Brand new third album of folk / pagan / black metal from the Ukrainian masters. For fans of Finntroll, Ensiferum, Falkenbach, Wintersun, and Eluveitie.

9 MP3 Songs in this album (37:29) !
Related styles: METAL/PUNK: Black Metal, METAL/PUNK: Death Metal

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Folk/metal pioneers Holy Blood released their third full length recording on Bombworks Records July, 2008. Hailing from the Ukraine, their debut folk/offering titled The Wanderer gained the attention of collectors and gatekeepers. They followed it up with the more polished sophomore recording titled Waves Are Dancing, moving more toward a folk/metal sound, while maintaining the aggression of black and death metal. On their strongest effort to date titled The Patriot, the band mixes symphonic black metal with a more polished folk/metal approach, great melodies, and plenty of aggression. It is powerful, brutal, and beautiful simultaneously. The blend of powerful dynamics, brutal vocals, brilliant guitar work, angelic female vocals, and ultra tight musicianship truly make this an amazing listening experience. Holy Blood demonstrates why they have become one of the leaders in the folk/metal movement. Fans of Finntroll, Ensiferum, Moonspell, Eluveitie, Falkenbach, and death, black, and folk metal lovers with love this recording. It was released on Bombworks Records July, 2008. Returning once more with a killer full length production after their smashing and eye-opening Celtic, death infused black metal debut release entitled "The Wanderer" in 2004 and sophomore release "Waves are Dancing" in 2005 on Bombworks Records, Holy Blood's long awaited third release is here! Once more, but with much darker emphasizes and elements, Holy Blood lambasts the metal world with mighty folk-laden intense riffs, shrieking, extreme vocals by the founder and rhythm guitarist Fedor Buzilevich (Requital), flutes, keyboards, backing female vocals, and double-bass drum blastbeats will bring all who listen to their knees! Where "The Wanderer" and "Waves are Dancing" were strong and foreboding with metalized folk elements, brutal harmonizing, and natural atmospheric tendencies that lead the listener to envision olden days of ancient lands, mystic forests, and the mystery of eternal truths throughout the ages, "The Patriot" is all the more impressive, forcing the listener to grow on this journey of life! Hands down on the floor in prostrate... one of the best albums possibly to ever be produced. Definitely the best to come from Ukraine, which in the same time set the bar of excellence extremely high for all who were and are to follow. Rest assured "The Patriot" will find its way into the history books of metallum in the not so distance future. Included along with the great songs "The Patriot" and "Well Tried Faith". the CD dawns the powerful music video from the enchanting and mesmerizing hit song "The Patriot". Sung in their own native language, Holy Blood has the English lyrics available in the insert this time (the first of the 3 albums to do so) while the lyrics to the other albums are located on their official site (www.holyblood.org.ua) for all to see. The artwork and layout of the cd are magnificent and by far the best the band has ever had! You have got to see it for yourself! Fans of Holy Blood will also love the releases by their fellow countrymen Evroklidon, Angel 7, and the side project by Fedor Buzilevich and Mihail Rodionov named Requital that also showcased some previously unreleased Holy Blood tracks in 2003. If you can't get enough of Eluveitie, Ensiferum, Moonsorrow, Pagan Reign, Folkearth, Gernotshagen, and other extreme Celtic, folk-influenced metal acts, then get into Holy Blood! Songs include: 'In the Night Gloom,' 'War For the Human Souls,' 'The Patriot,' 'Wind Of Death,' 'Thirst To Live In Freedom,' 'Well Tried Faith,' 'Blood Of Christ,' 'Meeting the Sunrise,' and 'Wind Of Death (remix).' 9 songs 12-page insert w/lyrics

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Folk metal stalwarts Holy Blood unleash their third album with The Patriot. Hailing from Ukraine, Holy Blood surprised the metal scene with their death / black metal debut The Wanderer. They followed up their debut with an even more polished sound in Waves Are Dancing, moving more toward a folk metal sound while maintaining the aggression of black and death metal. The Patriot sees the band taking further strides while delivering what is easily their strongest effort to date. Mixing symphonic black metal with a more polished folk metal approach, great melodies, and plenty of aggression, The Patriot is powerful, aggressive, and beautiful all at the same time. The blend of powerful dynamics, brutal vocals, brilliant guitar work, angelic female vocals, and ultra tight musicianship truly make this an amazing listening experience. Holy Blood easily demonstrates why they are one of the leaders in the folk metal movement. Fans of Finntroll, Ensiferum, Moonspell, Eluveitie, Falkenbach, and death, black and folk metal will love this release.

SELLING POINTS
· Third album from Bombworksâ Records top-selling band
· 9 brand new songs + extensive multimedia section
· For fans of Finntroll, Ensiferum, Moonspell,
Eluveitie, Falkenbach, and death, black / folk metal
· Reviews and advertising in major publications