Kotimainen folk -ja black metallia yhdistelevä Kouta vastaili Metalliluolan kysymyspatteristoon. Tutustu yhtyeeseen alla.
| Bändin nimi: | KOUTA |
| Yhtyeen genre: | Folk Black Metal |
| Ketä yhtyeeseen kuuluu: | Antti Mäki – Vocals Arttu Pentikäinen – Bass Eemeli Haarala – Guitar Lauri Törmä – Guitar Ville Vitikka – Drums |
| Mistä yhtyeenne on kotoisin: | Finland |
| Yhtyeenne esikuvat: | Our friends in Havukruunu compose music that is distinctively their own and I’m always glad to hear their new stuff! |
| Kertokaa yhtyeenne taustatarina: | Antti and Arttu played together for a while in a band and Antti proposed they start a project together. Arttu was in as long as the music was black metal, having listened to it quite a lot when he was younger. Sharing a deep interest in northern mythology, they wanted to add a twist of northern folkish elements. The rest of the players were found quickly thereafter. Lauri was a wild addition, as Arttu found him randomly, while drinking beer in a local bar. And thus, the band was formed. |
| Minkälaiset tavoitteet yhtyeellänne on: | We want to play in Wacken, obviously! |
| Minkälainen työnjako musiikin tekemisessä on: | At first Arttu wrote most of the songs, but now everyone is participating in songwriting, and the division is quite even. The narrative themes are bounced back and forth between Arttu and Antti, but Antti writes most of the lyrics. |
| Millainen kokemus bändinne on livenä ja miksi yhtyeenne keikoille kannattaa tulla: | You want it darker. We kill the flame. |
| Uusimman levynne nimi: | Kaarnaköydet
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| Avatkaa uuden levynne/julkaisunne taustoja. Mikä on toiminut sen inspiraationa ja miten tuotos on syntynyt: | Kaarnaköydet tells the tale of fratricide and the existential dissonance around it. Themes of shame, guilt and loss are at hand. But also, a certain natural solitary reverence or katharsis that follows after a journey of sorrow and loss. We wanted to make an album that is whole and fits together seamlessly both thematically and music-wise.The sound of the album is rather heavy and ruthless, but the strong vocal choirs smoothen the roughness a bit. We are happy with how the mixing and mastering finish. Big thanks to Pekka Posio and Svante Försback. |
| Minkä bändin kanssa lähtisitte kaikkein mieluiten kiertämään maailmaa: | The metal scene in Finland is very much diverse and alive with bands mixing folkish elements with all kinds of metal. Maybe some of the bigger bands from the north, like Moonsorrow and Finntroll would be great to play with! |
| Jos uudelta levyltä/vanhasta tuotannosta pitäisi suositella kahta biisiä, niin mitkä ne olisivat ja miksi: | I would pick Veriaura and Kylmä kalvaa. They form the beginning and ending of the tragic tale around which the whole album is built. |
| Mikä musiikki kolahtaa yhtyeellenne juuri nyt: | Leevi & The Leavings and Kent. |
| Muita asioita, joita haluatte kertoa yhtyeestänne: | A lot of new music is already written, and we cannot wait to get to play it live! I’m personally waiting to record the new stuff as soon as possible and to push the band forwards. |
| Minkälaiset terveiset haluatte lähettää lukijoille: | Give the album a listen and let us know what you think of it. Come to our gigs and let that beautiful hair loose! |
| Linkki yhtyeen kotisivulle: | https://www.facebook.com/ |
| Linkki yhtyeen musiikkivideoon: | https://www.youtube.com/watch? |
| Linkit yhtyeen Spotify, Bandcamp tms. kanavalle: | https://koutaband.bandcamp. |
Kuva: Martin Sivakov