Sword Chant

The release date for the SEKENGARD EP S/T  is settled for May 29th. TRACKLIST: 01. For Sekengard 02. Drink to Victory 03. Striped Paladin 04. Howling of the Fen 05. Unite the Divided

LOCATION :  Gothenburg, Sweden Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Henrik Bodin-Sköld ( Irrbloss ) : guitar Past members : Mathias Rexius : bass, synthesizer Robert Isojärvi : drums Joakim Andréasson ( Irrbloss ) : guitar Johan Tunander ( Irrbloss ) : drums Adam Rexius : vocals Gustaf Bergquist : bass HISTORY : Henrik Bodin-Sköld parted ways with Irrbloss back in 2012, and founded Norrsköld ; one band which deals with Swedish folklore under melodic black/trad/folk metal. RECORDINGS : Blessings of winter, EP 2013 Cold Horizons, single 2013 Reflections of the night sky, album 2014 Ridden, EP 2015 [ details ] Shores Forsaken, single 2016 [ details ] Withering Virtue - The Second Chapter, album 2018 Fear the Light, single 2018 Prisma Aeternus, album 2022 WEBSITES : Facebook Youtube Contact :   norrskold.contact@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news - Interview  2015 ,  2...

"Nuada Of The Silver Arm" is the second album by the Irish CELTACHOR , available on the Bandcamp page of the band. TRACKLIST: 01. Arrival of the Tuatha 02. The Mighty Sreng 03. King Eochaid’s Fall 04. Bres 05. Nuada of the Silver Arm 06. The Gathering at Teamhair 07. Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh 08. Nuada’s Burial 09. Uaithne: The Dagda’s Harp

HEATHEN FORAY now released under Massacre records, their new album "Into Battle", with the help of contributors for their crowd funding. The record is now available through Bandcamp . TRACKLIST: 01. Fight  5:17 02. Silence  5:46 03. Unthinking 5:19 04. Wofür ich streit´ 6:45 05. Tír na nOg 6:53 06. Knüppeltroll  2:29 07. Freundschaft 6:23 08. Wigrid 5:15 09. Winterking (Acoustic hidden track)  4:54

Italians ATLAS PAIN will release their debut EP in May 2015. They made one first single for their forthcoming EP entitled "Behind The Front Page":

BALDRS DRAUMAR released their new record entitled " Aldgillissoan ". You can get it on their website where feat. also the tracklist..

Finally , the ANCESTRUM album "Our Heathen Soil" is now released! You can purchase the record bt the band I interviewed in February , on MSR . TRACKLIST: 01. Entering… 02. Hail Lord Kaos 03. Realm Of The North 04. Beyond The Mountains 05. Frozen Land 06. Ancient Of The Days 07. The Norse Path 08. Spirits Of Unreal 09. The Stallion (Bathory cover)

Sad news for all the fans, Reamon (guitars) and Mark (vocals) have taken the decision to leave their band HEIDEVOLK , after 12 years inside.  Their statements: Reamon: "After twelve fantastic years I am announcing my departure from Heidevolk. I would like to express my gratitude to the fans around the world for all their support over the years: you are amazing. I would also like to thank the Heidevolk members and crew (past and present): it has been a honour working and partying with you. I am proud of what we have achieved over the years. This is an extremely difficult decision for me to make, but the last year my heart hasn’t been in it 100% anymore. I strongly believe that when you’re part of a band you have to give it 100% or don’t do it at all. What will the future have in store? I’ve been working on a project for a while now. It’s going to be heavy and manly as f*ck! I’ll keep you posted about that. Thank you all. I am going to miss your fantastic response du...

HEIDEVOLK , released " Velua " album lately. One official video was done already and today is one more video, for the song "Urth":

This is the first video of the band for the song "The Great Dance of Dionysus" taken from their album 2013 entitled "Grief for an Idol" that you can purchase here .

Due to a mistaken planning, the KANSEIL album " Doin Earde " is delayed to May 20th

Spanish band AETHYR revealed the artwork but their debut album coming out May 1st. "Towards the Realm of Nothingness" is the album title. the record will be available through Bandcamp. 

Vocalist of the band, Stormmson, designed the artwork for the upcoming RABENWOLF EP entitled "Stethu". The name of the EP is actually the old name of their town called "Stade", Germany - when the town was under the swedish banner around 1675's. TRACKLIST: 01. Stethu 02. Traumes Tiefe 03. Aurora 04. Welk 05. Sumpfhexe 2.0

"Tod u Vergäutig" is the title for the upcoming EXCELSIS album planned for this summer. This album was produced by the band together with their soundguy Christoph Brandes who mixed and Mastered the record at Iguana Studios. Lukas Flückiger (Whistles, Krummhorn & Narrator) & Simu Müller (Mandola, Shargia, Guitars) appears as guests on "Tod u Vergäutig", album recorded at: Castlehill Studio Koppigen. TRACKLIST: 01. Intro (dr schwarz Tod) 02. d Gschicht 03. heiligs Wasser 04. üsi Freiheit 05. Maimond 06. s Verspräche 07. dr Pakt mit em Tüfu 08. mir kämpfe 09. dr Schlächter 10. vertüflet isch mi Seeu 11. dr letscht Versuech 12. grüeni Fäuder u dunkli Wäuder 13.  Outro (dr Lichezug)

KNIGHTHOOD revealed the artwork for their upcomnig record entitled "Tales Of Ania".

ZRYMGÖLL  revealed the artwork for their next single in progress. This forthcoming single is entitled "Creatures Of The Night". TRACKLIST: 01. Creatures of the Night 02. "Wood" Morning

His message in a video taken at hospital because coma :

Indeed, Sword Chant can be only proud to support an American Folk Metal event taking place in Pennsylvania, USA. The following bands will complete this event of the August 1st of 2015: - YONDER REALM - SIG:AR:TYR - BATTLESOUL - DUSKMOURN - NORSEWIND - SEKENGARD - ISENMOR - WINDFAERER - WINTERS WAKE - ANIMIST More details : August 1st 2015 - 4PM Sherman Theater Living Room 522 Main Street All ages. Price: $17

April 18th will be released a split CD "77" by Ledo Takas records , where bands OBTEST and DISSIMULATION will take part to the adventure. TRACKLIST: 01. Dissimulation - Inferna Profundus 02. Dissimulation - 77 03. Dissimulation - Dvylika Juodvarnių (Obtest cover) 04. Obtest - Myriop 05. Obtest - Grąžinkit Mirusius! (Dissimulation cover)

The new WILDERUN album "Sleep at the Edge of the Earth" is now available  here , TRACKLIST: 01. Dust and Crooked Thoughts 02. And So Opens the Earth (Ash Memory Part I) 03. Hope and Shadow (Ash Memory Part II) 04. Bite the Wound (Ash Memory Part III) 05. The Faintest Echo (Ash Memory Part IV) 06. The Garden of Fire 07. Linger 08. The Means To Preserve 09. Sleep at the Edge of the Earth

NORRSKÖLD released their second EP "Ridden" through Rexius records. Some Ex-IRRBLOSS members are part  of NORRSKÖLD. The record is available here in digital for now. Cd's will come in a month or so. TRACKLIST: 1. Ridden (4:40) 2. Aerial Fire (3:18) 3. Timeless Gardens (3:01) 4. Hårgalåten (3:33)

SKYFORGER released  Senprūsija (Old Prussia). You can order it to their webshop . TRACKLIST. 01. Ei skīja, skīja (Oh Rise, Rise) 02. Senprūsija (Old Prussia) 03. Sudāvu jātnieki (Sudovian Horsemen) 04. Tagad vai nekad (Now or Never) 05. Herkus Monte (Herkus Monte) 06. Rāmava (Romuve) 07. Lepnums un spīts (Pride and Defiance) 08. Divi brāļi (Two Brothers) 09. Melnās buras (The Black Sails) 10. Nekas nav aizmirsts (Nothing is Forgotten) 11. Rituāls (The Ritual) 12. Zem Lietuvas karogiem (Under Lithuanian Banners)

You can listen to the VALENSOROW song "Schlammshammehrk" which is taken from their album "The Battle of Oak Mountain" coming out by June 2015.

Due to some technical issues with the artwork, "Our Heathen Soil" album by ANCESTRUM is delayed again. The new release date is April 20th.

The 6th track from the new SKYFORGER album "Senprūsija (Old Prussia)" is now revealed to the world. Listen the song "Rāmava" (Romuve) here: Next monday will be available the new record.