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Yet the subjects are all linked to each other and this red line gives it a conceptual feeling. Entering Wintersun’s universe, we are brought into the right mood with the eastern-influenced, atmospheric intro ‘Fields Of Snow’. The first real Wintersun track is the metallic brilliance of ‘The Way Of The Fire’, with fire as a metaphor for representing the energy of stars as a source of life, which is also connected to time. In ‘One With The Shadows’ we experience the magic of an opulence of vocal harmonies, while orchestral arrangements loom up as ornamental move. Jari has a remarkable vision on the lyrics, ‘Now I think it is about regret. You are living in the shadows as long as you don’t turn regret into something positive to continue your life. In ‘Ominous Clouds’, clouds are gathering as the interlude journeys towards the next exploring adventure ‘Storm’. ‘This is the heaviest and darkest track on the album,’ explains Jari. ‘It even has influences from classical music, more precisely from Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’, but furious guitars and heavy drums prevail, while the tone remains chaotic.’ The last track, ‘Silver Leaves’, with an array of harmonious sounds, partly performed with traditional Chinese instruments like the ‘erhu’ (similar to the violin or fiddle). 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Hailing from the land of the thousand lakes where the winters are long and cold, Wintersun is the new project of singer and multi instrumentalist Jari Mäenpäa, who recently left his former band Ensiferum.   Powerful and majestic with a lot of energy, the music of Wintersun mainly flows with great melodies influenced by folk and Scandinavian traditional music. Lyrically the album deals with mastermind Jari's life, feelings, emotions, hallucinations and dreams, facts that make the record a very personal piece of work.  Beside Jari, drummer Kai Hahto from the Finish Grindcore\/Death Metal band Rotten Sound plays on \u003ci\u003eWintersun\u003c\/i\u003e and provided the album with a hellish pummelling in all of the right parts. The rest – vocals, guitars, bass and programming – was done completely by the perfectionist Mäenpäa. They both managed to create a diversified song spectrum from speed metal tracks over heavy guitar tracks to bombastic mid tempo opuses. While fast songs like opener 'Beyond The Dark Sun' and 'Winter Madness' stress out the high technical abilities of Wintersun, epic songs with big choruses like 'Sleeping Stars' and 'Death And The Healing' show the unique feeling of Jari for emotional and melancholic melodies. The vocals always fit perfectly to the present mood – Jari masters everything, no matter if you take melodic clean vocals, brutal screams or Viking-like chants. Wintersun is epic Melodic Death Metal once more over the top!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nuclear Blast","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50875300938059,"sku":"2224248","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Wintersun_af384ce5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1732256517"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/wintersun.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}