Žalvarinis

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Name = Žalvarinis

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Origin = Vilnius, Lithuania
Genre = Folk metal
Folk rock
Years_active = 2001 – present
Label = Prior Records
Associated_acts = Ugnėlakis
Kūlgrinda
URL = http://www.zalvarinis.lt/
Current_members = Robertas Semeniukas
Aurimas Lemežis
Marius Būda
Ilja Molodcov
Ineta Meduneckytė
Laurita Peleniūtė-Pocienė
Eglė Pakšytė
Ramūnas Pocius
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Žalvarinis is a folk metal band from Vilnius, Lithuania. They were formed in 2001 as a collaboration between the black metal group "Ugnėlakis" and the pagan folk group "Kūlgrinda". This was reflected in the title of their debut album in 2002, "Ugnėlakis su Kūlgrinda" (Ugnėlakis with Kūlgrinda). The name of Žalvarinis means brass.

Style

With their music, Žalvarinis seeks to build a bridge between the past and the present - to revive the dying folk songs, to present them to the listener in a modern form, while still preserving their essence.

The lyrics for band's songs are usually taken from the folklore of Lithuanian people and are sung in their original Lithuanian language. Žalvarinis' music frequently features singing technique of traditional Lithuanian sutartinė (a form of glee), usually sung by band's three female singers - good examples of sutartinė can be heard in tracks Ailiom susėdom and Dijūta. Authentic pronunciation as well as ancient words and their forms in folk songs are also usually preserved by the band. As a legacy of Kūlgrinda, the band also features few folk-songs of Old Prussians.

Žalvarinis's sound, on the other hand, while still influenced by traditional Lithuanian folk music, is a lot more modern - generally speaking, it's a mix of traditional Heavy metal and progressive rock (see links section for audio samples).The first album of the band was strongly metal-influenced, however with later albums, the sound becomes more and more progressive.

The song "Aš kanapį sėjau" (eng. "I Sowed A Hemp"), taken from the 2005 album "Žalio vario" was featured on "Transformations in Lithuanian Song" - a 2006 compilation CD that covered the development of Lithuanian folk music over many years, published by the Lithuanian-American journal "Lituanus".

Members

*Robertas Semeniukas - electric guitar
*Paulius Jaskūnas - bass guitar
*Aidas Buivydas - electric guitar
*Ilja Molodcov – drums
*Ineta Meduneckytė – vocals
*Laurita Peleniūtė-Pocienė – vocals
*Eglė Pakšytė - vocals

Discography

*"Ugnėlakis su Kūlgrinda" (2002, translates as "Ugnėlakis with Kūlgrinda")
*"Žalio vario" (2005, translates as " [Made] Of Yellow Metal")
*"Folk n' Rock (2008)

ee also

*Lithuanian music

External links

* [http://www.zalvarinis.lt/ Official homepage] Lt icon
* [http://www.zalvarinis.lt/zalvarinis/muzika.php?Muzika Official homepage (music download page)] Lt icon
* [http://zalvarinis.frype.lt/ Žalvarinis page on frype.lt (with streaming music)] Lt icon
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=18102 Encyclopaedia Metallum] Lt icon