Žalvarinis

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Žalvarinis
Performing at "Rock nights 2005" festival
Background information
Origin	Vilnius, Lithuania
Genre(s)	Folk metal Folk rock
Years active	2001 – present
Label(s)	Prior Records
Associated acts	Ugnėlakis Kūlgrinda
Website	http://www.zalvarinis.lt/
Members
Robertas Semeniukas Aurimas Lemežis Marius Būda Ilja Molodcov Ineta Meduneckytė Laurita Peleniūtė-Pocienė Eglė Pakšytė Ramūnas Pocius

Žalvarinis performing their well-known song "Alaus alaus" (en. Beer beer).

Žalvarinis is a folk metal band from Vilnius, Lithuania. They were formed in 2001 as a collaboration between the black metal group Ugnėlakis and the pagan folk group Kūlgrinda. This was reflected in the title of their debut album in 2002, Ugnėlakis su Kūlgrinda (Ugnėlakis with Kūlgrinda). The name of Žalvarinis means brass.

1 Style
2 Members
3 Discography
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Style

With their music, Žalvarinis seeks to build a bridge between the past and the present - to revive the dying folk songs, to present them to the listener in a modern form, while still preserving their essence.

The lyrics for band's songs are usually taken from the folklore of Lithuanian people and are sung in their original Lithuanian language. Žalvarinis' music frequently features singing technique of traditional Lithuanian sutartinė (a form of glee), usually sung by band's three female singers - good examples of sutartinė can be heard in tracks Ailiom susėdom and Dijūta. Authentic pronunciation as well as ancient words and their forms in folk songs are also usually preserved by the band. As a legacy of Kūlgrinda, the band also features few folk-songs of Old Prussians.

Žalvarinis's sound, on the other hand, while still influenced by traditional Lithuanian folk music, is a lot more modern - generally speaking, it's a mix of traditional heavy metal and progressive rock (see links section for audio samples). The first album of the band was strongly metal-influenced, however with later albums, the sound becomes more and more progressive.

The song "Aš kanapį sėjau" (eng. "I Sowed A Hemp"), taken from the 2005 album Žalio vario was featured on Transformations in Lithuanian Song - a 2006 compilation CD that covered the development of Lithuanian folk music over many years, published by the Lithuanian-American journal Lituanus.