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Maglor

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LOCATION :  Calgary, Alberta, Canada Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Luthien : vocals, 12 strings, classical and electric guitars, keyboards Draendil : vocals, electric guitars, bass, keyboards, drum programming Beren Tol Galen ( Eldensky ) * : vocals, electric guitars, 12 strings, bass, keyboards, drum programming * More details on Eldensky page. HISTORY : Emerging from the depths of the darkest forests, the deepest halls, and beyond towering mountains: summons forth sounds of long forgotten ages. Seeking to capture the very essence of the Old World, and bring together melodies of the woodlands with the thundering heathen rhythms that remain unconquered over time.. Essentially brought into being in the year 2002: and having undergone serveral changes since then ~ Maglor is helmed and led by Draendil, Luthien, and Beren Tol Galen. Each individual adding their own creative sound and style - giving life to the epic that is... Maglor  (words by Beren throu

Llvme

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LOCATION :  Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Nandu : guitars, bass, kKeyboards, Leonese bagpipes, drums, percussions, hurdy-gurdy Eric : vocals Curto : bass (live) Past members : Belial Báez : guitars (live) Nacho : bass Oscar G. Comendador : guitar Lord Valius : vocals Huevo : bass David : drums HISTORY : Llvme is a Spanish doom-black-folk metal band created in 2007. They sing in Leonese, a historical Spanish dialect, spoken in the three Spanish provinces which, historically, form León: Zamora, Salamanca and León. "Llvme" means "Fire" in Leonese. They released their debut album Fogeira de Sueños (Bonfire of Dreams) in 2010 which is about Leonese popular folklore, and Yía de Nuesu (It's ours) album in 2012. This album is about Leonese history : medieval ages (Reino de León), Celtic era (Vettons). RECORDINGS : Fogeira de Sueños, album 2010 Yía de Nuesu, album 2012 WEBSITES : Faceboo

Ad Plenitatem Lunae

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LOCATION :  Gemona del Friuli, Italy Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Nakia Spizzo : vocals, tintinnabulum (bells), small percussions Ermes Buttolo : German medieval bagpipes, musette du centre, traverse flute, frame drums Maria Valentinuzzi : keyboards, shawm Giulio Martinelli : guitars, backing vocals Alberto Revelant : bass, backing vocals Past members : David Bressani : guitars Marco Cargnelutti : drums Giorgio Londero : vocals HISTORY : The band founded in 2005 "for fun" but the things became serious in 2010. Their lyrics written in Friulian, deal with their region that is their roots and force, They said the following in the Sword Chant forum when it was back in 2012 : "It's in this region that we have our roots, and our music speaks about those roots, about the history of our land, from the point of view of the less important, the outcasts, the paesants and the people who believed in ancient rural cults eradicated by the Roma

Felled / Moss Of Moonlight

LOCATION :  Eugene, OR, USA Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Jenn Grunigen : drums, percussion (djembe, tablas, gong, tambourine, and more), female vocals Cavan Wagner : growls, male vocals, guitars, bass, mouth harp, throat singing, programming, other instruments Isamu Sato : bass Robin McDougal : lead guitar Bighid Wagner : violin, female vocals HISTORY : Moss Of Moonlight is a neofolk metal metal band founded in 2010 with lyrics about nature, paganism and the conceptual nation of Cascadia, located in the northwest of the USA. In 2014, the band name changes for  Felled . RECORDINGS : As MOSS OF MOONLIGHT : Seed, album 2012 Winterwheel, EP 2013 As FELLED : Bonfire Grit, demo 2017 [  details  ] The Intimate Earth, album 2021 [ details ] WEBSITES : Moss Of Moonlight :  Facebook Felled :  Facebook  &  Bandcamp Contact :   felledband@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news - Interview  2013