-07-25.