Yav (album)

Yav Явь
Studio album by Arkona
Released	April 25, 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)Slovo2011 Yav (2014)

Yav (Russian: Явь) is the seventh full-length album by the Russian pagan metal band Arkona. It is scheduled for release on April 25, 2014 through Napalm Records.

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

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

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. 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.