A re-release of the legendary debut by the crown jewel of Estonian metal, Loits – an album which, after its initial release in 2001, has successfully sold out four printings by different local and foreign record companies and which, in its darkly poetic manner revived the bonds between modern day man's courage and the ancient events that defined our identity as an ethnos.
May this album belong to your record shelf as surely as the stars belong in the night sky!
Details: fifth and the best looking edition of patriotic Estonian martial black/pagan metallers' debut [2001], remastered, 2 rare bonuses
LOITS "Valge nägu" video
Tracklist
LOITS I Tulisilma Sünd
LOITS II Sinimäed 1944
LOITS III Tõelised Kuningad
LOITS IV Valge Nägu
LOITS V Hauast Aupaistesse
LOITS VI Kolmjalg
LOITS VII Veri
LOITS VIII Sinu Mees, Sinu Vend, Sinu Poeg
Tõelised Kuningad (varajane versioon)*
Valge Nägu (kontsert)*
Lenght 48:29
Reviews
Jamie
Dead Souls
http://www.darkages.w3.to/
A long overdue reissue of LOITS' debut album, in fantastic looking digipak format. It has previously been available on cassette and CD-R before, but this is the definative release of an album which has already become something of a cult classic. For those who didn't get to hear the original releases, LOITS play a progressive black/folk metal style (dubbed "National Romantic Black Metal") with lyrical themes that deal with Estonian history and national pride, in particular Estonia's participation in WWII. The band are somewhat lazily referred to as NSBM by some, although upon closer inspection the band share little in common with the likes of GRAVELAND. LOITS weave an altogether more intelligent lyrical mythology which is mostly based on historical facts (unlike Nazism) relating events from history and traditional folklorian beliefs.
The music fits the lyrical concepts perfectly; opener "Tulisilma Sünd" seethes with jagged black metal riffing; "Valge Nägu" is dreamy and ethereal, without loosing any of the band's trademark bite; whilst "Veri" thunders it's way out of the speakers with a heaviness most death metal bands can only dream of. The jewel in the crown though is "Tõelised Kuningad", which is a black metal classic if I ever heard one. SATYRICON, with their empty posturing and major label funding, could NEVER write a song as good as this. Which just goes to show that underground music is still thriving with talent. Buy "Ei Kahetse Midagi" now or condemn yourself to a life of eternal regret, despondance and self-flagallation
