Metsatöll began as an epic heavy metal trio (Markus Teeäär, Silver “Factor” Rattasepp and Andrus Tins) in 1999. This line-up recorded and released the first CD-R-album “Terast mis hangund me hinge” (“The Steel Frozen in Our Souls”). The ancient Estonian dialect word “metsatöll” is a euphemism for the wolf.
In the year 2000, Metsatöll was joined by Lauri, adding a second guitar, the Estonian bagpipes “torupill”, and a variety of zithers and flutes.
In 2001, Kuriraivo joined to take over on bass guitar; in the beginning of the following year the CD single “Hundi loomine” (“Creation of the Wolf”) was recorded; also a video was shot for the title rack.
In the beginning of 2004, Marko Atso replaced Factor behind the drum kit. In December of the same year, the album “Hiiekoda” was completed, bringing the band the title of the Year’s Best Metal Artist at the Estonian Music Awards event in 2005. A year later, the same award went to the album “Terast mis hangund me hinge 10218”*, the re-recorded and enhanced version of the band’s debut release. At the presentation gig for the album, a DVD entitled “Lahinguväljal näeme, raisk!” (“See You on the Battlefield, You Scum!”) was shot, later raking in the Year’s Best DVD award for 2006.
In the autumn of 2007, Metsatöll buried themselves in a studio, emerging with the album “Iivakivi” (“The Mating-Stone”), released in the following February.
Having performed in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium and Germany, Metsatöll have more than a 170 gigs under their belts. Various albums have sold more than 25 000 copies in all.
In the year 2006, Metsatöll initiated a cooperation project with Estonia’s National Male Choir, staging “Raua needmine” (“Curse Upon Iron”), the magnum opus of Veljo Tormis. Later, DVD-s of the performance in the ruins of the medieval Pirita cloister were released in Estonia and Germany.
Releases:
„Terast mis hangund me hinge“, CD-R — 1999
„Hundi loomine“, single — 2002
„Ussisõnad“, single — 2004
„Hiiekoda“, CD/2LP — 2004
„Terast mis hangund me hinge 10218“, CD/LP — 2005
„Sutekskäija“, mini-CD — 2006
„Lahinguväljal näeme, raisk!“, CD/DVD — 2006
„Raua needmine“ (Metsatöll and Estonian National Male Choir (RAM)), DVD — 2006
„Iivakivi“, CD/LP/woodpak — 2008
Metsatöll are:
Markus Teeäär — vocals, guitar, the instrument of angst
Lauri Õunapuu —Estonian bagpipes, zithers, flutes, Jew’s harp, vocals
Raivo “Kuriraivo” Piirsalu — bass guitar, stump bass, contrabass, yelling
Marko Atso — drums and percussions, kettle drums, stinkdrum, vocals
* In the dating of their creative output, as well as on their web page, Metsatöll utilise the ancient pagan chronology, beginning with the Billingen catastrophe in the year 8213 B.C., when the Baltic ice lake broke through to the ocean and most of what is now the territory of Estonia became dry land.
www.metsatoll.ee
www.myspace.com/metsatoll
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