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Garmarna is a Swedish folk rock band. Their songs are mainly old Scandinavian ballads. Vedergällningen (The Retribution) is Garmarna's third full-length album. All the songs are sung in Swedish. "Euchari" also contains some Latin. Garmarna was founded in 1990. Stefan Brisland-Ferner, Gotte Ringqvist and Rickard Westman were inspired by old Swedish music, which they had heard in a theatre. They began searching for old tunes and instruments. After two years of playing together, Jens Höglin joined the band on drums. In 1992 the band recorded their first EP. They thought that female vocals would provide a contrast to the dark mood of their music and invited Emma Härdelin, a long-time friend of the band, as the guest vocalist on the EP. She officially joined the band in 1993. The debut EP sold well in Sweden, and helped the band tour in Scandinavia.
The back half of the album was definitely my favorite, but the first few songs cleared up some burning questions I've had since childhood: I still may not know where he came from, but I can finally answer "Where did he go?" Sweden!
Hell yeah, this list needs an entry like this. Dark broody folk with a real pagan edge to it that still has heart.
Fantastic! Dark, but entrancing. I just loved this music!
Listened to this driving to a funeral yesterday. Not sure why, but it seemed to match my mood. Thanks for suggesting
J'ai aimé ça ça grandit l'intérêt plus on écoute. Il y a quelque chose qui a jusye pas de sens là dedans et j'aime ça !4.75
Feels somewhere between like the Midsommar soundtrack and the Witcher soundtrack. I'm 100% here for it and would like a wench to bring me some ale. A little long and samey by the end. Shave off maybe 2 tracks and this is a 5 star slice of Scandi gold
The deepest green fading to black is meaningfully different than the night. Trees keep the world in them, are kept by the string instruments on display here. A great and alien sound swells into quiet, even quotidian. A high measure of cozy yet dangerous folk music.
7/10. Good listen, how come the wikipedia article shows Penny Arcade in the related articles section?
Folk sueco
Huh, Swedish folk. It’s alright, I guess there’s other folk I’d rather listen to but then again I don’t understand Swedish.
Can't say I have listened to much Swedish folk rock or Scandinavian ballads. Took me a few tracks to warm up, but I got into it.
Swedish folk outside of Eurovision..nice
Interesting, I think I was expecting something more traditionally folky sounding, this had a definite modern framing. I enjoyed it but I kind of all sounded the same?
Solid sound. Definitely should have been in the list instead of not-so-talented artists with 6-8 albums in it. Good one
The description said Swedish Folk so I wasn't expecting much, but this was much better than expected. Nice driving rhythms and strong vocals. Thank you to the person that suggested this one!
An interesting set of Swedish takes on a whole gamut of genres. Not exactly what I was expecting, but an eye-opener to some new musical styles. Even if the LP wasn't my thing musically, its addition to the list here embodies the exploratory spirit of what the 1001 project should be so I'm giving it extra props.
Great first half, like less fairytale-y and more straightforward Bjørk. Second half unfortunately too folksy...
Electronic-infused folk music? Was a bit of a hard pill to swallow tbh. Really started to drag. 2/5.
I like some folk music, I like some electronica, but not necessarily together. This is like combining milk and orange juice.
I'm sure that listening to this album surrounded by the natural beauty of Skrylle on a winter day has to be magical. Unfortunately, I had to do it on a gray rainy day in the middle of a big city
Although folk is not really my cup of (herbal) tea, I do like the sound this band manages to create. It however doesn't really appeal to me, but that's just personal taste.
This is really a niche kinda thing. Folk in a native language. I can understand that it can be appealing for some people. But I am nit one of them.
Trying too hard 2
Absolutely terrible
Er, no ta.
Loved it. Thanks for adding!
This is some badass folk music! Listening to it, I felt like I was ready to start some epic shit as I pulled up to work. Love it!
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Sorgsen ton, Herr Holkin
Didn't expect that, dance with violins and folk vocals. different and great.
Dark, broody, pagan, scandi vibes. Like walking through a misty forest at dusk, with woodland elves lurking. Super cool. Rating: 4 Playlist track: Herr Holkin Date listened: 21/08/24
Certainly a unique contribution, this album of Swedish folk songs felt surprisingly modern and interesting in its sort of darkly tinged way. I enjoyed it!
This took off like a rocket for me, but my the end it wasn't quite as engaging a thrill ride.
I really enjoyed this one! Very late 20th, just as everyone was working out which genres hadn't met others, but done well, and electroteutonicfolk was a good blend.
This was pretty interesting. Not sure I would listen again, but glad to have the opportunity to hear it. Definitely not the same old same old. 3 stars.
Like a Scandi Fairport Convention with middle-eastern tendencies through a dark 1990s trip-hop filter. Just too much industrial clanging to keep me fully on side.
I enjoyed this album but don’t feel like I can give it an accurate rating. I do love the submittal of a non-anglocentric album though. I do feel like the production of this album is very of its time and may not be the best way to present these folk songs.
Folk sueco. Ni fu ni fa.
Dark, nicely dark. Like a dark fantasy soundtrack
This was an interesting album, with a darkly elegant sound. A little bit of a Sinead O'Connor vibe in there, particularly on the back half. Thanks for sharing it. Fave Songs: Herr Holkin, Bläck, Polska, Nio år, Brun
Reasonably interesting. The opening track is a bit of a shot, with a higher energy electronica vibe than most of the rest of the album. It definitely settles into a more folky atmospheric haunting energy that conveys feeling but doesn’t do a whole lot to engage the listener. The singer has a Dolores O’riordan delivery that I like, but the tracks aren’t particularly catchy.
I busy most of the day so couldn’t listen to it all the way to the end but I got the gist of this album after like the second song so I don’t feel bad writing this without having heard the last couple songs. Traditional swedish folk songs turned into a modern rock album; fun sound and concept.
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I don't think I have an appreciation of this other than it's a Swedish album performed by Indian musicians? Other than being able to understand it, I couldn't really get into the flow at all. Probably difficult to listen to this more than once.
Oh boy. I'm not quite sure what that was but I do know that I didn't care for it very much. It wasnt the language barrier that bothered me but rather the lack of anything that drew me in. Not 1 star level bad but it did cross my mind.
There have been a lot of international albums on this list while also a lot of weird albums on this list. Here we have an album that is both of those and just incredibly difficult to enjoy. No idea what’s going on and glad it’s over. 1.1/10