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As you may know, "Noita" album is settled for May 2015. Now recorded, the band members said some words regarding this upcoming album where will feat. new accordion player Sami Perttula for the first time, who has been playing a very active role in the folk arrangements along with Fiddler Tuomas Rounakari. Jarkko Aaltonen: “Noita” in the traditional Finnish meaning is different than what people associate it with nowadays. “Noita” is a person with wider knowledge and understanding of the nature and who also was believed to possess paranormal or unnatural abilities. These people were often also referred to as “Tietäjä”, that exactly means someone with wider knowledge and understanding of pretty much everything. Native American medicine man is pretty much the same thing or actually all the different types of Shamans of the primitive peoples are the same thing.

EQUINOX plans to release their debut album made of 10 tracks and 1 bonus in March 2015. This album is entitled "Świteź". The band said: "Świteź" is recorded. At the moment Sergey Lazar (CDM records, Arkona) is mixing a new material. The album consists of 10 absolutely new songs and one bonus track. No re-recorded compositions, no covers, just post-folk metal with a lot of progressive elements.Most of the lyrics based on the oeuvre of famous polish poet Adam Bernard Mickiewicz. The main song of the album is the ballad about beautyful spirit-maiden of the lake Świteź telling a story about ancient russian war between Moscow and Lithuanian princedoms. At the moment well known artist Jan Yrlund is working at the decor of the album.

The German Folk band WALDKAUZ will release their debut album entitled " Komm' mit " in March 2015. Heres a trailer:

March 27th will be released by Schwarzdorn Production. the new FORTID album "9". You can check out album details here while listening to this new track entitled "Hrafnar":

Today, VERSENGOLD revealed the artwork for "Zeitlos",  their upcoming album planned to be released on July 31st.

FUROR GALLICO revealed one first track taken from their forthcoming album " Songs From The Earth " to be released the 17th of February through Scarlet Records. "Wild Jig Of Beltaine" is the third track of their second album available for pre-order . Listen:

OMNIA  shared five live acoustic tracks on their youtube channel . This very intimate (unplugged and fully acoustic) OMNIA show was to celebrate the 80th birthday of Hans (Jenny's father), whom you see sitting on the far right of the screen in some shots next to his wife Ans (Jenny's mum). Tracks played while that event of october 2014 are the following: - Alive! - FairyTale -­ Old Man Tree - Noodle the Poodle - ­En Avant Blonde/Etrezomp-­Ni Kelted

Four months ago, SUN AND MOON DANCE has seen the daylight in the mountains of North Carolina, USA. You can hear in this Folk band, sounds of Appalachian dulcimer but also Talharpa (Jouhikko), Frame drums, Flutes, and more... The founder of the band told me: " I have a strong connection to my Northern European heritage but also wanted to blend a bit of my heritage from the mountains of Appalachia. I am currently working on 4 other songs" ...And the first track revealed is entitled "Hymne til Freyja". Runahild from  ELIWAGAR  feat. in this track and plays Hardanger fiddle on this tune available for free download on Bandcamp. Updated the broken link to the track.

RANNOCH MOOR will release one EP entitled "The Pagan Highlands" in this Spring. TRACKLIST: 01. The Pagan Highlands (Intro) 02. As One With The Hills 03. Entombed In The Mountain 04. Hoist The Foul Brew 05. The Three Jarls 06. Wind And The Cascading Steam

IRDORATH will release one album soon. Promoting this upcoming record, the band from Belarus made one official video available here:

LOCATION :  Buenos Aires, Argentina Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Folter : lead guitar, vocals, accordion, drums Past members : Iti : bass, backing vocals Damian Det Korenk : drums Kryz Olaf : vocals Patrick : guitar, vocals, keyboard Olek : bass, vocals HISTORY : The band was formed in 2009 as Stor Skog and then, Folter changed the bandname for Vorgrum . RECORDINGS : The awakening, EP 2011 Last Domain, album 2015 [ details ] Party In The Deep, album 2018 Ancient Whisper, single 2022 Nature Emerge, EP 2022 WEBSITES : Facebook Instagram Reverbnation Soundcloud Youtube Bandcamp Contact :   vorgrum@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

LOCATION :  Strasbourg, France Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Mathieu : vocals Hugo : guitar Kelhs : lead guitar Alissia : bass Joff : drums John : keytar HISTORY : Sola Norr founded by November 2013. They were working on their first demo when they split-up in march 2016. Some songs are available on their youtube channel. RECORDINGS : N/A WEBSITES : Facebook Youtube Contact :  N/A Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

CRUADALACH revealed their first official video that is for the seventh track of their new album " Rebel Against Me " freshly released.

The American band VALENSOROW are currently working on their second album entitled "The Battle of Oak Mountain". The record is planned to be released in June.

I made some change in our forum: We have a new Tavern !!! :D Three forums have died to give birth to a new one. There can be found all topics not related with music, games are in this forum; and topics more related with you are now public in this forum excepted that thread with your picture which is in our gallery forum, now located below the new tavern and available to the members only. The listing for new releases is back as it was and I added around 120 albums tba over there. Of course, I kept the secret ones aside by respect to bands decisions but you'll know about in time. Don't worry. :) I had removed all those from this spoiler because one long list and because the disrespect of some people for my work I do almost everyday on that listing; my work they've stolen and some of them acted with piracy again after, on some social networks which means also disrespect to bands while only bands decide for the sharing of their Art at Sword Chant as it has ever be...

LOCATION :  Santa Cruz, California, USA Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Joseph Scanlan : vocals Joseph Menicucci : guitar Conner Bruce : guitar Marcel Juarez-Garza : guitar Noah McLean : bass Nico Spence : drums Past members : Natasha Littlewood : cello HISTORY : Founded in 2012 as one side project by Conner Bruce. Valensorow deals with battles and afterlife.  The band goes on hold in 2015 but returns in 2018. RECORDINGS : Neptus, album 2013 The Battle of Oak Mountain, album 2015 [ details ] Shorestank, single 2023 [  details  ] WEBSITES : Valensorow.com Facebook Instagram Twitter Bandcamp Youtube Contact :   valensorowofficial@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

LOCATION :  Copenhagen, Denmark Status :  Active Music :  Black Pagan MEMBERS : Fjorgynn : vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard programming, composer, mix/master/sound engineer Live sessions : Fjorgynn : guitar, vocals Helgarm : guitar Arent : drums Onslaughter : keyboard HISTORY : Fjorsvartnir is a one man band founded in 2007 by Fjorgynn.  RECORDINGS : A Praise to My Ancestors Preponderance, demo 2007 Legions of the North, album 2012 Mzoraxc's forbandelse, album 2015 [ details ] WEBSITES : Facebook Twitter Reverbnation Youtube Bandcamp Contact :   fjorsvartnir@live.dk Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

The band DEMOTERION now becomes a one man band project ruled by Alen Fogila. Due to work and studies, the other band members can't follow the DEMOTERION adventure. "Echi di Vittoria" debut album is always planned to be released in this year.

NEBOKRAJ released online a new single titled "Перуновым Зорям..." This TEMNOZOR cover is available  here .

February 24th will be released the TEMPEST's first studio album "The Tracks We Leave" in five years draws upon Celtic, Scandinavian and other folk traditions from around the globe. Inspired by a Dakota Sioux proverb: "We will be known forever by the tracks we leave," a reference to the environmental, spiritual and musical tracks we leave upon the world we live in. "The Tracks We Leave" can be preordered on their website where can be found the tracklist together with samples .

NIDHOEGGR released in digital format a new single available here which is entitled "Sturmwind". TRACKLIST: 01. Sturmwind 02. Zeit 03. Wolfssage This single is entirely avaialble in this article :

Below is the making of the artwork for the upcoming album "In Times" by ENSLAVED . Six tracks complete the record available for preorders at Nuclear Blast. "In Times" will be released on March 6th ni Europe, March 9th  in the UK, and the 10th in the USA.

FROSTTIDE released a new single taken from their forthcoming album entitled "Blood Oath" available on Napalm records from February 27th. "Fate Redefined" single is the fourth track of the record: Their new record can be pre-ordered through this link .

LOCATION :  Campania, Italy Status :  Active Music :  Pagan Folk MEMBERS : Aianna Egan : harp, vocals Emain Druma : percussions, fiddle, flutes, vocals Rohan : bass, irish bouzouki, tin whistle, back vocals Máirtín Killian : drums, percussions, guitar, backing vocals HISTORY : EMIAN is a pagan folk band founded in 2011. Their music deals with North European, Mediterranean trad. and medieval folk . They are inspired by these cultures, theirs included, and Nature. Celltic music and shamanism can be found in their album "Acquaterra" released for example. RECORDINGS : Acquaterra, album 2014 Winter Solstice, album 2014 Khymeia, album 2016 [  details  ] Egeria, album 2019 Tronic, EP 2020 La Grande Orsa 2​.​0, single 2021 Januae, single 2021 WEBSITES : Facebook Youtube Soundcloud Instagram Bandcamp Contact :  paganfolkemian@gmail.com Booking :   lowendfly@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

Tales of Frost and Flames EP by HAGBARD will be available in two weeks and today, the band shared a new song and lyrics video entitled "War for the Dawn" which is the third track of the record that you can preorder by email for 5$ or 4€ + shipping.

The Expedition album is the second TENGGER CAVALRY album entirely available on Youtube passing by the channels of Metal Hell Records This streaming appears on Youtube after the one for Sunesu Cavalry by the label .

French band LAPPALAINEN will release their album " Kraken's Awakening " on Friday 13th of February 2015.  This date will be also the day of the release party, one concert planned at Le Midland, Lille, France, sharing the stage with the bands CRAVING and GORGON - ... Because of ELD , this other part of Sword Chant .

The next ALTAN album is entitled "The Widening Gyre". We borrowed the title from one of W.B.Yeats poems ; A Second Coming ; the band said.  Yeats was the first Irish man to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature .  ALTAN had opened a fund campaign for the album which was a success.  Today, ALTAN revealed the artwork for "The Widening Gyre" to be released on February 20th, UK Feb. 23rd and USA 24th

NINE TREASURES (九宝乐队) released their first live album entitled "Live In Beijing".

The next HORDAK album is entitled "Padre". The album title means "Father". The album is planned to be released around Spring 2015.

The American band ULGARD shared a preview for their upcoming album:

July 11th of 2014, ANABIOZ released " There The Sun Falls " album via Soundage productions in Russia. This record full of 10 tracks was planned to be released on January 15th of 2015 for the World but things have changed. I contacted Revalve records regarding "There the sun falls" World edition album cd and they told me the record is delayed to March 15th! We will have to wait some more then!

LOCATION :  Latvia Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Artiom 'Khurr' ( Varang Nord ) : vocals, shamisen (luth), shakuhachi (flute), jew's harp Tom: guitar Misha - bass Anton - guitar Andrey : drums Past members : Stephania : drums Nikita : guitar Khurr - Koto HISTORY : "The Afterworld" is the meaning for the band named Yomi, founded during 2013. They changed several styles and line-up, and broke up in 2014. Nevertheless, in 2014 Artiom together with Nikita re-joined as a band, filled the gaps in the line-up, and Yomi continued its work, releasing their demo entitled "Age of the Gods" in 2015. RECORDINGS : Age of the Gods, demo 2015 [  details  ] Age of the Gods, album 2015 [  details  ] Genpei, album 2016 [  details  ] Land of the Rising Sun, album 2018 [ details ]  Kasagi, single 2022 WEBSITES : Facebook Soundcloud Youtube Bandcamp Instagram Vkontakte Contact :   metalyomi@gmai...

The band CRUADALACH released their new album entitled "Rebel Against Me" that you can order in their Bandcamp . Physical and digital format are available for eight euros. TRACKLIST: 01. Revolt without a Name 02. Shiva World Dance Party 03. Stuff that Matters 04. Earth Café 05. Rebel Against Me 06. Wolves at the Gates 07. Life-Worshipping Bastards 08. Satyros 09. Karma to Burn 10. The Astralnaut 11. Ziemie Niczyje

The YOMI band from Latvia released their first demo entitled "Age of the Gods". TRACKLIST : 01. The August Countenance of Amaterasu 02. Yamato-Takeru 03. The Eight-Forked Serpent 04. Onogoroshima 05. Slaying the Disobedient 06. The Creation of Inugami 07. The Sacred Scrolls 08. Yomi You can get the entire demo for free download while "Age of the Gods". Today, I have created the YOMI :  http://sword-chant.blogspot.com/2015/01/yomi.html

Polish band NETHERFELL released a new track taken from their new album to come out on March 31. The song is entitled Światło i Cień (eng. „Light and Shadow”) and you can listen here:

LOCATION :  Minsk, Belarus Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Yury Kazlou : accordion Kiryl Hutavets : guitars Vadim Shender : guitars Ales Maksimovich -: vocals Elvira Stelmashuk : vocals Nazar Hrabionkin : drums Lorina Lozovskaya : bass Past members : Mikhail Artyukh : bass Alexey Lugovtsov : drums Vladislav Gidro : guitars HISTORY : The conception and style of the band were shaped by the unique natural wonders of dense forests and magical marshes. Metal harshness combined with folk lyricism. OMUT was founded in 2004 but went on hiatus from 2006 to 2008. At the end of 2008 there were only its founders, who stayed in the team – Ales Maksimovich (vocals, lyrics), Kiryl Hutavets (guitar, music) and Yury Kazlou (bayan), who joined the group in 2005. Despite it was impossible to restore the activity in the former kind, still, creative energy was coming back. In summer of 2009 in Minsk Omut saw its rebirth. Elvira Stelmashuk (singer), ...

The Russian band MYSTERIA MORTIS released a new song and video on youtube, also available here:

Previously named as BALAGURI in 2004, the band changed name for VARANG NORD ten years later and has freshly released " Fire of the North " album that you can listen on my channel .  VARANG NORD meant a new start for them, and after hiatus.  VARANG NORD have fought Nine other bands  with force, and won our Bands battle with bravery. Congratulations!

I interviewed Kirya and Evgeny Kozakov from ELDERTALE regarding their projects. 01.  Hi Evgeny Kozakov & Kirya ! You released “Land of Old “EP in 2014. How was it perceived by the listeners & Medias ? Evgeny: Hi and Happy New Year! Yes, we did release our debut effort digitally last year and I have to say that the reaction was far better than any of us had anticipated. We got good and even great reviews from our local and some international critics. Listeners were mostly happy with our work too. Of course, there were people here and there, who’d find flaws in our music, but hey! We’re not a 100 dollar bill for everyone to like us :) Happy New Year, folks!  02. We can feel ENSIFERUM influences in your Music. Are you all very big fans of them ? Evgeny: It’s true that we are compared to Ensiferum A LOT! I mean it’s just getting ridiculous how often people bring up Ensiferum when talking about Eldertale’s music. We do enjoy the band’s music great...

HEIDEVOLK are back with a new album entitled "Velua". This new record will be available in Digipack and Deluxe box by the end of March in Europe and early April in America. Find release dates, tracklist and all details in this page dedicated to this band.

Nemeton records released the new album by the Italian band EVENDIM. This album is entitled "Old Boozer's Tales". All details are available  here . TROLLFEST re-released their compilation " A Decade Of Drekkadence " (LP) in digital format.  The album includes a collection of unreleased songs, demo songs, acoustic re-recordings and cover songs of Tom Waits, Drekkameratene and Britney Spears. There is also a new song for this album called "På Beruselsens Vinger". "A Decade Of Drekkadence" is available at  Spotify ,  Amazon  or again  iTunes .

HILDR VALKYRIE is currently working on her second full length which will be made of 11 or 12 tracks. Some of them are sung in Ancient Hellenic language, while the album is dedicated to both North and Hellenic pantheon.

The band SERPENTYNE made a video for the third track of their most recent album “ Myths & Muses ” released last year. The track title is "Valkyries" and this is the first video of the new Folk playlist of Sword Chant TV  ; playlist now also available passing by this website.

Croatian band DEATH OF FOLK are currently working on their debut EP and they are looking for a label to release it. This is a new promotional official video for the upcoming record: The band has recently opened a new website , and facebook page.

SELVANS will release their first EP entitled "Clangores Plenilunio" on February 13th under the label Avantgarde Music . TRACKLIST: 01. Lupercale 02. Clangores Plenilunio 03. Prologue 04. ...In The Woods (In The Woods... cover) 05. Epilogue

Four days left until the release of " UNUM ", the new VEXILLUM album full of 9 tracks that you can pre-order on the band'site . The band said about this track: Let us introduce you the first character from UNUM: The Jester. The Bear is his totem and “Over the clouds” narrates his chapter, the weird encounter with the main character.Discover another piece of Unum’s world and enjoy the video! " In the album, the Jester role is played by Chris Bay from Freedom Call, and we can say that working with him , as with all the other great singers, was inspiring and a great pleasure and honor!

Famous band ENSIFERUM revealed a new official video, for the song "One Man Army" taken from their album coming out this February 24th. This new video is available on Metal Blade channel : The band will be on tour in March 2015 as our calendar can show you .

The Canadian band  STADACONNÉ revealed the artwork for their debut EP entitled "Sorry for my bad English". The EP is settled for this Spring. Heres all details: TRACKLIST: 01 - Woodman Jig 02 - Sorry for my bad English 03 - Now, You live here! 04 - Variola Vera 05 - (Unknow Track) (Surprise)

Scarlet Records will release on February 17th of 2015, the second album by their new signed band  FUROR GALLICO . Below are the artwork and track listing: 01. The Song Of The Earth 02. Nemàin’s Breath 03. Wild Jig Of Beltaine 04. La Notte Dei Cento Fuochi 05. Diluvio 06. Squass 07. Steam Over The Mountain 08. To The End 09. Eremita

The new NIBURTA EP entitled "Reset" is out now and available on the web only! Physical release won't be. The three tracks ReSet / Two Faced / Evolution complete the EP that you can listen here :

"Liberté, égalité, fraternité" (Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood), the national motto of France and three great, and powerful words that GLITTERTIND understood well. Indeed, we can read on their website describing their new album ”Blåne for blåne” (Blue Distance) to be released on April 27th: "freedom, social justice, tolerance and solidarity" and then, ended their announcement on their facebook page by "NOUS SOMMES TOUS CHARLIE!" Their record doesn't deal with the attacks of this week here, but the Power of Europeans in 1945, and Torbjørn Sandvik's life. You can read all the infos on our forum as well.  Today, GLITTERTIND released a new single available in  Spotify  and  Itunes . The single is entitled "Høyr min song (Til Fridomen)" which means "Hear My Song (To Freedom)". They said:  The song express that without freedom one loose a core of what it means to be human, and that it is a constant struggle, through ones ...

Great news for  NIDHOEGGR band who participated to the ENSIFERUM contest which was about to re-create one song under some rules. October 5, 2014, I said that  I added their effort in the playlist of Sword Chant TV related with official videos even that isn't really one but I hope that you'll understand me and now, I think you and ENSIFERUM understood me. XD Indeed, the Swiss band NIDHOEGGR won the first prize of the ENSIFERUM contest!

As you may know, CRUADALACH will release their album " Rebel Against Me " in almost 10 days and if you have missed in our forum, this is the tracklist: 01. Revolt without a Name 02. Shiva World Dance Party                       03. Stuff that Matters 04. Earth Café 05. Rebel Against Me 06. Wolves at the Gates 07. Life-Worshipping Bastards 08. Satyros 09. Karma to Burn 10. The Astralnaut 11. Ziemie Niczyje CRUADALACH shared a preview of their first video which will be for the seventh track of their album:

SABHANKRA made the official video for the second track entitled "Against The False Gods " of their new album "Seers Memoir" released last year. Find all details on the record  here . You can listen to the album passing by their Bandcamp pag e now. 

French band LAPPALAINEN will release their debut album soon.  Promoting " Kraken's Awakening " album,  the band shared online "Riding On The Load Of Hay" song taken from the album.

 Bass player and female vocalist, Tina, parted ways with ARBRYNTH band. She was in the band from the beginning. ARBRYNTH said: Tina, our bass player and female vocalist has parted ways with the band. Tina is further pursuing her career and we wish her all the very best. Its something Tina has been very passionate about and we know she will continue to be successful doing what she loves.  Miss T has been here since the start and we would like to take this moment to thank her for all the contributions she made building Arbrynth from the ground up.  For us this marks a huge change in the band that will see us challenged in new ways and we are looking forward to a new year with new possibilities.

I interviewed Agalaz from the band OBSCURITY .  The interview deals with their new album "Vintar", gigs, the band itself and more. 01. Hi Agalaz! You have recently released through Trollzorn label , your seventh album entitled “Vintar”. Are you happy with the result ? Hi there and thank you very much for this interview!

"Aldgillissoan"  is the album title for the new BALDRS DRAUMAR record.  Originally planned for Summer 2014, "Aldgillissoan" will be available from this April 18th. A release party will be also on that date at Dokkum, NL.

Today, NORTHLAND released their new album "Downfall and Rebirth" initially planned earlier but the band had to face some trouble with their Bandcamp . The album is available for 8€ in digital (including the booklet images with the lyrics) and you can pre-order for 12€ Digipack CD + free poster, they will be shipped from January 16th.  TRACKLIST 01. When Nature Awakes 02. Bloodred Sunrise 03. Together We Die 04. The Rite 05. Fury's Unleashed 06. Duskriders 07. Spirit in Darkness 08. Whispers In The Wind 09. Downfall And Rebirth 10. Moonlight Spell 11. Newborn Star

The band NIBURTA will release a new EP entitled "ReSet" soon.  Three tracks complete this record: 01. ReSet / 02. Two Faced / 03. Evolution

LOCATION :  World Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Marios Koutsoukos : lyrics (official songwriter) Emily Cooper : recorders Michaël "Saga" Fiori : music composer, electric guitars, bass, vocals Gianluca Tamburini ( Hildr Valkyrie ) : music composer, electric guitars, classical guitar, bass Hildr Valkyrie  ( Hildr Valkyrie ) : female vocals Anaïs Chevallier : female vocals Dennis Schwachhofer ( Caverns Of Arnosh ) : drums Juan Pablo "Juskko" Churruarin ( Zrymgöll ) : accordion Nostarion : cello Holger Funke : nyckelharpa, hurdy gurdy, bagpipes Past members : Ruslanas "Metfolvik" Danisevskis : vocals HISTORY : Folkodia is an international studio project having no political or religious intents. Folkodia was formed in the Autumn 2007. The act is and was run in the past by Folkearth members as well as other highly distiguinshed veterans of the metal scene. Therefore musicians from several countries (Greece, Switzerland,...

As you know, "Old boozer's Tales" album by EVENDIM will be released on January 15th ; but you can already preorder the record on Bandcamp now. Below is the tracklist: 01. Drink To Live 02. Mojito 03. Like a River 04. Ode To the Setting Sun 05. Black Roses 06. Kingdom of Insane

LAPPALAINEN will release in this month "Kraken's Awakening" album: TRACKLIST:  01. First Light 02. Cresting the Waves 03. Before the End of the Day 04. Forge your Heart 05. Riding on the Load of Hay 06. Brännvin 07. Still Life 08. The Truth impozed by my Axe 09. Folk Lords 10. Kraken's Awakening One of the songs will be online soon.

Above is another new logo for VESPERIA , designed by their frontman, Morgan. They have  also a new drummer named Dylan Gowan. This is the official announcement: Ahoy! After a long and refreshing half-year of recluse, we are finally back! We have had ample time to write and rehearse material sufficient to create, of course, our next full length album! As of yet, we have not determined a definite track list or title for the album, but we have a general theme based off the written lyrics of solitude in the harshest extremities, balancing the scales of order and chaos and emerging a victor from every battle.

Medieval battle is our way to celebrate the new year. I suggest to the fighters, mainly to the ones with desire to appear on our future compilation "The Swords Of Victory", to promote here and there as much as they can! Registration is required for fair battle.  The goal of bands battles is bands' promotion. Warriors are:   DVALIN  HILDR VALKYRIE  ILLDÅD  KANSEIL  KNIGHTHOOD KONUNGAR KRAAMOLA STADACONNE VARANG NORD VEORFOLNIR 2 weeks of battle taking place here: http://swordchant.go-board.com/t2401-bands-battle-64 SUPPORT THEM!!!