Kulgrinda (band)
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Neofolk
Neofolk is a form of folk music-inspired experimental music that emerged from post-industrial music circles. Neofolk can either be solely acoustic folk music or a blend of acoustic folk instrumentation aided by varieties of accompanying sounds such as pianos, strings and elements of industrial...
/pagan folk band from Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, established in 1990 by Inia and Jonas Trinkūnas. The band owes its name to kūlgrinda
Kulgrinda
Kūlgrinda is a hidden underwater stony road or ford across swamps and swampy areas used for defense in the history of Lithuania...
- a secret Samogitia
Samogitia
Samogitia is one of the five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. It is located in northwestern Lithuania. Its largest city is Šiauliai/Šiaulē. The region has a long and distinct cultural history, reflected in the existence of the Samogitian dialect...
n underwater causeway
Causeway
In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated, usually across a broad body of water or wetland.- Etymology :When first used, the word appeared in a form such as “causey way” making clear its derivation from the earlier form “causey”. This word seems to have come from the same source by...
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Discography
Kulgrinda albums were released by Dangus Records, later the band signed with Aurea Studija.- 2001: Kūlgrinda su Ugnelakis - with ŽalvarinisŽalvarinisŽalvarinis is a folk rock band from Vilnius, Lithuania. They were formed in 2001 as a collaboration between the black metal group Ugnėlakis and the pagan folk group Kūlgrinda. This was reflected in the title of their debut album in 2002, Ugnėlakis su Kūlgrinda...
- 2002: Ugnies Apeigos
- 2003: Sotvaras - with DonisDonisDonis is Lithuanian ambient, neofolk and experimental music project created by multi-instrumentalist from Klaipėda Donatas Bielkauskas. He was also member of electronic music projects Wejdas, Notanga, Ha Lela, Eirimė....
- 2003: Perkūno Giesmės (Hymns of PerkunasPerkunasPerkūnas was the common Baltic god of thunder, one of the most important deities in the Baltic pantheon. In both Lithuanian and Latvian mythology, he is documented as the god of thunder, rain, mountains, oak trees and the sky.-Etymology:...
) - 2005: Prūsu Giesmės (PrussianOld PrussiansThe Old Prussians or Baltic Prussians were an ethnic group, autochthonous Baltic tribes that inhabited Prussia, the lands of the southeastern Baltic Sea in the area around the Vistula and Curonian Lagoons...
Hymns, sung in extinct Old Prussian languageOld Prussian languagePrussian is an extinct Baltic language, once spoken by the inhabitants of the original territory of Prussia in an area of what later became East Prussia and eastern parts of...
) - 2007: Giesmės Saulei ("Hymns of the Sun")
- 2009: Giesmės Valdovui Gediminui ("Hymns to King Gediminas")