MUNRUTHEL: Oriana's Tales

Munruthel - Oriana's Tales
Released: 1999
Tracklist:
1. Mother-Moon (Sunrise) (3:04)
2. The Lord of the Bog Swamps (3:47)
3. The Procession of Nav' (5:17)
4. Overlimiting Chambers of Kromeshniks (5:36)
5. Darker Than Black (6:24)
6. The Preceding Dawn Dance of Dennitsa (7:27)
7. The Brilliance of the Thundering Swords (8:46)
8. The Legend of Sviatoslav (4:45)
9. The Mysteries of Rusaliyas and Wormwood (5:49)
10. The Call of Bereginias (6:10)
11. Twilight of Judeochrist (5:51)
12. Father-Sun (Sunset) (5:03)

Munruthel - all keyboards, vocals, guitars, bass, programming and sampler, all music and lyrics

Recorded at MHStudio by Vladislav "Munruthel" in June, July and August, 7507 (1999), when the great fests Rusaliyas, Kupala, Triglav' & Perun' Days came to Ancient Pagan land Oriana.
Mixed at audioALchemia studio by Dmitry Bondarenko and Vladislav "Munruthel" in August, 29th, 7507.

Orchestral sample was taken from "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky.
The audio fragments were taken from movies: "The Legend of Princess Olga", "May Night or The Drowned Maiden" and "The Forest's Song "Mavka".

Tape release

Released on CD in 2004 by Eastside with a live version of "The Brilliance Of The Thundering Swords" as a bonus track. On this version there are only three tracks on the CD. Tracks 1-6 ("The Night Side") form the first track, tracks 7-12 ("The Day Side") the second and the live track is the third track.

Re-released by Gardarika Musikk in 2009 as a digipack with new cover art (lower) and a bonus track "??????????" ("Giberborea") (Single 2008) substituting the live track. On this version all the tracks are separated, there are 13 tracks on the CD. The first track in English is titled "Mother-Moon (Moonrise)", as opposed to "Sunrise" on the Eastside re-release.

Front cover artwork by Inga Nielsen. Design by Aleksey "Sauras" Bagaev.
The work of Inga Nielsen, Aleksandr "Mysterion" Kotenko, Andrei P. Ryabushkin, FaerieNymph were used in the booklet design.