Sword Chant

LOCATION :  Venice, Veneto, Italy Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Sara Tacchetto : vocals, redpipe, tin whistle, choirs Leonardo Dalla Via : bass, vocals, harsh vocals, choirs, bass, programming Marco Povolo: vocals, choirs, keyboards, bouzouki, programming Massimo Benetazzo : drums Mattia Buggin : electric and acoustic guitars Past members : Matteo Patuelli : guitar, vocals Andrea ‘Demetrio’ Rampin  : bagpipes, accordion, tin and low whistles, xylophone Francesco Salviato : fiddle Alessandro Baldo : bass Fabio Ceccato : bass Martina Mezzalira : violin Marco Munari : guitar Paolo Pesce : accordion, keyboard, hurdy gurdy Folk : keyboards Riccado Gianni : violin HISTORY : The Vallorch idea came up in december 2010 when Marco Munari, Matteo Patuelli & Massimo Benetazzo were attended to a gig together. The band name comes from a Cimbrian village in Italy.  Sara Tacchetto, Leonardo Dalla Via, Francesco Salviat...

LOCATION :  Capital Federal, Argentina Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Pablo Trangone : vocals, keyboards, bombo legüero (drum), peruvian cajón Federico Bertoli : guitar, charantarra, vocals Leandro Ramogida: guitar, vocals Javier A. Espeche : bass Federico Prieto: drums, bombo legüero HISTORY : The members of Arraigo are influenced by a lot of musical genres like Grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam...), Punk Rock (Green day, Offspring), Metal (Helloween, Megadeth, Dream Theater...), local bands (Hermética, Almafuerte, Divididos, Pappo, Piazzola, José Larralde and Atahualpa Yupanqui) but they find the roots they were looking for into the traditionals argentinian musics & dance (Tango, Candombe, Zamba, Chacarera, Carnavalito, Vidala, Chamamé). From these influences, Arraigo founded during 2004 and two years later was released one first EP entitled "Rancho Sur”. RECORDINGS : Rancho Sur (South Ranch), EP 2006 Fronteras y Horizontes (Frontiers...

LOCATION :  Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Yari Ruiz : vocals, lead guitars Daniel Ramirez : bass Hector Orozco : keyboards Juan Felipe : rythmic guitar Jonathan Giraldo : drums Past members : Juan Jose :  rythmic guitar Alejandro Valencia : flutes HISTORY : MuyzKKubuN formed in 2009. MuyzKKubuN is a variation of the word Muysccubun that means (Muisca Language). Muisca is a colombian indian tribe. They combine in the lyrics a mystical concept about mother nature and pagan heritage. They splitted during july 2014 but come back with a new line-up in may 2017. RECORDINGS : Demo 2012 In The Name Of Our Gods, album 2013 WEBSITES : Facebook Bandcamp Youtube Contact :   muyzkkubun@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

LOCATION :  Calgary, Alberta, Canada Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Beren Tol Galen ( Maglor ) : vocals, all instruments : - Electric guitars (mainly my Ibanez Prestige and occasionally an old Jay Turser vinta GE Series strat-style)  - Electric bass (simple Fender borrowed from a friend)  - 12 strings acoustic (Takamine G Series) as well as a little 6 string classical that I purchased from a small music shop in La Paz, Bolivia - Keyboards (M Audio Axiom 61 ~ using numerous software samplers including: Native Instruments as well as Nexus...I believe there was even some from Xpand 2 in there...) - Drum Programming (all completed through the included Digirack plugins [Xpand 2, etc.] with Pro Tools 8 (A DAW that I have decided I will never use again ~ I have since begun switching over to Reaper since the release of Maglor's "CotF")  * "The keys covered basically all instruments aside from guitars and drums heard on "From For...

LOCATION :  Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Rogério Malgor : lead vocals, rhythmic guitar Gordo "Goblin" Bardo : whistles, flutes, banjo André Fernandes : lead guitar Luca Bresciani : bass, vocals Julio Cesar : drums Past members : Odair Otávio : synth Emerson Arruda : drums Raul Pauletto : drums Murilo Martins : drums Guilherme Torresin : drums Rodrigo Menegatti : drums Pedro Diogo Bresciani : guitars Matheus Baren  guitars Gabriel Martins  : guitars Renato Whistler Santos : great highland bagpipes, uillean pipes, bodhrán, Irish flutes, tin whistles Lui Marestoni: lead guitar, clean vocals HISTORY : The band founded in 2006 in Brazil. They have released one single and one EP in 2007 and 2008 and then, they tried to release their debut album "Thunderforge", planned for 2014 but the band split up while october 2013. The "Thunderforge" album will never see the daylight in the future. April ...