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I interviewed Leo from VETTEN ÄPÄRÄT band who recently released their debut album entitled “Syntyi Talven Kyynelistä" that means “Born from Winter's Tears”. 01. Hi Leo! 10 years ago was founded VETTEN ÄPÄRÄT . How did the idea emerge amongst the founders of the band ? Sami Ferm had his personal reasons to start a band and found Anton at his high school. They bonded when Sami bought him drum sticks and got Anton to play for his band. They played with various people in various places in eastern Helsinki.

VETTEN ÄPÄRÄT  released their debut album " Syntyi Talven Kyynelistä " (Born from Winter's Tears). You can order here .  TRACKLIST : 01. Ancients' Call 02. Exile 03. Brothers Of Hate 04. Winterheart's Silence 05. Winter Darkness 06. Grief Of Woods 07. Sydäntalven Viha [ sound ] 08. Herätys 09. Swords' Dance 10. Wind Of Exhaustion 11. Ice Made New Kingdom 12. I Heard Them 13. Vala

" Syntyi Talven Kyynelistä " (Born from Winter's Tears), the debut album signed  VETTEN ÄPÄRÄT  is available for pre-order now. The full length will be released in digital on April fools' day and May 13th in CD. TRACKLIST : 01. Ancients' Call 02. Exile 03. Brothers Of Hate 04. Winterheart's Silence 05. Winter Darkness 06. Grief Of Woods 07. Sydäntalven Viha 08. Herätys 09. Swords' Dance 10. Wind Of Exhaustion 11. Ice Made New Kingdom 12. I Heard Them 13. Vala

LOCATION :  Helsinki, Finland Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Sami Ferm : vocals, flutes Aleksi Kulmala : lead guitar Leo Lemmetty : rhythm guitar, backing vocals Jarmo Luopa : bass, backing vocals Anton Nisonen : drums Irene Penttonen : keyboards HISTORY : Founded around 2006-2007, the band VETTEN ÄPÄRÄT means to represent the second generation of Finnish folk metal with low-tuned guitars and traditional acoustic melodies. They said : "We drive to be a fresh take on the whole genre. Blending in different types of metal to the basis of folk with the concept of not limiting ourselves to any specific style". RECORDINGS : Sydäntalven Viha, single 2014 Syntyi Talven Kyynelistä, album 2016 [ details ] WEBSITES : Facebook Twitter Vkontakte Youtube Instagram Bandcamp Contact :   vettenaparat@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news - Interview  2016

Finnish band  VETTEN ÄPÄRÄT plans to release their debut album early 2016. The record entitled "Syntyi Talven Kyynelistä" (Born from Winter's Tears) is a collection of their work from nearly 10 years. 13 tracks will complete the full length. "Musically, it will be a mix between tracks of acoustic instruments and a variety of modern metal. We try to give space to our acoustic elements with purely acoustic tracks. On the other hand, some songs will be raw modern folk metal" , they added. Regarding the lyrics based on a fantasy story, they said : The story of the album follows mainly a serf (peasant) who is forced to leave his family and join a crusade-like adventure as a servant. Traveling with an army to a land that calls humans to it for different reasons. long the side we witness battles fought and lost as the calling land’s spirits of nature wake to wage war on the humans. The nature awakens as a counter-reaction because of it’s disregard by the huma...