Yav (album)

Yav Явь
Studio album by Arkona
Released	25 April 2014
Recorded	June–October 2013 at CDM Records studio, Moscow
Genre	Pagan metal, folk metal
Length	67:52
Language	Russian, Ukrainian, Swedish
Label	Napalm Records
Producer	Sergei "Lazar" and Masha "Scream"
Arkona chronology
Slovo (2011) Yav Явь (2014) Khram (2018)

Yav (Russian: Явь) is the seventh full-length album by the Russian pagan metal band Arkona. It was released on 25 April 2014 through Napalm Records.^[1]

The album references the material world Yav. Violin players Olli Vänskä of Turisas and Alexey of Sviatogor appear as guest musicians.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Translation	Length
1.	"Zarozhdenie" (Зарождение)	Maria Arkhipova	Origination	8:59
2.	"Na strazhe novyh let" (На страже новых лет)	Arkhipova	On Guard of New Aeons	7:23
3.	"Serbia" (Сербия)	Arkhipova	Serbia	5:32
4.	"Zov pustyh dereven'" (Зов пустых деревень)	Arkhipova, Sergei Atrashkevich	Empty Villages' Call	6:20
5.	"Gorod snov" (Город снов)	Arkhipova	City of Dream	4:48
6.	"Ved'ma" (Ведьма)	Arkhipova, Thomas Väänänen	The Witch	6:19
7.	"Chado indigo" (Чадо индиго)	Arkhipova	Indigo Child	7:39
8.	"Yav'" (Явь)	Arkhipova	Yav	13:26
9.	"V ob'yat'yah kramoly" (В обьятьях крамолы)	Arkhipova	Embraced by Sedition	6:42
Total length:				67:52

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Stormbringer	[2]

The Sonic Seducer magazine wrote that Yav was more mature and serious than Arkona's previous releases, leaving the clichés of the genre behind. The album was also lauded for a diversity of moods.^[3] The reviewer for the Austrian Stormbringer website observed that elements of black metal had now been combined with Arkona's typical style which provided for the album's sinister atmosphere.^[2]

References

1. "ARKONA – Yav Album Details Revealed". BraweWorlds.com. February 20, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
2. Staub, Pascal (18 April 2014). "Arkona – Yav". Stormbringer – The Austrian Heavyzine (in German). Retrieved 18 April 2014.
3. Eck, Markus. "Arkona – Yav". Sonic Seducer (in German). Retrieved 18 April 2014.