Lepta

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Lepta (Лепта)
Studio album by
Released30 December 2004
RecordedAugust—October 2004
StudioCDM Records Studio (Moscow, Russia)
GenreFolk metal
Black metal
Length41:39
LabelSound Age Production
ProducerMasha "Scream"
Sergei "Lazar"
Arkona chronology
Vozrozhdeniye (Возрождение)
(2004)
Lepta (Лепта)
(2004)
Vo Slavu Velikim! (Во славу Великим!)
(2005)

Lepta (Russian: Лепта, English: Contribution) is the second full-length album by the Russian folk metal band Arkona. It was released on 30 December 2004 through Sound Age Production.

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Sotkany Veka" (Woven Ages) – 4:14
  2. "Lepta o Gneve" (Contribution to Wrath) – 5:26
  3. "Chyornye Debri Voyny" (Black Thickets of War) – 4:29
  4. "Zarnitsy Nashey Svobody" (Dawns of Our Freedom) – 5:40
  5. "Vyidu Ya na Volyushku" (I'll Come to the Free Lands) – 3:37
  6. "Voin Pravdy" (Warrior of Truth) – 05:46
  7. "Marena" – 7:24
  8. "Epilog" – 1:51
  9. "Oy, To Ne Vecher..." (Oh, That Is Not Eve) – 3:12

Track # 3 is dedicated to the memory of those fallen in the terrorist attacks in Russia. Track # 9 is a Russian folk song.

Original track listing (in Russian)[edit]

  1. "Сотканы века"
  2. "Лепта о гневе"
  3. "Черные дебри войны"
  4. "Зарницы нашей свободы"
  5. "Выйду я на волюшку"
  6. "Воин правды"
  7. "Марена"
  8. "Эпилог"
  9. "Ой, то не вечер..."

Credits[edit]

  • Masha "Scream" – vocals, keyboards, flute
  • Alexei "Lesyar" Agafonov – vocals (track #3)
  • Sergei "Lazar" – guitars
  • Ruslan "Kniaz" – bass
  • Vlad "Artist" – drums