Re: Rumia 169 | Dzikaje Palavańnie
Belarusian artist Dzivia released recently an album named Rujnuj, which is an exciting journey to darkest depths of Slavic world. It's classical music from the outside, but dark folk at heart - orchestral instrumentation creates magical ethnic atmosphere that also goes metal where it needs to. Prominent brass instruments, heavy drums and choirs set a dramatic tone, racing from one climax to another. Still, there are plenty of calm moments, interwoven with heavy ones in a complex pattern, that leaves the listener in anxious, calm-before-the-storm state. The composition and the structure is complex but deliberate, with layers of instruments laid with finesse to set various moods within a single piece, a work of both an artist and a skilled craftsman.
The opening track - Dzikaje Palavańnie - is our choice for NSC 169.
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NSC 170
Lindsey Stirling has been immensely popular here for years, ever since she debuted in NSC, representing Balearica Island with the legendary "Crystallize". We're grateful to have her play for us this time. The music video was shot in eastern Rumia, depicting local folklore.
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NSC 171
Ginnungagap is the bottomless abyss that was all there was prior to the creation of the cosmos, and into which the cosmos will collapse once again during Ragnarok, the “Twilight of the Gods.” As the Eddic poem Völuspá, “The Insight of the Seeress,” describes the time before the cosmos existed:
https://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/ginnungagap/
That was the age when nothing was;
There was no sand, nor sea, nor cool waves,
No earth nor sky nor grass there,
Only Ginnungagap.