Arkona is definitely one of the most remarkable metal bands from Russia. Those who have seen these pagan metallers in their boiling energetic live shows, know that this is something hard to forget. The same goes for their music and to prove that once again, Arkona is presenting the new album, called "Yav". In thisArkona is definitely one of the most remarkable metal bands from Russia. Those who have seen these pagan metallers in their boiling energetic live shows, know that this is something hard to forget. The same goes for their music and to prove that once again, Arkona is presenting the new album, called "Yav". In this interview band founder and vocalist Masha tells all about it and more. What's the meaning of the album title "Yav"? Yav is "Reality". The world we live in. In Slavic mythology there are 3 worlds: "Yav'" (our world), Nav' (the other world, dark one) and Prav' (world of gods and spirits). What was the first – album title or cover? How did they influence each other? Arkona – Yav (2014) "Yav" is a concept album. Concept not in the sense that each song relates to the previous one and the whole album is in the style of history, but that all the songs are about our world today and it describes my point of view on it. The cover completely repeats the conception of the album. The girl, bent over the water, it is Yav. Reality that we want to see. But her real look is in her [...]
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