Loits

BIOGRAPHY



Loits, having started out with rather straightforward pagan black metal back in 1996 and still staying true to their roots, have managed to carve out a totally fresh and quite original heavy music genre of distinctly melancholic atmosphere. Their innovativeness has brought along more and more frequent comparisons to Enslaved. “Must album” may not be a step forward on the trail of Loits, but it is most certainly neither a comedown nor a standstill. Rather, it’s a journey of discovery on paths parallel and thus far unexplored.



So far, the activities of Loits have met with success. Their second album, “Vere kutse kohustab”, managed in a couple of months to become a thus-far-undethroned bestseller for their record label of the time, Ledo Takas Records. “Ei kahetse midagi”, their debut, has been released by ten different companies in many countries all over the world (Estonia, Ukraine, Latvia, Mexico, Germany, France); most of the pressings have by now been sold out. Loits latest album "Must Album" has received warm welcome from international metal press and therefore has won over even more Loits fans than previous two releases combined (7,5/10 Terrorizer, 13/15 Legacy, 3,5/5 Inferno Magazine, 4/6 Imhotep, 9,3/10 Metal Storm, 5/5 FHM Eesti, 4,25/5 The Metal Crypt, 9/10 SUE etc).



"Estonia must have a loit more to offer if this metal outfit are anything to go by. They are our favourite exporter of rock from the Eastern Bloc , especially as they dig days of yore and military re-enactments. Hiilgav!"

Text in Fear Candy 46 booklet (Terrorizer)



Loits are justifiably considered a strong live act. It is indeed at the concerts that their veritable energy is released in its purest form.



DISCOGRAPHY



Full albums



LOITS "Must album"



(Nailboard Records CD & LTD Cardboard BOX 2CD, Eisenwald Tonschmiede Gatefold LP & LTD Gatefold 2LP)



Tracklist:

1. Emaraud

2. Soomusronglase silmis

3. Suudelda neidu

4. Kiri kaevikust

5. Ei kahetse midagi

6. Veealune valss

7. Peegli ees

8. Surmarestoran

9. Öölaul



Nearly three years have passed since the release of “Vere kutse kohustab”, but Loits have not left their guns rusting in the ditch. On Estonian Flag Day, June 4th, the long-awaited “Must album” (“Black album”), encompassing nine songs of unheard-of brilliance. The record is not unlike a picture album left behind by the grand-grandparents, documenting not only photographs, but also all the joy expereiced, as well as the tragedy of one small nation. “Must album” does not glorify the love for the fatherland or the soldier’s valour, not the beauty of life or the pain of grief, although the latter one acts like the cord that twines the songs together. The new Loits album is a gift of remembrance to those departed, serving also as a reminderto all that injustice never dies.



The limited edition of “Must album” is a true bag of surprises to all friends of Loits. In addition the actual album, the neat cardboard package contains a cool sticker as well as six commemoratory cards. The main thing, though, is the bonus EP “Mustad laulud” (“Black songs”), containing four tunes that are of somewhat different cast, yet entirely delicious nevertheless. And as if this was not enough, it also includes a photo album, a newsreel movie about the “Must album” record and a “Monologue” balancing the overall tonality of the album, all launchable on a PC. Together with Loits you are strong!



LOITS "Vere kutse kohustab"

(Ledo Takas Records CD, Digibook CD, Gatefold LP)



Tracklist:

1. Soomepoiss

2. Eesti auks

3. Aeg ärgata

4. Võitluslipp

5. Tuleristsed

6. Vanade legionäride laul

7. Eluruun

8. Nimeta haud

9. Kodu

10. Furor aesticus

11. Oskar ruut

12.Raiugem ruunideks



Unlike the most of the WWII based Black Metal bands, Loits managed to recreate perfectly the historical context, their whole music seems to smell like gunpowder, you can almost feel the bombers over Tallinn, and the closing hidden track seems to have be sung from the depths of a cold and wet trench, by a bunch of tired soldiers accompanied only by an old accordion during a brief moment of calm… "Vere Kutse Kohustab" is an absolutely recommendable album, a work full of history, pride and power…



Alvaro Pacheco,

Burning Black webzine [Chile]



LOITS "Ei kahetse midagi"



(Loits MC, Beverina Productions MC, Stillborn Noiz Records CDR, Night Birds Records MC, Seven Gates Of Hell Records Digipak CD, Witchcraft Records CD, Nailboard Records Digipak CD, Eisenwald Tonschmiede Gatefold LP)



Tracklist:

LOITS I Tulisilma Sünd

LOITS II Sinimäed 1944

LOITS III Tõelised Kuningad

LOITS IV Valge Nägu

LOITS V Hauast Aupaistesse

LOITS VI Kolmjalg

LOITS VII Veri

LOITS VIII Sinu Mees, Sinu Vend, Sinu Poeg

Tõelised Kuningad (varajane versioon) (bonus track)

Valge Nägu (kontsert) (bonus track)



A re-release of the legendary debut by the crown jewel of Estonian metal, Loits an album which, after its initial release in 2001, has successfully sold out four printings by different local and foreign record companies and which, in its darkly poetic manner revived the bonds between modern day mans courage and the ancient events that defined our identity as an ethnos.

May this album belong to your record shelf as surely as the stars belong in the night sky!



7" EPs



LOITS Legion Estland EP (Ledo Takas Records, 2003, 7’’ )

LOITS Meeste Muusika EP (Searing Spear Records, 2004, 7’’ )

LOITS Raiugem Ruunideks EP (Eisenwald Tonschmiede, 2008, 7’’)



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