Kurimus

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Kurimus
Mokoma - Kurimus.png
Studio album by
Released2003
Genre Thrash metal
Label Sakara
Producer
  • Mokoma
  • Janne Saksa
Mokoma chronology
Mokoman 120 päivää
(2001)
Kurimus
(2003)
Tämän maailman ruhtinaan hovi
(2004)

Kurimus is an album by the Finnish thrash metal group Mokoma, released in 2003. In its year of release, it reached number 31 on the Finnish albums chart; it re-entered in 2022 and reached number 29. [1]

Contents

The album was chosen as one of the best Finnish albums of the 21st century by Finnish music magazine Soundi. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Mene ja tiedä" – 2:52 ("Go and know")
  2. "Takatalvi" – 2:34 ("Cold spell in spring")
  3. "Kasvot kohti itää" – 4:17 ("Face towards the east")
  4. "Tämä puoli" – 4:55 ("This side")
  5. "Houkka" – 2:13 ("Fool")
  6. "Vainottu" – 2:38 ("The persecuted")
  7. "Silmäterä" – 4:21 ("Apple of my eye")
  8. "Punainen kukko" – 3:20 ("The red rooster")
  9. "Lupaus" – 3:37 ("Promise")
  10. "Väsynyt Atlas" – 5:48 ("Tired/Fatigued Atlas")
  11. "Liiton loppu" – 7:07 ("End of the covenant")

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Kurimus
Chart (2003; 2022)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [3] 3

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References

  1. "Listat - Musiikkituottajat". ifpi.fi. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  2. "Musiikkitoimittajat valitsivat: katso lista sadasta 2000-luvun parhaasta suomalaisesta levystä". Soundi. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
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