musikwiese. (Posts about kauan.)https://musikwiese.fontein.de/tag/kauan.atom2019-11-17T10:40:26ZfelixNikolakauan.https://musikwiese.fontein.de/2011/01/05/kauan/2011-01-05T01:08:26+01:002011-01-05T01:08:26+01:00felix<div><p><a href="http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=102515">kauan</a> is a band from russia, whose lyrics are in finnish and russian. starting as a folk/doom metal band, they continuously changed their style and now fit into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-rock">post rock</a> category. i randomly stumbled about one of their albums on <i>amazon</i>, since for some reason one of their album was wrongly labelled as an album by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_de_Grises">mar de grises</a>. i liked the songs i tried on <i>youtube</i>, especially <i>orkidea</i> from their second album <i>tietäjän laulu</i>. <i>orkidea</i> is a rather calm song, with heavy guitars only appearing seldomly:</p>
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<p>another very beautiful piece is <i>valveuni</i> from their newest album, <i>aava tuulen maa</i>. beautiful melodies and soundscapes await the listener:</p>
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<p>finally, here’s a piece from the first album <i>lumikuuro</i>, showing the darker, doomier side of the band’s past. opposed to the above two songs, this one contains <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_growl">growls</a>:</p>
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