TENHI - VALKAMA [DELUXE HARDCOVER ARTBOOK] BOOK2CD

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Genre: Nordic Folk

Special Luxury Edition, hardcover artbook (28x28 cms, 36 pages) with 3-track bonus CD, English lyrics translations and enhanced artwork by Tyko Saarikko

On their sixth album, "Valkama", which translates as 'harbour' or 'shelter' among other meanings, the Finns originally began telling of a journey that was meant as a fairy tale in a burning, war-torn village and the crossing over dark waters to an island of the dead. The island is called Verisurma ('the place for those who have suffered blood-death') in Finnish folklore, where those dwell that died in war or were killed with a blade, and who shed blood on its shore forever.

Yet, during the ten years that TENHI were working on the album, our reality started to bleed into the otherworld with its own terrors and wars. Year after year, the musicians felt their story be- coming more and more real until the point was reached that the band decided to change course. Although echoes of the original work are still audible in the final music and visible in the artwork, the album now feels more harmonious and comforting, even brighter.

While their previous full-length "Saivo" tilted more towards an ambient-style and panoramic soundtrack feeling, "Valkama" returns to a more song-oriented approach – even though the tracks retain an epic and meandering format. "Valkama" comes with the trademark Finnish longing and melancholia, but despite its audible darkness, TENHI offer a musical outlet from the horrors of the modern world. In the twilight world of the North, "Valkama" is the silver-lining on the horizon promising shelter and peace.

TRACKS: 01 Saattue 02 Kesävihanta 03 Valkama 04 Rintamaan 05 Rannankukka 06 Laineinen 07 Hele 08 Ulapoi 09 Elokuun linnut 10 Sydämes on tiel 11 Veden elein 12 Aina sininen aina

TRACKS BONUS CD (artbook only): 01 Veresi säe 02 Vuoteen 03 Verna