This is a creepy heavy metal video from Finntroll. It’s pretty captivating. Nice wicked imagery although the music is a mix of creepy and singalong folky. Its from their new album which they describe as “a storm of old-world-laden, folk-rooted black metal called ‘Nifelvind’”. I am not very familiar with Finntroll at all, they are in the same musical and vocal style as Ensiferum, a band I like but can’t listen to very much due to the abysmal production. There is such a thing as TOO MUCH compression guys. Anyway, check out the vid, its a good song and fun video.

Rarely do you see a metal band with 7 members: Here they are:
Routa – Guitars
Beast Dominator – Drums
Skrymer – Guitars
Tundra – Bass
Virta – Keyboards
Vreth – Vocals
Trollhorn – Keyboards, guitars

There’s more info on the band at CM’s site. Click on III to see the making of the video.

More about their latest record Nifelvind:

“Nifelvind” was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios (Apocalyptica, Amorphis, Ensiferum, etc.) in Helsinki, Finland and mastered by Mika Jussila (Children Of Bodom, Sonata Arctica, Him, etc.) at Finnvox Studios. The album cover artwork was done again by the band’s own guitarist Skrymer. “Nifelvind” remains true to the FINTROLL mythos and ethos: According to Vreth the new album “is the most advanced and mature FINNTROLL-album to date, with musical themes ranging from powerful death metal riffs to dark soundtracks, from pounding black metal to groovy 80’s pop-music. All this is accompanied by our trademark sound, lots of never-before-heard instruments in the metal-scene, folklore and legends that make it overall the most versatile album we have created so far.”