Vilda Mánnu is the second album by Finnish metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow. It contains the band's first guest vocals (by Heli Luokkala, known from Nicepappi). It is also the last EToS album with their original line-up as one of the co-founders of the band, Olli-Pekka Törrö, left the band a few months after the release of this album.

Vilda Mánnu
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1998
Recorded1998
StudioTico-Tico Studio (Kemi, Finland)
GenreMelodic death metal
Length43:37
LabelSpinefarm Records
ProducerAhti Kortelainen
Eternal Tears of Sorrow chronology
Sinner's Serenade
(1997)
Vilda Mánnu
(1998)
Chaotic Beauty
(2000)

The title of the album (as well as the name of the title song), Vilda Mánnu, is Northern Sami language and means "Wild Moon" in English. There is also another Sami song title on the album, Goashem, which (in the form "goas'kem") is Old Sami language for "an eagle".[1]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Northern Doom"Törrö & VeteläinenTörrö4:35
2."Burning Flames' Embrace"Eternal Tears of SorrowPuolakanaho4:07
3."Goashem"Puolakanaho & VeteläinenPuolakanaho & Veteläinen3:53
4."Scars of Wisdom"Törrö & VeteläinenTörrö4:56
5."Nightwind's Lullaby"Veteläinen & PuolakanahoEternal Tears of Sorrow5:28
6."Raven (In Your Eyes)"TörröTörrö5:35
7."Vilda Mánnu"Eternal Tears of SorrowTörrö & Veteläinen5:52
8."Coronach"Eternal Tears of SorrowPuolakanaho4:54
9."Nodde Rahgam" Törrö1:12
10."Seita"Veteläinen & TörröTörrö & Veteläinen3:06

Credits edit

Band members edit

  • Altti Veteläinen − vocals, bass
  • Jarmo Puolakanaho − guitar, keyboards
  • Olli-Pekka Törrö − guitar, keyboards

Guest appearances edit

  • Heli Luokkala − female vocals (on tracks 5 and 6)

References edit

  1. ^ "Uralic etymology : Query result". starlingdb.org. Retrieved 8 May 2022.