Аркона (Arkona) "Слово (Slovo)"

Arkona (Russian: Аркона) is a Russian folk metal band.[1] Their lyrics are heavily influenced by Russian folklore and Slavic mythology, and their music incorporates several traditional Russian musical instruments. The name of the band "Arkona" refers to the last Pre-Christianized Slavic city-castle.

Their singer and songwriter, Maria "Masha Scream" Arkhipova, is one of relatively few successful female vocalists to sing in a death growl style. She is married to fellow band member Sergei "Lazar" Atrashkevich, with whom she has two children.

Slovo (Russian: Слово, A Word) is the sixth full-length album by the Russian pagan metal band Arkona. It was released on August 26, 2011 through Napalm Records. An academical choir and a chamber orchestra were used on the album.

A review by the webzine Jukebox Metal called the album "imaginative and lively" but criticised a lack in musical consistency and identity. Metal Hammer Germany was more positive and lauded the evolution in the band's musical quality, writing that the songs were more complex and sophisticated than those on the previous studio album Goi, Rode, Goi!

Titles are transliterated, version with original Russian titles released by Soundage Productions.

Tracklisting in Russian/translation:
Слово / Word
1. Азъ / The Beginning of all Beginnings
2. Аркаим / Arkaim
3. Больно мне / It's Painful for Me
4. Леший / Leshiy
5. Заклятие / Incantation
6. Предок / Ancestor
7. Никогда / Never
8. Там, за туманами / Behind the Mist
9. Потомок / The Descendant
10. Слово / Word
11. Одна / Alone
12. Во моём садочке... / In My Garden...
13. Стенка на стенку / Wall to the Wall
14. Зимушка / Winter


Igor "Hurry" is incorrectly credited as Ilya "Hurry" in the booklet (Napalm Records edition).

Recorded in CDM-Records Studio, Moscow, Russia, November 2010 – April 2011