Sword Chant

LOCATION :  Graz, Styria, Austria Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Robert Schroll ( Alphayn ) : vocals Jürgen Brüder : guitars Alexander Wildinger : guitars Markus Wildinger : bass Markus Kügerl : drums Past members : Bernd S. Zahn : guitars Franz Löchinger : drums HISTORY : Heathen Foray is Austrian band created in 2005. Music of the band can be described as viking metal connected with folk and melodic death metal influences. They release a new single in november 2022 :  their Bathory cover of "Man of Iron" track. RECORDINGS : Forest, demo 2007 The Passage, album 2009 Armored Bards, album 2010 Inner Force, album 2013 [ details ] [  lyrics  ] Into Battle, album 2015 [ details ] Weltenwandel, album 2020 [  details  ] Steirermen san Very Good, single 2021 Man of Iron, single 2022 Leben, single 2023 [  details  ] Oathbreaker, album 2023 [  details  ] WEBSITES : ...

LOCATION :  Lubin, Poland Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Ewa Pitura : vocals Mikołaj Rybacki : guitars, mandoline, saz (lute), darabuka, vocals Katarzyna Bromirska : cello, double bass, accordion, flutes Adam Kłosek : bass Marcin Ścierański : drums Past members : Krzysztof Figurski : violin Kornelia Rybacka : bass, sopilka, drums, percussions Piotr Banaszkiewicz : drums Bogusz Stepak : drums, bodhrán Kamil Pelka : bass, acoustic guitar Andrzej Mikityn : drums Marcin Frąckowiak : bass Joanna Lacher : davul, bodhrán, vocals Christina Bogdanova : keyboards, vocals HISTORY : The band was created in 1999. Percival Schuttenbach is the name of a gnome from "The Witcher" saga by Andrzej Sapkowski. RECORDINGS : Moribuka, demo 1999 Tutmesz-Tekal, demo 2002 Reakcja Pogańska, album 2009 Postrzyżyny, EP 2012 Svantevit, album 2013 [ details ] Mniejsze zło, album 2015 Wild Hunt, split 2015 Strzyga, album 2016 Dzikie Pola, alb...

LOCATION :  Manchester, England Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Coll Féchin (ThunarWülf). : vocals, whistle, mandola Atticus. : guitar, vocals, mandolin, melodeon Scåpa. : drums Idris Fawr : bass Past members : Andrew Nixon-Corfield : bass Jorund. : guitar HISTORY : Andraste started with Coll and Jorund colliding in the moshpit at Paganfest 08... and an outpouring of pent-up folk and metal tunes soon followed. Atticus got wind of this through a mutual friend and brought in a second lead guitar, vocals, mandolin and melodeon; and dragged in Scåpa on drums and vocals, who in turn roused the dormant bassist, Idris. The Goddess arose... Their music rooted in both traditional British folk and various forms of extreme metal as their lyrics focus all over the British Isles and Europe, especially from the celtic and viking North. Some examples with tracks from the demos : 'Sheild Ring' and 'Honour' are both based on the story of a Cumbr...