| Yav Явь | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Arkona |
| Cover: | Arkona - Yav.jpg |
| Released: | 25 April 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" |
| Prev Title: | Slovo |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Khram |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
Yav (ru|Явь) is the seventh full-length album by the Russian pagan metal band Arkona. It was released on 25 April 2014 through Napalm Records.[1]
The album references the material world Yav. Violin players Olli Vänskä of Turisas and Alexey of Sviatogor appear as guest musicians.[2]
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.[3] 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.[2]