ŪKANOSE

Release Year: 2020
Artist Origin: LTU
Style: energizing expressive pagan folk metal

inspired both by national heritage and pagan directed entities of the nineties, as well as recent wave of modern European sound, the younger generation is reviving, or perhaps laying the groundwork for a new surge of loud folk-driven sound [2016], successfully combining subtle melodic phrasing, archaic motives, and energetic heavy-weighted foundation; song arrangements are genuinely worth attention, heavier accent keeps a solid direction, and this early line-up with Martynas Švedas at the mic leaves a strong impression thanks to clear, recognizable tone, while vivid accordion parts add extra weight and playful shades to some essential tracks like Skrenc Bitela and Brolelių Pulkelis, complemented by Lithuanian-sung Corvus Corax cover; recent digipak edition