Žalvarinis
Performing at "Rock nights 2005" festival
Performing at "Rock nights 2005" festival
Background information
OriginVilnius, Lithuania
GenresFolk rock, World music
Years active2001–present
LabelsNone
Spinoff ofUgnėlakis
Kūlgrinda
MembersRobertas Semeniukas
Sigita Jonynaitė-Būdienė
Websitehttp://www.zalvarinis.lt/

Žalvarinis (Lithuanian for 'made from brass, brazen') is a folk rock band from Vilnius, Lithuania. They were formed in 2001 as a collaboration between the pagan metal group Ugnėlakis and the pagan folk group Kūlgrinda. This was reflected in the title of their debut album in 2002, Ugnėlakis su Kūlgrinda.

On 19 December 2023, the band was announced among the competing artists of Eurovizija.LT, the Lithuanian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Gaudė vėjai".[1]

Style

The lyrics for band's songs are usually taken from the folklore of Lithuanian people and are sung in their original Lithuanian language. Žalvarinis' music frequently features singing technique of traditional Lithuanian sutartinė (a form of glee), usually sung by band's three female singers – examples of sutartinė can be heard in tracks Ailiom susėdom, Dijūta or Ožys. Authentic pronunciation as well as ancient words and their forms in folk songs are also usually preserved by the band. As a legacy of Kūlgrinda, the band also features few folk-songs of Old Prussians.

Žalvarinis's sound, on the other hand, while still influenced by traditional Lithuanian folk music, is more modern – generally speaking, it is a mix of traditional heavy metal and progressive rock. The first album of the band was metal-influenced, however with later albums, the sound becomes more progressive.

The song Aš kanapį sėjau (I Sowed a Hemp), taken from the 2005 album Žalio vario was featured on Transformations in Lithuanian Song – a 2006 compilation CD that covered the development of Lithuanian folk music over many years, published by the Lithuanian-American journal Lituanus.

Members

Current members

  • Robertas Semeniukas - vocals, electric, acoustic and slide guitars, keyboards, music director
  • Sigita Jonynaitė - vocals
  • Viltė Ambrazaitytė - vocals
  • Rytis Vasiliauskas - bass guitar
  • Sergej Makidon - drums

Former members

  • Domas Žostautas - bass guitar
  • Jonas Lengvinas - drums
  • Tadas Žukauskas - bass guitar
  • Ineta Meduneckytė-Tamošiūnienė – vocals
  • Laurita Peleniūtė – vocals
  • Paulius Jaskūnas – bass guitar
  • Simonas Gudelis – drums
  • Aurimas Lemežis – bass guitar
  • Marius Būda – electric guitar
  • Ramūnas Pocius – vocals, pipes
  • Eglė Pakšytė – vocals
  • Dariush Loznikoff – bass
  • Demonas – bass
  • Arūnas Lukaševičius – bass
  • Ilja Molodcov – drums
  • Aidas Buivydas – guitar

Discography

  • Ugnėlakis su Kūlgrinda (2002, Bomba records)
  • Žalio vario (2005, Prior music) translates as [Made] of Green Copper, green copper being an archaic name for brass
  • Folk n' Rock (2008, Monako Productions)
  • Gyvas (2014, Robertas Semeniukas)
  • Teka (2016, Robertas Semeniukas)
  • Einam Tolyn (2018, Robertas Semeniukas)
  • The Best of Žalvarinis (2019, Robertas Semeniukas)
  • Švęskime Laisvę! (2019, Robertas Semeniukas)
  • Demo & Remix 2008-2015 (2020, Robertas Semeniukas)
  • Cantabile (2022, Robertas Semeniukas)

Further reading

  • Strmiska, Michael F. (2012). "Paganism-inspired folkmusic/Folkmusic-inspired paganism". In Cusack, Carole M.; Norman, Alex (eds.). Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production. Handbooks on Contemporary Religion. Vol. 4. BRILL. pp. 364–368. ISBN 9789004221871.

References

  1. ↑ Carabaña Menéndez, Hugo (2023-12-19). "Eurovizija.LT 2024: Presentados los artistas y canciones de la preselección lituana cuya final será el 17 de febrero con la vuelta de The Roop" [Eurovizija.LT 2024: The artists and songs of the Lithuanian preselection have been presented, with the final set for 17 February and the return of The Roop]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-19.
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