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The Russian band GJELDRUNE released their debut album entitled "Shoronili my svoy kray" which means "We've Buried Our Native Land". TRACKLIST : 01 Shoronili my svoy kray (We've burried our Native Land) 02 Vorony (Ravens) 03 KillDozer 04 Chto s nami stalo (What happened to us) 05 Boyevaya (The Battle Song) 06 Avrora 07 Palets na spusk (Finger to the Trigger) 08 Stepnyaki (Steppemen) 09 Zeleniy Sklon (The Green Mountainside) 10 Ataka mertvetsov (The Corpse Attack) 11 Kolovrat You can get it for free and legal download to their  website .

Tired of Economy & Industry systems killing our world... This is what NACHTVAL wanted to show with the artwork for their first demo that you can purchase for 4€ to the Bandcamp page of the band. TRACKLIST  & EXPLANATION OF THE TRACKS :

Konan Mevel, member of the legendary Breton band  TRI YANN , appears as guest on the forthcoming ELUVEITIE album entitled "Origins". Await Binou Kozh (bagpipes), Whistles and Pybgorn (a Welsh pipe-horn) on "Origins" album to come out this August.

The Brazilian band ARANDU ARAKUAA shared their show at Ferrock 2014.

The band HOK-KEY from Belarus released March 28th, 2014 their new album entitled "Znak Biady".  I didn't tell earlier because I discovered them only now. :) Their entire work for this album is available for free download , same for their previous works.

Last year , I suggested to HEIDRA to help the band in their active search for a label for the release of their debut album entitled "Awaiting Dawn". One of the labels I contacted was interested by HEIDRA and vice versa but one great and unexpected thing interefered with their discuss.  The Danish band won the Mighty Fight Night contest within the following prizes : one record deal with  Mighty Music /Target distribution and to play live at  Copenhell Festival  in June 2014 along with IRON MAIDEN, FINNTROLL, TYR, and many more! Their album "Awaiting Dawn" will be released June 16th, 2014 in Denmark and July 28th for the rest of the world.

LEPOKA from Spain released their debut album "Folkoholic Metal" on May 27, 2014. TRACKLIST : 01 Folkoholic metal 02 Réquiem natura 03 orfeo 04 Interludio 05 Esta noche la vamos a liar 06 Taberna de los trolls 07 Jägermeister of puppets 08 Resakoff 09 Es tiempo de partir 10 Que el cuento no acabe aquí You can purchase it for 10 € at their shows.

Years I dedicated one page for world wide events that promote traditions from the old times together with celtic/trad/medieval and pagan folk music ; because I think such events must survive to remember the past and origins. This is also the calendar page for tourdates of these folk bands :  http://swordchant.go-board.com/h17-folk-events-p1 If you feel concerned by one of these events not listed, wherever you are... You can email me the required details and I will add the events to the page : - COUNTRY - REGION / STATE - VENUE (CITY) - DATES - EVENT NAME - FOLK BANDS PLAYING TO THE EVENT - LINK OF THE EVENT Members of the forum  can write the elements required to  this thread . Thanks for your interest.

The very first EP entitled "Tales Of The Northern Realms" by DELION is now released in digital and physical formats. You can get both versions passing by their Bandcamp page. "Tales Of The Northern Realms" EP is also available for streaming  : About The EP :

LOCATION :  Dębica, Poland Status :  On hold Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Aleksander Kraszkiewicz : bass Tomasz "Papirus" Pyzia : drums Regina Szlachta : violin Tomasz Domka : growls, guitar Past members : Aleksander Kozioł : guitar Patrycja Pyzińska : violin Szymon Grych : drums Antonina Witkowska : cello Bogdan Czernia : growls Rajmund Jeleń : growls Janusz Domka : drums Radosław Sołek : growls Krzysztof Kawa : violin, backing vocals Paweł Treutler : growls Jakub Gawroński : vocals HISTORY : Aleksander Kozioł and Jan Trębacz founded the band in 1998. The idea was to create heavy music with the Christian faith as the main theme. There were several line-up changes throughout the years. They are usually labeled gothic/folk metal, but the band feels their music is not easily defined and incorporates multiple styles.  RECORDINGS : Demo I, demo 2000 Demo II, demo 2002 The Beginning, compilation 2005) Illumina Tenebras Me...

Today is the d-day for FIRTAN and their listeners! Their album "Niedergang" is out now! You can purchase it digital at Cdbaby  and physical to Bandcamp .

All the MOONSORROW fans will be happy to learn the boxset for the band could be preordered at Blood Music from May 28th, 2014! Inside the Boxset are the following albums, vinyl format (x14) : - Suden Uni - Voimasta ja kunniasta - Kivenkantaja. - Verisäkeet - V: Hävitetty - Tulimyrsky - Demos & Rarities Below are the different versions planned and their prices :

The Chinese band  NINE TREASURES (九宝乐队) shared in their youtube account their complete show at MIDI Festival Beijing from the 03.05.2014. 

LOCATION :  Vilnius, Lithuania Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Paulius Simanavičius : vocals, guitars Modestas Juškėnas : guitars Augustinas Bėkšta : drums Past members : Linas Kulbačiauskas : bass, background vocals Gediminas Tumėnas : drums HISTORY : The band founded in 2011. Their lyrics deal with Baltic paganism. RECORDINGS : Šauksmai Iš Praeities, album 2014 Mirusio žmogaus kelionė, album 2016 [ details ] Erimo Dienos, album 2020 WEBSITES : Juodvarnis.com Facebook Youtube Instagram Bandcamp Contact :   juodvarnis.lt@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

The Spanish Pagan Folk band  CUELEBRE released the limited edition (100 copies) for their debut album entitled "Oinos". You can order it for 14€ by email to the band. The normal edition & digital release will be under Art Gates Records  on June 9th. TRACKLIST : 01. Fodder for the raven 02. Tigino 03. Amergin's chant 04. Dekam Kwennos 05. Kurgan 06. Immrama 07. Idisi 08. Ochlam 09. Durbed 10. Bosque y Piedra

You will find here the Debut EP "Better Fate" by BAKSZTAG released since May 12th.

It is so warmhearted to see so many bands who appreciate Sword Chant. : ) SLANE is the new one from the official listing. The founder of the Folk Metal band SLANE tells about  this website and forum community "Sword Chant" in our support page . Sword Chant is proud to support SLANE who deserves more attention. This is their EP entitled "Follow Me" :

May 16th of 2014, the new FIRTAN release "Niedergang" will see the daylight. So, I interviewed Phillip, singer & guitarist for FIRTAN , mainly about their new album "Niedergang". 01. Hi! Early 2010, you founded FIRTAN. How have you all met ? The drummer Martin and me met through our first guitarist Neves, which i knew from a project we had before but that never did anything productive. One day i met Neves again in the train and he said he knew some drummer that also played in quiet well-known band in our region "MAERSUNG". So i said let's try it and this was the birth of FIRTAN. The bassist Oliver also plays in MAERSUNG, so when our first bassist was kicked out due lack of motivation, we recruited Oliver to get a full line-up again, but that didn't last so long. Neves had to leave too because of personal differences with other bandmembers. However now we three (Martin, Oliver and me) developed to the core of the band and recruited so...

In some hours from now will be available "The Pagan Manifesto" by ELVENKING and the new EP entitled "Game of Trolls" by AKTARUM . ELVENKING - THE PAGAN MANIFESTO TRACKLIST : 01. The Manifesto 02. King of the Elves 03. Elvenlegions 04. The Druid Ritual of Oak 05. Moonbeam Stone Circle 06. The Solitaire 07. Towards the Shores 08. Pagan Revolution 09. Grandier's Funeral Pyre 10. Twilight of Magic 11. Black Roses for the Wicked One 12. Witches Gather

After their first European tour, I interviewed Marcus Asplund Brattberg from GRIMNER band who released their debut album  Blodshymner earlier in this year. Blodshymner by Grimner Discover deeper the band GRMNER, their experiences, and what is about their debut album, in this interview :! 01. Hello Marcus! First of all, can you explain us how was born the GRIMNER project & why have you chosen this bandname ? The band Grimner was born from the ashes of Ted’s and Henry’s previous band, which was oriented more towards melodic death metal. The funny thing was that the name “Grimner” was not taken by any other band we found, and we thought that it was a perfect name for us.

LOCATION :  Barcelona, Spain Status :  On hold Music :  Medieval Folk MEMBERS : Jorge Lamata : guitars, percussion Aloysia : vocals HISTORY : Inspred by the Middle Ages, and popular music traditions, the spanish medieval band FAITISSA from Barcelona was founded in 2012 by Aloysia and Jorge Lamata. They compose their own medieval themed songs and play traditional songs from different places (French, Spanish, English, Italian...). FAITISSA means "witch" in Occitan. The band goes on hold in 2015. RECORDINGS : O Apalpador, single 2014 Terra Aviatica, album 2014 [ details ] A good knight / Aodann Srath Bhain. single 2014 [  details  ] WEBSITES : Facebook Twitter Youtube Bandcamp Contact :   faitissa@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

The French Pagan metal band CEREVISIA released their very first album entitled "Trails of a Walker".

Ölrunir's Saga is the title for this album made by SKOGSHALLEN (USA).  The album now released can be listened and ordered passing by the  Bandcamp  page of the band. TRACKLIST : 01.  The Tale Of Olrunir Beerfrost The Viking Who Drank Alot 02.  We Like Drink 03.  Mjodhallen (The Mead Hall) 04.  Brennivin Berjast (feat. Michael Rohwer from Hemotoxin) 05.  Pints And Pipes 06.  Everdrunk 07.  I Landed Where? 08.  Sneaky Trolls 09.  Rundamage Trollkungen (Round Belly The Troll King) 10.  Trollfuck 11.  The Horn Of Drunkening