The Black Waltz

{{Infobox album

| name = The Black Waltz

| type = studio

| artist = Kalmah

| cover = Kansi bw.gif

| alt =

| released = 22 February 2006[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kalmah-new-album-samples-posted-online/ KALMAH: New Album Samples Posted Online], blabbermouth.net, retrieved 27 December 2017

| recorded = November 2005

| venue =

| studio = Tico-Tico studios (Kemi, Finland)

| genre = {{flatlist|

}}

| length = 47:24

| label = Spinefarm

| producer = Kalmah

| prev_title = Swampsong

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = For the Revolution

| next_year = 2008

}}

The Black Waltz[http://www.kalmah.com/discography.html Kalmah.com Discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014083053/http://www.kalmah.com/discography.html |date=2008-10-14 }} is the fourth studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Kalmah and their first with keyboard player Marco Sneck.{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/kalmah-announce-new-keyboardist|title=KALMAH Announce New Keyboardist|website=Blabbermouth|date=May 17, 2004|access-date=December 1, 2022}} This album has them gravitating more towards thrash metal, which has often been cited as the Kokko brothers' primary musical influence. The vocals have changed to lower death vocals, compared to their higher pitched growls in previous albums.

The instrumental "Svieri Doroga" is a combination of the name of their first demo Svieri Obraza and a track on that demo entitled "Vezi Doroga". The name of the title track and album comes from a song originally recorded ten years earlier when the band was still named "Ancestor".

The video for "The Groan of Wind"[http://www.metalfromfinland.com/Kalmah/videos#77 Metal From Finland - The Groan of Wind] shows the band members playing inside a cave, with alternating shots of a young boy and girl running from their possessed family members. They are later rescued by a disfigured old man, the Swamplord (Odin), whose picture is on the cover of the album.

The album ranked in the top three melodic death metal/Gothenburg albums in 2006. It peaked at number 48 on the national Finnish album charts.[http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{07FCEE30-9883-4375-A86F-E677C3E MusicMight Kalmah Detailed Biography]

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Metal Storm

|rev1score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web|url=https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=1182&page=1&message_id=|title=Kalmah - The Black Waltz review|website=Metal Storm|date=March 1, 2006|access-date=December 1, 2022}}

|rev2 = Rock Hard

|rev2score = {{Rating|8.5|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/kalmah-the-black-waltz_294633.html|title=KALMAH - The Black Waltz|last=Albrecht|first=Frank|website=Rock Hard|access-date=December 1, 2022}}

|rev3 = Metal.de

|rev3score = {{Rating|6|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/kalmah-the-black-waltz-6230/|title=Kalmah - The Black Waltz Review|website=Metal.de|date=April 11, 2006|access-date=December 1, 2022}}

}}

Track listing

{{tracklist

| all_lyrics = Pekka Kokko, except track 10 (P. Kokko and A. Kokko)

| title1 = Defeat

| music1 = A. Kokko, P. Kokko

| length1 = 5:32

| title2 = Bitter Metallic Side

| music2 = A. Kokko

| length2 = 4:27

| title3 = Time Takes Us All

| music3 = M. Sneck

| length3 = 4:22

| title4 = To the Gallows

| music4 = P. Kokko

| length4 = 4:40

| title5 = Svieri Doroga

| music5 = A. Kokko

| length5 = 1:08

| title6 = The Black Waltz

| music6 = A. Kokko

| length6 = 4:37

| title7 = With Terminal Intensity

| music7 = M. Sneck

| length7 = 4:56

| title8 = Man of the King

| music8 = A. Kokko, P.Kokko, Lehtinen

| length8 = 4:02

| title9 = The Groan of Wind

| music9 = A. Kokko, P. Kokko

| length9 = 5:02

| title10 = Mindrust

| music10 = M. Sneck

| length10 = 4:06

| title11 = One from the Stands

| music11 = A. Kokko, P. Kokko

| length11 = 4:32

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition bonus track

| title12 = This Mortal Coil

| note12 = Carcass cover

| length12 = 3:36

}}

Credits

=Band members=

Pekka Kokko − guitars, vocals
Antti Kokko − guitars
Marco Sneck − keyboard
Timo Lehtinen − bass
Janne Kusmin − drums

=Production and other=

All guitar solos performed by Antti Kokko
Choirs on "Defeat" and "To The Gallows" performed by The Official Kalmah Pig Unit
Recorded and mixed at Tico-Tico studios in November 2005 by Ahti Kortelainen
Mastered at Finnvox studios in December 2005 by Mika Jussila
All music arranged and produced by Kalmah
Cover artwork, layout and photography by Vesa Ranta

References

External links

[http://kalmah.com Kalmah official website]

Category:Kalmah albums

Category:2006 albums