Shining Sun is the fourth full-length album by the Ukrainian folk metal band Holy Blood, released in 2010.

Recording history

According to the band press release, the songwriting started as early as in 2005 with the previous members, who wrote some of the material, but personal reasons forced the band to split up in 2008. With a new line-up, the band completed the album in 2010. The previous members are also credited for the initial songwriting.

Native instruments on the album include harp, goat bagpipe and the ancient Slavic buzka

Buzka

Bużka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sarnaki, within Łosice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Sarnaki, north-east of Łosice, and east of Warsaw.-References:...

. The lyrics deal with appreciation for nature and homeland with worshipful elements; the album title refers to God.

The album has less black and death metal elements compared to previous albums and is more melodic, and according to band, has some amounts of hardcore and metalcore elements, more or less apparently. A critic found the album to be better and more accessible than the bands's previous efforts.

Track listing

1. "My Fate"
2. "Sing Wind Sing"
3. "My Life"
4. "Shining Sun"
5. "Kievan Rus"
6. "The Soul Is Singing"
7. "Through Expanses"
8. "Pending"
9. "Christmas"
10. "On the Threshold"

Line-up

2010 members listed, excluding the previous musicians who contributed to songwriting

• Fedor Buzilevich - Vocals, Flute, Buzka, Guitars
• Vera Knyazyova - Keyboards, Bagpipes, Vocals
• Igor Dziuba - Guitars
• Evgeny Titarchuk - Guitars
• Ira Klesch - Bass
• Oleg Bogomaz - Drums

External links

• Album at Metal-Archives