Turan (album)
Turan is the sixth and latest album of shamanic metal band Darkestrah, released on 29 April 2016. All music composed between the years 2014 - 2015 by Darkestrah, except introduction by Turan Ensemble, Kazakhstan.[1]
| Turan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 29 April 2016 | |||
| Recorded | March - September 2015 | |||
| Genre | Folk metal | |||
| Length | 52:23 | |||
| Label | Osmose Productions (France) | |||
| Producer | Andy Schmidt | |||
| Darkestrah studio albums chronology | ||||
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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
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metal Hammer |   |
| Metalstorm | 7.6/10[3] |
| newnoisemagazine |  |
| folkmetalmagazine | 7.5/10[5] |
The album received 4/5 score from Metal Hammer and hailed being as 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
| 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
- Asbath – drums, percussion, temir komuz
- Resurgemus – guitars, synthesizers
- Merkith – vocals
- Cerritus – bass
- Ragnar – guitars
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References
- "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.
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