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February 1st of 2014 will be released "The Cursed Island", debut album from the Pirate metal band SKULL & BONES  that I interviewed for the event. :) Everything's available below. The album : TRACKLIST: 01. Admiral Benbow Inn 02. The Chest of Billy Bones 03. The Hispaniola 04. Ready for Quest 05. Set Sail! 06. Rum for the Crew 07. Anthem for the Buccaneer 08. Long John Silver 09. Death & Treasure 10. Skeleton Island 11. Powder & Guns 12. Treachery March 13. Captain Flint´s Booty

The Pagan Folk band STILLE VOLK will release their next album in May 2014 if everything goes as planned. The title of their new album is "La Pèira negra" which means "Black stone" (La pierre noire in French).  "This is a concept album that evokes the people of humus. A mineral tale in which a stone is cursed, an organic stone in an oppressive stillness. A world of petrified lichens, of darkness limestone. Fear haunts these mineral beings older than time itself. Maze tomb of mummified beings ... In waiting for fire and rock purifier among deadly darkness of time, fueled by the mists lost, the damned stone screams in anger: "Among these rocks, only one was alive" , the band said.

The new KAMPFAR album entitled "Djevelmakt" will be out worldwide this January 27th! TRACKLIST: 1. Mylder 2. Kujon 3. Blod, Eder og Galle 4. Swarm Norvegicus 5. Fortapelse 6. De Dødes Fane 7. Svarte Sjelers Salme 8. Our Hounds, Our Legion

LOCATION :  London, England Status :  Active Music :  Symphonic Rock MEMBERS : Maggie Sand : vocals, bouzouki, citole, harmonium, synthe Mark Powell : hurdy-gurdy, cittern, guitars, vocals Susan Bell : recorders Hazel McCulloch : backing vocals, harmonium Polly Hallam : backing vocals, percussions Mark Jenkins : drums Anthar Kahrana : percussions Andrea Furlan : didgeridoo HISTORY : SERPENTYNE started as a folk band. Founded in 2010 by Maggie-Beth Sand & Mark Powell in London, England, they covered songs in Occitan, Old English and Latin like Stella Splendens. Nowadays, their music is more symphonic than folk. RECORDINGS : Stella Splendens, album 2010 Pastyme With Good Company, promotional EP 2013 Myths and Muses, album 2014 [  details  ] The Serpent's Kiss, album 2016 [  details  ] WEBSITES : Serpentyne.com Contact :   maggiesandandserpentyne@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band ...

LOCATION :  Vancouver, Canada Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Dave Khan : lead guitar, vocals AJ Bergin : guitar, growls Terry Savage : bass Celine Derval : drums, vocals Past members : Jeff Black : keyboards HISTORY : Scythia is a Canadian folk metal band founded by Dave Khan in 2008. Scythia is also the name of an ancient empire spanning from the Caucasus through Russia, and even into eastern Scandinavia. Their songs deal with tales, medieval folklore. They are inspired by many music styles in metal as well as folk music. September 14, 2018, the band split-up RECORDINGS : ...of War, album 2010 ...of Exile, album 2011 ...of Santa, single 2011 For the Bear, EP 2013 ...of Conquest, album 2014 [ details ] Lineage, album 2016 [ details ] WEBSITES : Scythia.ca Twitter Facebook Youtube Bandcamp Contact :   ancientscythia@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news - Eld : European tour 2014...

Promoting their debut album entitled "Torches Will Rise Again", the Spanish band DRAKUM is currently working on their first official video. Tracklist for "Torches Will Rise Again":

THYRIEN released "Hymns of the Mortals - Songs from the North" album under Massacre Records. 01. Far Beyond Midgard 02. Vengeance Through My Soul 03. Deathwish 04. My Victory, My Defeat 05. The Frozen North 06. The Eternal Journey 07. Forest Is My Throne 08. Nature's Rage 09. When the Horizon Burns 10. Tinasormus (Janne Hurme Cover) You can purchase and listen to songs to that link .

LOCATION :  Milan, Italy Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Samuele Faulisi : vocals, guitar, keyboards Fabrizio Tartarini : guitar Riccardo Floridia : drums Louie Raphael : bass Past members : Luca Ferrari : guitar Marco Contini : drums Kengo Nakamura : drums Barbara D'Urso : bongos Federico Cotzia : bass HISTORY : Samuele Faulisi founded the band while may 2013. The project ended in 2022. RECORDINGS : Demo 2014 Behind The Front Page, EP 2015 [  details  ] What The Oak Left, album 2017 [  details  ] Tales Of A Pathfinder, album 2019  [  details  ] All Star, single 2021 WEBSITES : Bandcamp Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Soundcloud Contact :  atlaspainofficial@gmail.com  |  info@atlaspain.it Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news - Forged in Folk discussion

January 24 will be released the new  SCHANDMAUL album entitled "Unendlich". Heres the artwork: TRACKLIST: 01. Trafalgar 02. Tippelbruder 03. Kaspar 04. In Deinem Namen 05. Bunt und nicht braun 06. Mit der Flut 07. Baum des Lebens 08. Tangossa (Instrumental) 09. Euch zum Geleit 10. Saphira 11. Mittsommer 12. Littel Miss Midleton (Instrumental) 13. Der Teufel … 14. Mein Bildnis 15. Märchenmond

The new CLANNAD video for "Brave Enough" song taken from "Nádúr" album out since last year, opened the playlist for the official videos for Pagan/Folk Music 2014 in the youtube channel of Sword Chant . That playlist, I'll feed when new videos will be, is viewable also in this website while the playlist in this genre for 2013 is always available in my channel.

LOCATION :  Russia Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Alexander Kuzmin : guitar, backing vocals Alexandr Kolgin : lead vocals Alexandra Koroljeva : violin Alexey Krilov : drums HISTORY : SLANE is a Celtic metal band from Russia founded by Alexander Kuzmin. He started SLANE in 2008. After several line-up changes which forced the man to do all music by its own sometimes, one solid line-up appeared in 2013. The birth of their debut EP entitled “Follow Me” could be then. Before that EP were demos kept in secret because this EP is like a new start for them - Alexander Kuzmin confessed me. RECORDINGS : Follow Me, EP 2013 [  details  ] Insomnia, single 2015 [  details  ] WEBSITES : Vkontakte Facebook Soundcloud Reverbnation Youtube Bandcamp Contact :   slaneband@outlook.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

If you follow us, you may know VALKNACHT will release a new album soon. The record is entitled "Le Sacrifice d'Ymir".  You can see the artwork right here made by the talented Kris Verwimp. Thorleif, from the band, revealed me in this interview, many things about the coming album, and even more. : ) 01. Hi Thorleif! You and VALKNACHT have shared the stage with some bands in Canada. Can you list some of them ? We played with some European bands like Moonsorrow, Einerjher, Arkona, Kalma & Fintroll. We also played with some Canadian bands like Les Bâtards du Nord, Nordheim, Talamyus, Scythia, Panzerfaust, Morgue, etc. 02. What live event appeared as one of your best experiences ? Some of our best shows include playing locally in Quebec in front of our crowd, friends and supporters. Our last show was in Quebec city and we had a great time. Playing in front of those who have supported us from the beginning will always be a great experience. When you hear...

I interviewed Axel Jordana from the band IMMORGON .  Axel teaches us more on the band, but also on what is coming soon. :) 01. Hi! You founded IMMORGON in 2012 and released already one single. How did the Spanish & worldwide people like this single ? After sending the single, we received several messages both from people in Spain and from around the world congratulating us, it was amazing! We were very glad to hear that people around the world did like our first song. 02. IMMORGON has been created under what ideas ? IMMORGON was born under the idea of creating a band were all the members could do what they like most: music. We like to listen to more or less the same bands and, so it was nice to create a band were we could express what we felt.

The blackened viking metal band Annúlond released their new album entitled "Galo de Barcelos": TRACKLIST: 01. A Galician's Promise 02. Province of Minho 03. Town of Barcelos 04. A Feast Amongst Shadows 05. Judgement 06. Wintry Walls 07. Dawn of Death 08. A Vehement Crow 09. Cruzeiro do Senhor de Galo

LOCATION :  Riscle, Midi-Pyrénées, France Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Adrian Gilles : drums, backing vocals Baptiste Labenne : guitar, bass, lead vocals, bagpipes, accordion, mandolin, low whistle, flabuta Pierre Delaporte : accordion Florent Gilles-Waters : bass Lucas Quitadamo: guitar Live members : Pereg Ar Bagol ( Skiltron ) : bagpipes HISTORY : Founded in 2005 by Baptiste Labenne and Adrian Gilles, Boisson Divine is a folk metal band from Riscle, France. Their lyrics deal with legends, peasant solidarity and history. They tell also about rugby, trad. songs, and they feel close to their occitan roots. RECORDINGS : Enradigats, album 2013 Volentat, album 2016 [  details  ] La Halha, album 2020 Cent cops dé Bastou, single 2021 La hilhe dou curè, single 2021 Bonus Tracks from La Halha, EP 2021 WEBSITES : Boissondivine.com Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Soundcloud Youtube Contact :   boisson.divine@yahoo.fr Find mo...

Words : Official lyrics Release : Vredens Tid Thanks to the band for the sharing. Tracklist : 01. Vid hargen (instrumental) 02. Sigrblot 03. Skymningsresa 04. Kolöga Trolltand 05. Dödens strand 06. Preludium (instrumental) 07. Vredens tid 08. Svunna minnen (instrumental) 09. Frekastein 10. Hemfärd 11. Segervisa

Here comes the first Non-Folk Metal interview that is about one artist Folk, already famous in the metal world (so obvious here!). I interviewed Jonne Järvelä ( KORPIKLAANI ) on his acoustic solo project. 01. Hi Jonne! You are currently working on one solo project. How and when came the idea ? It’s been on my mind some time already. I got an idea already about a year ago and started to work with it little by little. Songs for the album came after that very smootly. 02. You announced this project will be acoustic. But is it in the spirit of SHAMAN, your previous band before KORPIKLAANI ? Yes, it is an acoustic album and you can hear ”echoes” of Shaman because there is yoik singing quite much. also American indian way to chant by Yovan Nagwetch who took a part for the album comprehensive.

Words : Official English translations Release : Vredens Tid Thanks to the band for the sharing. Tracklist : 01. Vid hargen (instrumental) 02. Sigrblot :  Victory Sacrifice 03. Skymningsresa :  Twilight Journey 04. Kolöga Trolltand :  Coal-Eye Troll-tooth 05. Dödens strand :  The Shore of Death 06. Preludium (instrumental) 07. Vredens tid :  Age of Wrath 08. Svunna minnen (instrumental) 09. Frekastein :  The Wolfstone 10. Hemfärd :  Journey Home 11. Segervisa :  Victory Song

LOCATION :  Rimini, Italy Status :  Changed name Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Michele Giovannetti : vocals (growls) Gaia Dondi : vocals Thomas Gualtieri : keyboards Yann Gualtieri : drums Michele Vasi : guitar Andrea Ingenito : guitar Lodovico Venturelli : bass Past members : Virginia Baldini : vocals Roberto "KByro" Casadei : growls vocals Stefano J.C. Correale : guitar Marzio Morganti : vocals, bass HISTORY : Founded in 2008 by Thomas Gualtieri (keyboards) and Stefano J.C. Correale (guitar) who wanted to form a new band after the dissolution of their former one, AFTERGOD is an italian band playing Evocative Folk Metal. The term "Evocative Folk" was created by the band to describe its production in the most suitable way, AfterGod’s repertoire in fact comprehend some songs close to both folk metal and traditional folk, Since 2016 , the band changed their musical path that was "folk metal" for melodic death and metalcore. Lyrics ...

I have updated this project while I worked on the broken links and fixed some bugs here and there... This project is one help for musicians and the people.  It links Folk Metal bands to Folk Instruments. The following step has finally started. I have added there links to instruments pages available in our forum. Musicians of our Community can create others that don't exist yet. I have made also better headers for each instrument page. I hope that you will appreciate this project:  http://swordchant.go-board.com/The-Folk-Elements-h6.htm

After big efforts, I am pleased to announce all the broken links and bugs are from the past! I have fixed all the links in this site, the forum, the html pages... Everything works fine now! Enjoy Sword Chant!

I have some great news regarding the html pages of Sword Chant: Bugs are no more! It means that I can fix the broken links inside and I have started that work! From now, you can't find a broken link into the Folk Metal Calendar 2014 and same to the Support page. I'll work on the other pages now. Enjoy on Sword Chant!

Tomorrow, the Pirate Metal band RED RUM will release their first EP entitled "With gods by our side" in physical version. The EP is available for download at Itunes already. You can purchase their CD on their website  and gigs. TRACKLIST: 1. Red Rum 2. Dragged Out With the Tide 3. Rise from the Deep 4. Legends 5. Ragnarok

From Winter Solstice to now,  I have checked each thread of the forum. All the 17,346 posts i revisited  to see and fix the links broken.  That trouble happened  after one change of the domain name. Today,  that huge work ended with success:  Broken links are no more in the forum! Left the html pages (lyrics database, concerts pages, etc...)  but I can't fix them for now due to bugs. Always...

Words : Official English translations Song : Cerdic Release : Sons Of Muspell Thanks to the band for the sharing.

Words : Official English translations Song : Balders Död (The Death of Balder) Release : Sons Of Muspell Thanks to the band for the sharing.

The band MALADECIA inspired by Occitan Culture and Heavy Metal, are now under the flag of NEMETON RECORDS. MALADECIA released their debut album entitled "Ames en peno" (Souls in pain) in 2013. Enjoy this track:

Words : Official English translations Song : Bölvun Buslas (The Curse of Busla) Release : Sons Of Muspell Thanks to the band for the sharing.

Words : Official English translations Song : Urdarbrunnr Release : Sons Of Muspell Thanks to the band for the sharing.

I founded this project during April 2013 and I have helped a bit more than five bands and one radio with ELD while more things not revealed yet are goin' on with others. It sounds rather good for a beginning. :-) For the New Year, I designed this website again. I hope that you like it. : ) Some other changes are : From today, ELD becomes a part of my other website "Sword Chant" that is also dedicated to support Folk Metal worldwide. So, ELD news will be published in Sword Chant and its social networks pages as well. Folk Metal news can be found in Sword Chant. Links are available to the right of this website. It means the facebook page for ELD will disappear in the next few days. Then I'll ask the followers of this page to press the "like" button of the Sword Chant facebook page or to follow another social network page of Sword Chant. Best wishes to all of you, keep up the good and hard work! And A Happy New Folk Metal Year!! * initially...

So many things happened while 2013 in Sword Chant! We have laugh together, we have helped, we have supported and we will return with all this in 2014! Also, Sword Chant evolved fine again: August 25, I founded this new website which has reached the 13,370 page views and that number will expand again next this entry. I inserted into the menu one link to the “Musicians search” forum for one better help to musicians searching for band or new band members. One page to help bands and labels with their crowd funding has been created here for one stronger support. Contacts for booking, info and merch were added to bands threads and I designed better the links there to lyrics, gigs, interviews, reviews… The members of the forum can translate songs to their mother tongue since 2013. Longtime reserved to the forum’s community, I have opened our “Musicians” forum to everyone now. In the future will be linked threads about instruments to our Folk elements pages . Members registered in ou...