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Vo Slavu Velikim! (Во славу Великим!)
Studio album by
Released24 September 2005
Recorded16 June – 27 August 2005
StudioCDM Records Studio (Moscow, Russia)
GenreFolk metal, pagan metal
Length61:26
LabelSound Age Production
ProducerMasha "Scream"
Sergei "Lazar"
Arkona chronology
Lepta (Лепта)
(2004)
Vo Slavu Velikim! (Во славу Великим!)
(2005)
Zhizn vo Slavu (Жизнь во славу)
(2006)

Vo Slavu Velikim! (Во славу Великим!) is the third full-length album by the Russian folk metal band Arkona. It was released on 24 September 2005 through Sound Age Production. It was re-released in 2008 by Vic Records.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sonic Seducer[1]very favourable

A review of the 2008 re-release by German magazine Sonic Seducer was very favourable, calling the album a proof that Arkona were among "the very best and the most aesthetic" pagan folk metal bands world-wide. The reviewer praised singer Maria Arkhipova's voice as well as the dynamic and highly melodic compositions.[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleOriginal Russian titlesLength
1."Intro (Kolymiyka)""Интро (Коломийка)"1:31
2."Skvoz Tuman Vekov (Through the Mist of Ages)""Сквозь туман веков"5:10
3."Rus Iznachalnaya (Primordial Rus)""Русь изначальная"5:43
4."Vo Slavu Velikim! (For Glory of the Great)""Во славу великим!"5:37
5."Po Syroi Zemle (On the Moist Earth)""По сырой земле"7:39
6."Tuman Yarom" (Ukrainian folk song)"Туман Яром"2:50
7."Zov Bitvy (Call of the Battle)""Зов битвы"4:08
8."Vedy Proshlovo (Vedas of the Past)""Веды прошлого"5:21
9."Velikden (Great Day)""Великдень"0:56
10."Gnev Vremen (The Wrath of Times)""Гнев времен"5:11
11."Na Svarogovoi Doroge (On a Svarog's Road)""На Свароговой дороге"5:09
12."Vyidi, Vyidi Ivanku..." (Russian folk song)"Выйди, выйди Иванку..."1:12
13."Vosstaniye Roda (Rod's Uprising)""Восстание Рода"5:27
14."Sila Slavnykh (By Virtue of the Glorious)""Сила Славных"5:32

Credits

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  • Masha "Scream" – vocals, choir, keyboards, acoustic guitar
  • Sergei "Lazar" – guitars, vocals, choir
  • Ruslan "Kniaz" – bass
  • Vlad "Artist" – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

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  • Vladimir Cherepovsky – various folk instruments
  • Ilya "Wolfenhirt" – vocals, choir
  • Igor "Hurry" – accordion
  • Andrey Karasev – violin

References

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  1. ^ a b Eck, Markus (2008). "Arkona – Vo Slavu Velikim". Sonic Seducer (in German). No. 12. Archived from the original on 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2012-07-29. Mit diesem zeitlos schönen Geniestreich offenbart sich, dass diese russische Gruppe zum Allerbesten und auch Ästhetischsten gehört, was der gesamte internationale Pagan Folk Metal überhaupt zu bieten hat. [This agelessly beautiful stroke of genius reveals that this Russian band belongs among the very best and the most aesthetic that the entire range of international pagan folk metal has to offer.]