Winter in June
Encyclopedia
Winter in June is an EP
released by the heavy metal
band Kiuas
, released on May 29, 2004 by the Rage of Achilles label. This release would secure Kiuas for a deal with Spinefarm Records
. The songs; "Warrior Soul" and "Across the Snows" were demo versions on; the first demo The Discipline of Steel
, the second demo, Born Under the Northern Lights and were later released on The Spirit of Ukko
album.
Extended play
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released by the heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Kiuas
Kiuas
Kiuas is a heavy metal band from Espoo, Finland. Their music has influences from power metal, folk metal and different styles of extreme metal. Influences from progressive metal can also be heard in some songs.-History:...
, released on May 29, 2004 by the Rage of Achilles label. This release would secure Kiuas for a deal with Spinefarm Records
Spinefarm Records
Spinefarm Records is a Finland-based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. In 1999, a sub-label titled Spikefarm Records was started by Sami Tenetz from Thy Serpent...
. The songs; "Warrior Soul" and "Across the Snows" were demo versions on; the first demo The Discipline of Steel
The Discipline of Steel
The Discipline of Steel is the first demo by the Finnish power metal band Kiuas self-released in 2002. The demo's theme concentrates around the importance of steel and features an album cover edited by computer graphics of a working blacksmith....
, the second demo, Born Under the Northern Lights and were later released on The Spirit of Ukko
The Spirit of Ukko
The Spirit Of Ukko is the debut full-length studio album by the Finnish heavy metal band Kiuas, released on May 4, 2005 by Spinefarm Records. "Ukko" in Finnish mythology is the greatest of the pagan gods and is a Finnish male name. The Japanese version features a bonus song eponymously titled from...
album.
Track listing
- "Winter in June" − 4:24
- "Warrior Soul" − 6:32
- "Song for the Fells" − 5:02
- "Across the Snows" − 6:00
Credits
- All music and lyrics by Mikko Salovaara.
- All songs arranged and produced by Kiuas.
- Recorded and mixed at Studio Tauko by Atte Tanskanen and Yrjo Buckbee in October / November 2003.
- Mastered at Finnvox Studios by Mika Jussila.
- Artwork and layout by Jarno Lahti.
- Kiuas logo by ToxicAngel.
- Band photo by Junnu Laine.