Sword Chant

LOCATION :  Jászság, Hungary Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Viktor Váczi : lead vocals, keyboards Viktor Grócz : guitar, additional vocals Gergő Lakatos : guitar, additional vocals Péter Mikola : bass Eszter Bálint : violin Horváth Bence : drums Past members : Gábor Kállai : drums Szilárd Oláh : drums Krisztián Tőzsér : bass HISTORY : Spring 2012 was founded Kylfingar. The band name means "macemen". They covered folk metal bands that inludes Ensiferum and Finntroll bands before to start composing. Scandinavian mythology, history and culture are in their lyrics. RECORDINGS : Észak Népe EP promo: Halhatatlanok, album 2014 [ details ] Jötünheim kürtjei, single 2016 Örök vadászat, single 2016 Világok határán, album 2018 Istenek Hangja, single 2020 WEBSITES : Facebook Reverbnation Soundcloud Youtube Bandcamp Contact :   kylfingarhun@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

Below are the folk metal albums released while August 2013. Don't forget to thank the bands on their respective pages, for the free and legal downloads they give you. :) 01 - Isatha - Erdei Regék [ Free Download ] 09 - Equilibrium - Waldschrein 12 - Delion - The Beginning 13 - Mael Mordha - All Eire Will Quake (single) 16 - Vorna - Ajastaika 16 - Saltatio Mortis - Das schwarze Einmaleins 20 - Northsong - Forgotten Tales (single) 24 - Trollort - Blood Fest Starts 24 - Swords At Hymns - My freedom... Forgotten in a Gray Dimness EP [ Free Download ] 26 - Turisas - Turisas2013 (Europe) 26 - Kylfingar - Észak Népe EP [ Free Download ] 26 - Trollband - Samsara [ Free download ] 27 - Nekrogoblikon - Power EP 30 - Caladmor - Of Stones and Stars 30 - Frosttide - Awakening 30 - Schandmaul - So weit, so gut 30 - Red Rum - With gods by our side EP

...the debut album "Dies, Nox et Omnia" by CESAIR from the Netherlands. Have a listen here:

These news were published in our forum from last week to now! Check out the forum for previous news then. :) BANDS NEWS: The English band WOLFSWORD who recently released their first album entitled "Beyond the Thunderclouds" has found a secured Distribution deal in Japan! The South African metal band BALYIOS now placed on an indefinite hold...

Welcome in the new website of Sword Chant! Sword Chant is one community supporter of the Folk Metal and Pagan Folk. You could find news from bands, their new albums, tourdates but also their lyrics, and translations by our community. Interviews and reviews can be found as well. From this page, you could reach easily the FEJD and MÅNEGARM websites since their official forums are in Sword Chant and of course, you can select here our other pages, so is our recent TV space. As I previously said, we support the bands at Sword Chant, as we know they need even more support when difficulties are, thus these two elements in the menu are intended to help them like it can help you if you are a musician. I built a project listing the folk metal bands threads from our forum, by instruments; for the ones searching for bands within particular instrument. Details are available to the link above.

LOCATION :  Poland Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Michalina Malisz (Lyrre) : hurdy gurdy, flute Piotr Martuś (Lyrre) : bass, guitars, vocals, balalaika Adrianna Zborowska : violin, vocals, recorder, hurdy gurdy Wit Rzepecki : bagpipes, tin whistle, traditional vocals Iljia Tabachnik : drums, vocals Past members : Dawid Dunikowski : bass, gusli Mateusz Jędrzejczyk : drums, percussions Łukasz Ścieranka : bass Kuba : drums Tomasz Indyka : vocals HISTORY : The band was founded in 2008 and has experimented some line-up changes, but in June 2013 they recorded a demo named: "Okryte Zapomnieniem", with the addition of new members they've reached a more stable line-up. RECORDINGS : Okryte Zapomnieniem, demo 2013 Between East And West (Między Wschodem a Zachodem), album 2015 [ details ] WEBSITES : Facebook Twitter Youtube Soundcloud Contact :   netherfell@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band new...

LOCATION :  Le Havre, Upper Normandy, France Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Lucas Lambert : vocals, guitar Loris Brix : bass, backing vocals Charles Demoulins : guitar, backing vocals Past members : Erwan Lecoutre : bass Hugo Traverse : bass Jean-Cyril Montier : drums Clément Simon : guitars, backing vocals Thibault Henart : guitars, backing vocals Clément L'heryenat : drums, backing vocals HISTORY : The folk and power metal band Hopes of Freedom was created in december 2007 by Lucas Lambert. Their lyrics deal with heroic fantasy universe. RECORDINGS : Freedom Storm, EP 2010 Hopes of Freedom, album 2012 Burning Skyfall, album 2016 [ details ] Light, Fire & Iron, album 2021 WEBSITES : Facebook Youtube Contact :   hopesoffreedom@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

LOCATION :  Oldenburg, Northern Germany Status :  Active Music :  Melodic Death Metal MEMBERS : Ivan Chertov : vocals, guitar Thorsten Flecken : guitar Leonid Rubinstein : bass Maik Schaffstädter : drums HISTORY : Formed as EREBOS in 2005, the band name changes for CRAVING in 2006. First demo and EP were sold-out. Some folk influences were in the begining of the band but not anymore. Guitar prodigy Sole Genua and vocalist Helge Stang (Arafel, Ex-Equilibrium) fear. on the debut album of the band. Christopher Caffery (Ex-Savatage, Chris Caffery, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) has contributed on guitar solo on "Targaryen Wrath", members of Orden Ogan, Obscurity, Dystopolis and Islay  on "At Dawn" album where seven guests were in all. Their lyrics deal with fantasy, nature, and poetry. RECORDINGS : Demo 2006 Revenge , EP 2008 Craving, album 2012 At Dawn, album 2013 [  details  ] Wielder of Storms, EP 2016 WEBSITES : Bandcamp F...

LOCATION :  Liège, Belgium Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Wilky : vocals, percussions Corey : vocals, percussions Rica : keyboards Flop : guitar Holy : guitar Skult : bass Past members : Apu : bass Dimitri : guitar HISTORY : Founded in 2011, SANDOO is a pirate metal band from Belgium. They released one firsr demo and while august 2014, the band split up. RECORDINGS : Demo 2013 WEBSITES : Facebook Soundcloud Youtube Contact :  N/A Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

LOCATION :  Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Maurizio Bottero: vocals, guitar Paolo Brizio : vocals, accordion Floriano Brignone : bagpipes, flutes Daniele Pellegrino : bass, backing vocals Marco Baudino : drums HISTORY : Maurizio Bottero, Paolo Brizio, Floriano Brignone, Daniele Pellegrino and Marco Baudino founded the band during August 2009. Maladecia is a mountain that is located in Valle Stura and the origin of the name can be traced back to the Occitan language. They are inspired by Occitan culture, mountains and the local traditions that includes the musical tradition of Southern Piedmont. RECORDINGS : Ames en peno (Souls in pain), album 2013 [ details ] WEBSITES : Facebook Youtube Contact :   maladecia@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news