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Words : Unofficial French translations Release : Sworn to Vengeance Thanks to the band for the permission Tracklist : 01. Kinsmen :  La famille 02. Sworn to Vengeance :  Vengeance promise 03. Where Darkness Dwells :  Là où l’obscurité demeure

The band ELDERTALE released their EP entitled "Land of Old".  You can get it in digital for free on their VK page  or reverbnation . TRACKLIST 01. Exile 02. Land of Old  03. Time of Ancient

Juy 1st of 2014 will be released in digital the BAUMBART album entitled "To the Shores of Nórthór". TRACKLIST 01. Prologue: Nórthór's discord 02. Crimson Rivers - A Western Threat 03. To the Shores of Nórthór 04. The Great Center Sea 05. Gleaming Beaches - The Arrival 06. The Assault 07. Blood & Tears 08. Interlogue: Fate 09. Wolven Moon Rising 10. Freedom 11. The Deep Stream 12. A Second Moon Above 13. Epilogue: Nórthór's concord

Ülestõus album by the Estonian Pagan Metal band THARAPHITA is now released.  You can order the record to this  website for 12 €.

Previously released on june 10, 2014 in Hungary only, KYLFINGAR  now released  "Halhatatlanok" for the world.

Four tutorials in the forum are now up to date. They deal with... Videos Pictures and banner   Member's profile Band thread If you have questions, you can email me.  Enjoy the forum :  http://swordchant.go-board.com/

Here comes the promised post! :) Today, the Medieval Folk band  SERPENTYNE released their second album entitled "Myths and Muses". That last deals with Norse mythology.

Unexpected news happen...   Indeed, I thought my next publish would be about a medieval folk band but this will be the next one then! : ) So Tonight, DEMOTERION came to me with one nice message that shows their support to Sword Chant, and even more! You can read it here: http://swordchant.go-board.com/h9-support A special thanks goes to this band who will release their debut album soon!

The new VINTERSORG is entitled "Naturbal" which means "Nature's Bonfire". This new album is now released to  G/A/S, FIN & Benelux and can be ordered at Napalm records . One official video for the fourth track is already online.

The band OL' JOLLY ROGER has shared for streaming 4 tracks out of 6 from their upcoming EP entitled "From the depths we rise". You will have to wait the release date to purchase yr copy and discover the 2 missing tracks. 

The new STWORZ album "Cóż po żyznych ziemiach...?" (What of fertile lands...?) is now available. You can order it to the Werewolf shop . TRACKLIST 01. Wyraj 02. Nim wróci Wiosna 03. Matka Ziemia, Ojciec Słońce 04. Tęsknota 05. Mój kraj 06. Koło Życia (The Wheel of Life) 07. Zażynki 08. By dla Słońca pieśni śpiewać 09. Gdy Słońce przemierza bezkresne niebiosa... 10. Wieczne Słońce 11. Cóż po żyznych ziemiach...? 12. Z tamtej strony jeziora

June 24th will be released "Haymaker" by THE YANKS . 2 CD's will compose "Haymaker". The double album full of 84 minutes by the Irish trad. band from NYC will be available through  iTunes, Amazon, their Bandcamp page and CDbaby . TRACKLIST :

The Black Pagan metal band from Ukraine ZGARD released their new album entitled "Contemplation". You can order "Contemplation" to their label . TRACKLIST 01. Highlands 02. Underworld Bells 03. Contemplation 04. Wedge of Cranes 05. Silence 06. Incarnation Memory 07. Through the Forest

His name is  Per-Owe Solvelius . He's into music for so many years now and got several bands such as TRIDENT, IGNEOUS HUMAN, and more... Per-Owe Solvelius is guitar player and now, a FEJD member .

LOCATION :  Austin, Texas, USA Status :  Active Music :  Traditional Folk MEMBERS : Mark Gilston : mountain dulcimer, gaida (bagpipes), concertina, guitar, banjo, penny whistle, ocarina, tambura HISTORY : Mark was born and raised in New York City. Both of his parents were steeped in the folk music revival scene of the 1950's. He grew up listening to 78's and LP's of American, Russian, Spanish, Caribbean and Israeli folk music. His sister was a professional harpist. Learning guitar and taking piano lessons starting at age 5, he was constantly immersed in music. In his youth, Mark gained a love of traditional American ballads and Old-Time songs and instrumentals from recordings and from his father, who often sang the old ballads which he had learned in his youth in Appalachia.  From his early years in college, Mark was often playing these tunes and accompanying himself on the mountain dulcimer. His interest in Balkan music developed in his early teens wh...

URT will release in digital on this music day (June 21)  their new album entitled "Dagaz". The rune (Dagaz) also contains the symbol X which presents the band's 10th anniversary. TRACKLIST 01. Turmauss (Perdition Serpent) 02. Hingede ööt (Quitch of Souls) 03. Luupaine (Succuba) 04. Manala vasar (Malleus of Underworld) 05. Hallituses (In the Mould) 06. Porri rühk (Toil to Soil) 07. Ususark (Dogma Tomb) 08. Surmasuru (Death Moth) 09. Ise (Self) 10. Me kurjuse seeme (Our Evil Semen) You can order your copy to their  Bandcamp page . You will have to wait some weeks for the physical format as a limited edition digipak

This week, I worked on the forum of Sword Chant to make it clearer and helpful a little more again. I. Rules in forums Here is not about "the main rules" but the short rules inside forums. Them all are even shorter now! : ) Nothing new inside for our members. II. Update of the tutorial to create bands threads From now, bands threads will have to be under this shape . "City" & "Country" for bands will have to feat. in threads. Update for bands threads is my next step.

The Danish band HEIDRA  that  I've been pleased to help with ELD , released their debut album "Awaiting Dawn" in their country. The rest of the world will have to wait July 28th to purchase it!

As you may know , the band CUELEBRE already released their debut album entitled "Oinos" as a limited edition. The standard edition was initially planned for June 9th but as I previously announced into the other pages of Sword Chant, this was delayed until today. You can order your copy for the jewel case edition at Art Gates Records  for 7.99 €. The band will be on stage this july 18 @ Undead Dark Club, Barcelona, Spain.

LOCATION :  Valencia, Spain Status :  Active Music :  Pagan Folk MEMBERS : Yhandros Huergo : hurdy-gurdy Marta Gálvez : lead vocals Gemma Álvarez : tin whistle, low whistle, harmonic flute and mandoline Margaret Seidler : davul and shaman drum Paco Fernández : vocals, guitar and Irish bouzouki Christyan Gens Goliae : percussions, computer and didgeridoo Past members : Natalia Cervera : lead vocals Heto Pérez : percussions Irina Bargues : lead vocals Qweek Garcías : whistles Elvira Safont : lead vocals HISTORY : Back in 2011 and inspired by medieval folk, Yhandros Huergo founded Cuélebre. The cuélebre is an Asturian and Cantabric mythological creature : A giant winged snake, similar to a dragon, that guards treasures in caves, often with the  company of a “Jana” or “Xana”, a water nymph. He met some difficulties to complete the line-up for the band until mid-2013. RECORDINGS : Demo 2013 Oinos, album 2014 [  details  ] Anaman...

I took the decision to stop publishing into the google+ page until further notice because and maybe am wrong but I think it takes time for the fresh news to reach the people. I advice to the 177 followers for this G+ page to keep following Sword Chant & its Pagan / Folk / Metal news on : Website: http://sword-chant.blogspot.com/   (tutorial : different options ) Forum: http://swordchant.go-board.com/ Twitter:     http://twitter.com/#!/Sword_Chant Facebook:   http://www.facebook.com/Sword.Chant

I. Copyrights & Your Rank You can see these words appear to the first forum of Sword Chant.  Ranks are dedicated to the bandmembers, labels, promoters invited in the forum to promote their bands & events. You will reach the copyrights tutorial if you select this link. Ranks allow some rights like the sharing of official lyrics, or video from unofficial source... Of course, you have to follow what is explained in that tutorial. Then I hope this new title will reach you... : ) 2. When the forum is down... I changed the color of the twitter widget to feat. better with the new design. Some elements of the forum will be always available even that last is down :  You could always access the HTML pages (Calendars, Lyrics Database, Support page, the Folk instr. project and Labels-list) and their external links. Links related with the forum of Sword Chant won't be then.

Runahild announced today on the official facebook page, this is the end of her Pagan Folk band project  ELIWAGAR ... Her official statement is the following : ELIWAGAR has come to an end for now, it might re-awaken in the future for a new beginning but that remains very uncertain. This isn't an easy decision for me to take, but life has drastically changed and although the darkness we are going through will lead to lighter days my inspiration isn't the same and the music I write now doesn't belong to ELIWAGAR anymore.  ELIWAGAR is a project I started more than 7 years ago on my own in my lonely times. Today I have my husband even though this system that goes against those who fight for freedom and a better world has taken him away from me for an uncertain amount of time. Now I started a new project called Huldresagn which is not exactly "my" project, it is actually our project! Because although I am the only playing for it at the moment, my husba...

LOCATION :  Dubbo, Australia Status :  Split-up Music :  Black Pagan MEMBERS : Tim Read : lead vocals, acoustic guitars, mandolin, bodhran Michael : guitar Jarred Bush : guitar, backing vocals Dani : bass, backing vocals Grace : violin Heidi "Heidiken" Francis : keyboards, vocals Past members : Nathan Texas : drums, programming HISTORY : Tim Read founded Trollgasm in mid-2008 as a one-man band project but it became a full band during the next year. Lyrical Themes deal with Scandanavian mythology, war and glory. November 20, 2016, the band split-up. RECORDINGS : Ragnarok, demo 2009 Heineken, demo 2010 Demos, Compilation 2010 The Northern Winds, album 2013 Trollgasm/Rannoch Moor, split 2014 Quest For Honour, single 2015 [ details ] Liquid Black, single 2016 [ details ] Play Folk or Die, EP 2016 [ details ] WEBSITES : Bandcamp Contact :   trollgasm@live.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

LOCATION :  Norway Status :  Active Music :  Pagan Folk MEMBERS : Jorn Oyhus : vocals, guitar, bone flute, drums/percussion and other various instruments. Nash Rothanburg : vocals, jaw harp, natural ambience effects Trygve Ramnefjell : flute, vocals Sareeta : violin HISTORY : Norway 2012, Nash Rothanburg founded BYRDI. Music & Lyrics deal with nature, norse mythology & fairytales. Every instruments are recorded outdoors, in the wild nature of Norway, far from pollution of any kind.  RECORDINGS : Eventyr, album 2014 [  details  ] Urkraft, album 2017 [  details  ] Sjaa Yggdrasil, single 2022 Byrdi - Skare, single 2022 Eventyr (remaster), album 2022 WEBSITES : Facebook Twitter Youtube Bandcamp Instagram Contact :   nashrothanburg@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

I. Design : As I previously said, I have changed the whole design for the forum and now, I can say: The background appears dark blue and the links there are always blue but a different one and within some more light. The new events calendars for the next year are made the same way and the Folk instruments project pages, the lyrics database will follow later. Now, blue, white, and red appear as the main colors. Threads listing folk metal bands and the ones related with other music are now made of white and blue. Only the listing for folk bands will stay as it is.

The long wait is over for the EQUILIBRIUM fans! Indeed, "Erdentempel" album is available in stores! TRACKLIST : 01. Ankunft 02. Was Lange Währt 03. Waldschrein 04. Karawane 05. Uns'rer Flöten Klang 06. Freiflug 07. Heavy Chill 08. Wirtshaus Gaudi 09. Stein Meiner Ahnen 10. Wellengang 11. Apokalypse 12. The Unknown Episode

Today was released the new and acoustic album entitled "Eselsmesse" by TANZWUT . Jule Bauer ( TRISKILIAN ) appears as guest on the new album. One official video for the 7th song of the album was also released online for the event :

LOCATION :  Ryfylke, Norway Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Nattsvart : guitar, bass, vocals Villmandr : drums HISTORY : SVERDKAMP started in 2010 as a one-man band project by Nattsvart that played everything. Spring 2016, Villmandr joined as drummer. The band splits on mid-may 2018. RECORDINGS : Fram, single 2014 Fraa Ryfylke, demo 2014 Skomakarnibbå, single 2015 [ details ] Hallgrimskvadi, album 2017 [  details  ] WEBSITES : Soundcloud Youtube Bandcamp Contact :   sverdkamp@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

Dear followers, bands & promoters, Lately, I've been working on the calendars for folk metal concerts, folk music & medieval events for the year of 2015. I guess some upcoming dates are about to be booked in these days. The new calendars are build under the new shape of our forum told earlier. You will find both calendars 2014 & 2015 for folk metal & folk in our forum and in  this page of this website . You can email me upcoming concerts, tour and festival at anytime or to spread them in our forum. We are ready! 

The new album by DARKEST ERA will be released June 3rd, 2014 to the USA. Europeans will have to wait 10 more days. However, you can already preorder your copy at  Cruz del sur music label . TRACKLIST 01. Sorrow's Boundless Realm   02. Songs of Gods and Men   03. The Serpent and the Shadow   04. Beyond the Grey Veil  05. Trapped in the Hourglass  06. The Scavenger   07. A Thousand Screaming Souls 08. Blood, Sand and Stone

I. The Events Calendars : From now, the two events calendars for Folk Metal, Folk Music, and Medieval Festivals are linked into one page "Live events" dedicated to them and available into the menu of this website. I think this is catchy more than it was before on side of this site.  The 2 calendars are always available in the forum. II. Forum : The colors of Sword Chant Forum have changed! I'm rather satisified with it.  Enter the forum  and discover it by your own. : )