Нъ отъкрꙑлъ ꙗꙁъ свъи очѣ да ѥсмь въꙁѧлъ въ рѫкѫ мечь
Ѥсмь въсталъ ꙗꙁъ да промълвилъ лѹче мънѣ ѹмьрѣти
Иꙁнебꙑвъшемь ꙁа свободѫ беꙁвѣстии ꙁдѣсь
Неже нашего народа чьсти ѹꙁьрѣти съмьрть
Вѣрите праотьци ꙗꙁъ не ѹстѫпъ передъ ꙁъла лицьмь
И нѣли дрѹгъи раꙁъ мꙑ сѧ въновь вольнꙑ просънемъ
[Old Russian]
I have seen a dream
That defeat awaits us
The city will fall,
Descend into the evil abyss
And the executioner will lift up a sharp sword
And with a hit will take my head off my shoulders
Help me, Dazhbog, to turn the doom
Help me, Perun, to break the fate
And for a thousand years
The Slavic folk
Will be a slave
For the Russian lords
And the others’ war will divide us forever
And there will flow blood of the subdued Slavs
Help me, Dazhbog, to turn the doom
Help me, Perun, to break the fate
But I’ve opened my eyes and took a sword in my hand
I’ve got up and said: “I would better die
Perished for freedom here, in obscurity
Than see the death of our folk’s honour"
Believe me, forefathers, I didn’t step back before the face of evil
And maybe next time we will wake up free again
credits
from Новъгородъ (Novgorod),
released June 11, 2021
Aleksandr Mokin – music, lyrics, vocals, recorder
Sergey Stepanenko – guitars
Viktor Khaychenko – bass
Dmytro Herasymov (Kim) – drums
Svetlana Myznikova – domra
The Raven's Stone – hurdy-gurdy
Vladimir Arkhipov – bird recordings
Mixing and mastering by Holy Tube Studio
Guitar re-amping by EverestMedia
Artwork by Vsevolod Ivanov
Illustrations by Alexis Susani
Logo by Sir Gorgoroth
Sieta is a folk metal project by Aleksandr Mokin. Its first album "Novgorod" tells a story about the baptism of Rus, combining black and folk elements. The lyrics for the album are written in Old Russian and Old Church Slavonic.
The atmosphere of this album is fantastic. Makes you feel like you're knee-deep in the trenches drenched in mud, filth, sweat, and blood. Truly encapsulates the horrors of World War I, and the fact that the lyrics of some of the songs are taken from old war letters really adds to the authenticity.
Favorite Track(s): Die Feuertaufe, Grabenlieder edoerfler
A Pagan black metal masterpiece.
Folk and black metal elements fuse into one extremely catchy and awe inspiring album. This band does not disappoint from all the high praise sent it's way. Abyssius Murkraken