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Lemuria

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LOCATION :  Antwerp, Belgium Status :  Active Music : Symphonic Black Metal MEMBERS : Bart : bass Daan Swinnen : vocals Vincent : drums Jeroen De Kooning : guitars Gaël Sortino : guitars Past members : Niklaas "Sancti" : vocals Christophe Vandeghinste : guitars Siegfried : keyboards Jens : guitars Thierry : guitars Wesley : vocals HISTORY : Spinal Chill was a black metal band founded in 1999. The band changes the name for Lemuria in 2001, adding folk elements. Their lyrics are about crusades, until they go more into Symphonic Black Metal in 2019. Several line-up change since the beginnings of the band. RECORDINGS : The Vault of the Witness, demo 2002 Tales, Ale and Fire, album 2005 Chanson de la Croisade, album 2010 WEBSITES : Lemuria.be Facebook Twitter Soundcloud Youtube Contact :   contact.lemuria@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

Hellebaard

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LOCATION :  The Netherlands Status :  Split-up Music :  Black Pagan MEMBERS : Zarlack : bass, drums, vocals Volmorth : guitars, vocals, keyboards

Volkstrott

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LOCATION :  Berlin, Germany Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : LeBen : vocal Ronny : bagpipes Stefan : bass Ina : violin Micha : guitar Benny : drumss HISTORY : Volkstrott is a german folk metal/rock band founded in 2001. RECORDINGS : Lebenswürdig, demo 2003 Spielsucht, EP 2005 Todeskunst, album 2007 Im Angesicht Der Barbarei, album 2008 WEBSITES : Contact :  N/A

Wolfmare / Wolfsangel

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LOCATION :  Saint Petersburg, Russia Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Dmitri Petras : vocals, bass, keyboards Iana Nikulina : keyboards, vocals Stas Matveyev : guitars Lena Chikulaeva : violin, vocals Past members : Feodor Naumov : guitars Alexey Evdokimov : drums FH : guitars Kirill Baturin : guitars Vlad Varnavsky : guitars Tanya Frolova : vocals Dmitri Yakovlev : bagpipes, pipes, mandolin, whistles, percussions Lyba Maslova : cello, vocals Max Znaevski : drums, percussions Anya Fukalova : violin Maxim Zhupikov : violin Alex "McReddin" Redin : vocals Roman Belotserkovskiy : accordion, celtic harp, didgeridoo, bagpipes Ruslan "James" Anisimov : vocals Dmitriy Belkin : drums Andrei Stepanov : drums HISTORY : Dmitri Petras and Alex Redin founded Wolfsangel during July 2001. Dmitri Petras met Andrew Sokolov by december of that same year and so, that last writes all lyrics for the band since that time. The line-up for Wolfs

Vanaheim

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LOCATION :  Norway Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Marius Johansen : vocals Jon Rasmussen : vocals Christian "Elvorn" Hagen : guitars Rune Tyvold : guitars Fredrik "Nevrod" Haraldsen : keyboards HÃ¥kon "Memnock" Didriksen : bass PÃ¥l " Athera" Mathisen : drums HISTORY : The band has seen the daylight in 1995 but split up in 1999, due to three members who joined another band. Lyrics are about Norse mythology. RECORDINGS : En Historie, EP 1997 Helter og Kongers Fall, album 1998 WEBSITES : N/A Contact :  N/A

Forefather

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LOCATION :  Leatherhead, England Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Athelstan : bass, guitars, vocals, keyboards Wulfstan : bass, guitars, vocals HISTORY : The UK band founded in 1997. Their lyrics deal with Anglo-Saxon history and pride. RECORDINGS : Deep into Time, album 1999 Legends Untold, compilation 2000 The Fighting Man, album 2000 Engla Tocyme, album 2002   Ours is the Kingdom, 2004 Steadfast, album 2008 Summer's Flame, Single 2009 Last of the Line, album 2011 Curse of the Cwelled, album 2015 Tales From a Cloud-Born Land, EP 2017 [ details ] Forefather/Meads of Asphodel - English Steel, Split 2017 [  details  ] WEBSITES : Forefather.net Facebook Twitter Bandcamp Contact :   forefatherfyrd@aol.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

Skald

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LOCATION :  Asarum, Sweden Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : David Wiktorsson : guitars, drum programming, bass Henrik Kindvall : vocals, jews-harp, ocarina HISTORY : Skald is Swedish "nordic natureromantic folk metal"-band found in november 2005 as an acoustic projekt, but they soon decided to add metal sound with it. The band split-up on january 30, 2017. RECORDINGS : Sagor FrÃ¥n Skogstjärnen, demo 2006 [  free download  ] Trolska Vemodsband - 2006, demo 2006 [  free download  ] I En Svunnen Tid, maxi 2008 Fjällälven, EP 2010 [  free download  ] Vitterland, album 2011 WEBSITES : Skald.se Facebook Contact :   henrik@skald.se

Dealan

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LOCATION :  Barcelona, Spain Status :  Active Music :  World Music MEMBERS : Elisabet Llort : violin Noah Cuní : drums, percussions Alba Pujol: vocals, cello Mijael Bello : uilleann pipes, gaîta, bouzouki Dídac Cuní : guitar, mandola, vocals Gerard Cuní : bass Past members : Ferran Perez : acorddion, whistle Guillem Cuni : pipe, whistles, percussions Jordi Murcia : drums, percussions HISTORY : Dealan founded in 2002. From Celtic to world music, the band's inspired by culture worldwide and play music from all horizons. RECORDINGS : XIX festival international tradicionarius, demo 2004 The songs of mataro, demo 2005 Creuant Els Mons, album 2007 Impuls, album 2011 Viu, album 2014 WEBSITES : Facebook Bandcamp Contact :   dealan@dealan.com

Nekrogoblikon

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LOCATION :  Santa Barbara, California, USA Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Nicholas Von Doom : vocals, keyboards Goldberg : guitars, backing vocals Sack : bass Eric W. Brown : drums, percussions Raptor : keyboards Past members : Austin 'NASA' Nickel : bass Jason Kaye : guitar Bryan Kaye : drums Spencer Bartz : drums Tim 'Timbus' Lyakhovetskiy : guitar, vocals Diamond : guitar Bready : drums, percussions HISTORY : The goblin metal band founded in 2006. RECORDINGS : Goblin Island, album 2006 Stench, album 2011 Power, EP 2013 [ details ] Heavy Meta, album 2015 [ details ] Welcome to Bonkers, album 2018 [  details  ] The Fundamental Slimes and Humours, album 2022 WEBSITES : Facebook Twitter Youtube Bandcamp Contact :  N/A Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

Saltatio Mortis

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LOCATION :  Karlsruhe, Bade-Wurtemberg, Germany Status :  Active Music :  Medieval Folk / Rock MEMBERS : Alea der Bescheidene : vocals, bagpipes, didgeridoo, Irish bouzouki, shawm, guitars, percussions Bruder Frank : bass El Silbador : low whistle, bagpipes (biniou & uilleman pipes), shawm Luzi das L.: bagpipes, shawm, bouzouki, tromba marina Falk Irmenfried von Hasenmümmelstein : bagpipes, shawm, hurdy-gurdy, vocals Lasterbalk der Lästerliche : percussions Samoel : guitars, harp Jean Méchant : drums, percussions Past members : Cordoban der Verspielte : guitars, shawm, bag-pipes, whistles, fiddle Thoron Trommelfeuer : davul, darabuka, percussions, horn HISTORY : Saltatio Mortis (engl: Dance Of The Dead) are a German Medieval band with music going from folk, rock to metal sometimes. Previously 2016, they were sorted into the folk metal part of this site . Their lyrics handle with mostly medieval themes. RECORDINGS : Tavernakel - medieval, album 2001 D