
Belle Morte
Pearl Hunting
The album showcases a wide variety of traditional instruments, including the Celtic bouzouki, Germanic lyre, Belarusian duda, Ukrainian sopilka, jouhikko, morin khuur, duduk, Uilleann pipes, whistles, a replica of the Trinity College harp, pan pipes, ocarina, quena, suling, gamelan, lute, hurdy-gurdy, oud, saz, shamisen, koto, shakuhachi, and bandura. While some tracks explore familiar combinations of symphonic metal and folk influences, like the Northern and Celtic sounds, others push the boundaries with more experimental and unconventional fusions, incorporating instruments such as the Armenian duduk and Indonesian suling and gamelan