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Catuvolcus

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LOCATION :  Warwick, Quebec, Canada Status :  Split-up Music :  Black Pagan MEMBERS : Pierre-Aleksandre Plessix "Segomaros" : vocals, guitars Maxime Côté : guitars Dominic "Forest" Lapointe : bass Étienne Gallo : drums HISTORY : Segomaros founded Catuvolcus as a one-man band project in 2007, and the project becomes a full band one year later. "battle wolf" is the meaning for the band name, in the Gaulish language since the band tells about Celts, Gaulish wars or again nature. That project ended by the end of 2013, two months after they announced the band returns from a previous split. RECORDINGS : Old Rituals For Camulos', demo 2008 Vae Victis, album 2009 Terres de Sang EP 2010 Gergovia, album 2012 Voyageurs de l'Aube, album 2013 WEBSITES : Bandcamp Youtube Contact :  N/A Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

Der Galgen

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LOCATION :  Saint Petersburg, Russia Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Il'ya Smirnov : vocals Anton Gavrilov : guitar Ivan Zvyagintsev (ex- Fängörn ) : guitar Patrik : bass Alexey "Hellboy" Sivovna (ex- Fängörn ) : drums Vitaliy "Grendel" Senchenko ( Fängörn ) : keyboards, vocals HISTORY : The band founded during october 2006 while yhe full line-up was the next year. Like the German bandname that means "The Gallow", lyrics are in German, and tell fairy tales. Some Finnish lyrics can be found as well. I asked Der Galgen regarding politic and the band since I wondered and on May 27, 2009, the band replied me the following : "Greetings, Dragonhead. No, we do not represent any of the political institutes, our lyrics are not connected with any kind of ideas or parties. We sing fairy tales - sometimes funny, sometimes scary". The project seems ended in 2017. RECORDINGS : Musta Kumpu, EP 2007 Wilkommen auf die

Litvintroll

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LOCATION :  Minsk, Belarus Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Aliaksandr Statsiuka (Sakramant) : bass Hennadz Parahnievich (Trollwald) : drums Aliaksei Zhaburonak (Trollwald) : guitar Andrei Apanovich (Trollwald) : vocals, bagpipes, zhaleika (hornpipe), cittern Vasil Varabejchykau (Sakramant) : bagpipes, zhaleika (hornpipe), flute Andrei Garchakou (Trollwald) : keyboards Past members : Aleh Klimchanka : bass Dzianis Vjachersky : keyboards Aliaksandr Savenok : guitar Sjarhei Tapcheusky : drums Mikalai Sharangovich (Sakramant) : drums Pavel Alenchyk (Trollwald) : guitar HISTORY : Litvintroll band founded in 2005. They started as a medieval folk band, playing on medieval festivals, but they just wanted to play something more energetic. So they mixed it all up with rock'n'roll and metal influences, creating their folk metal. On September 2, 2012, just some days before the ending of work on the last album, tragedy struck. During the concert in Ho

Fenrir (Fra)

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LOCATION :  Nancy, France Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Elsa Thouvenot : vocals, violin Alexandre Frémont : guitar Michaël Macé : guitar Jordan Lavaut : bass Kevin Keiser : drums Bruno Giglio : violin Past members : Romain Loiseau Joussot : guitar Flyshredd : guitar Sophie Luporsi : violin Fabien Korbyrlaz : guitar Martin Locret : bass Quentin Francois : drums Mathieu Quignard : viola Sylvère "Thalion" Jandel : lead guitar Tristan Bor : guitar Pierre Henry : lead guitar HISTORY : Thalion and Quentin founded Fenrir during march 2006 and then, the other members immediately followed. Before and after their first demo was several lien-up change. RECORDINGS : Whispers of the old world, demo 2007 Frozen Flowers, EP 2009 Echoes of the wolf, album 2012 [ lyrics ] Legends of The Grail, album 2019 [  details  ] WEBSITES : Fenrir-official.com Twitter Facebook Youtube Contact :   fenrircontact@gmail.com Find more information

Sjuk

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LOCATION :  Paris, France Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Sjuk : vocals, guitar, bass, drums, programming Ulwarg : vocals, keyboard, hurdy gurdy, piccolo Past members : Bertrand : bass, mandolin, vocals Tangui : whistles, bombard, mountain dulcimer Fanny : vocals Boris : vocals HISTORY : Founded in 2007 as a studio project, Sjuk means "ill" in Swedish.Their sound can be described as folk with thrash/death metal influences. The texts of the band are mostly based on Norse mythology and the time of the viking age. RECORDINGS : Wolf Is Coming, demo 2009  Time Has Come..., EP 2011  WEBSITES : Youtube Contact :  contact@sjukmusic.com