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SALTATIO MORTIS will release "Zirkus Zeitgeist" album on August 14th. The band, who will tour by November, now revealed the artwork :

HOK-KEY shares their new EP made of 3 tracks for free download to that link . TRACKLIST : 01. Onto the Battlefield 02. Shadow Of The Beast 03. I Want My Tears Back (Nightwish Cover)

Beside is the artwork for the upcoming  SVARTBY  album entitled "Swamp, My Neighbour". The album will be made of 10 or 11 tracks in different language (Swedish, German) bur English will reign on the record.

Next month will be released under Soundage prod. "Twilight of the Gods" by the Viking Death Metal band ALFAR. This is the artwork : TRACKLIST: 1. Intro 2. Twilight of the Gods 3. Norns 4. Kill Them All 5. March of Dead 6. Bravest of the Gods 7. Riding Thundergod 8. Son of the Nine Waves

VARANG NORD released one video preview of their new album "Master of the Forest" comming out by Winter from this year. TRACKLIST:

MOXIE band made a video for "Leads" song taken from their debut album " Planted ". 

OLAM EIN SOF released one official video for Vimana song taken from their last album .

I am pleased to announce VARANG NORD , recently signed at Metal Scrap Records, supports Sword Chant! I received one nice email, with words now available also to this page : http://swordchant.go-board.com/h9-support Their " Fire Of The North " record is now available almost everywhere  (Americans have to wait some more).

" Your Land " is translation for "Doin Earde", the new KANSEIL album released under the flag of Nemeton records . TRACKLIST: 01. Lo Spirito della Notte 02. Ciada Delàmis 03. Dòin Earde 04. Panevìn 05. Ais un Snea 06. Mažaròl 07. Bus de la Lùm 08. Bosc da Rème 09. Tzimbar Bint 10. La Sera 11. Vajont

Italian band ARTAIUS released their second album entitled "Torn Banners". You can get it on Bandcamp . The band added: "Go catch your copy and pre-order your T-Shirt  (available from 25/5/2015) to enjoy a free download option for our old record The Fifth Season"  Featuring on this record: Tim Charles from Ne Obliviscaris Lucio Stefani from Mé, Pék e Barba Dario Caradente from Kalevala (ita) Tracklist is available on Bandcamp.

The  debut EP " Behind The Front Page " by ATLAS PAIN is now available for free downloasd .

"Blood Sacrifice Shaman"album by TENGGER CAVALRY is now released through Metal Hell Records . I interviewed Nature about this record. You can read the interview here . TRACKLIST: 01. Соёмбо (Hymn Of The Mongolian Totem) 02. Tengger Cavalry 03. Horseman 04. Rootless 05. The Wolf Ritual 06 The Native 07. Blood Sacrifice Shaman 08. Hero 09. Spirits Bonus tracks: 10. Tengger Cavalry (2009) 11. Blood Sacrifice Shaman (2009)

LAST WAIL will enter the studio this summer to record "Forgotten" album to be released in 2016. They have revealed the tracklist : 01. Valeria Storm 02. Runes 03. Woodcutter 04. Kill them All 05. Undying 06. Walking bird 07. Moonlight 08. The Enemy 09. Dragonslayer 10. One more Hero 11. I hear your Summons 12. Three axes 13. Fallen Mountain

"V parusah cveta zari" is the name of the new EP signed GJELDRUNE and it means "In the sails colored by the dawn". The record made of 5 tracks is out today, and available for free download on their website . TRACKLIST: 01. V parusah cveta zari (In The Sales Colored by the Dawn) 02. Volch'ya (The Wolf Song) 03. Zelioniy Sklon (The Green Mountaineside, re-recorded) 04. Voron, Volk i Sokol (The Raven, the Wolf and the Falcon) - (Volkolak cover) 05. Palets na Spusk (Finger on the Trigger, acoustic)

Young band EXILION from Sweden released their debut album entitled "Red Stained Snow". It will be available on their webshop  on May 20th since that is the official release date but you can already order your physical copy by contacting the band. TRACKLIST: 01. Red Stained Snow 02. The Endless Voyage 03. Gatekeepers 04. Tale of Erebus 05. Past Years Hours and Days 06. Leviathan 07. Firedance

June 1st of 2015, Italian band  AD PLENITATEM LUNAE  will release their next single "Grame" through their website. This single and their previous one will be available for free download on that date.

Russian band TEUFELSTANZ released "In Omne Tempus" album through Soundage . T RACKLIST: 01. Intro 02. XIMUUS 03. Стареющий Вагант 04. A-Kenavo 05. Maria 06. Der Finne 07. Teufelstanz (feat. Eikumena) 08. Король Туле 09. Heiduckentanz 10. Три Ворона (feat. Wolfenhirt) 11. Ali Ben 12. Герр Хольгер 13. Teufelsschwanz 14. Outro 15. Стареющий Вагант (metal)

" Fire of the North " by VARANG NORD is now available for pre-order on the  new label of the band ,  Metal Scrap Records, The price of the release is  3,90 € until May 14th to that link . Release dates:  Ukraine - 14.05.2015 Japan - 15.05.2015 Worldwide - 18.05.2015 Russia - 19.05.2015 America - 09.06.2015

New album "Sturm und Klang" by VOGELFREY, which was planned for this month, is delayed to Summer... Here are their words to the fans : "Hey folks, unfortunately we have to switch the release date of our third studio album "Sturm und Klang" to summer. We feel sorry about it but our intention is always to deliver the highest possible quality and we need some more time to fulfill this pretension - only prime quality! We'll inform you when the final release date is safe. One thing is for sure - this album will blow your mind!!!"

A teaser for the first EP " Behind The Front Page " by ATLAS PAIN is now online.  

EQUINOX band released their new album entitled "Świteź". You can get it here . TRACKLIST: 01. Headspring 02. Neman 03. Litwor 04. Blitzhexen 05. Fire Walk With Me (Annie) 06. Switez (Russian version) 07. Velds of Akkerman 08. Pototskaya's tomb 09. Starfall 10. Fireflies of st.John's nights 11. Switez (Polish version)

HEIMFARD revealed the artwork & title of their debut album. The first full-length is entitled "Between Earth And Sky". The release date is yet unknown since the band is working on that album. ARTWORK :

FROSTTIDE band has shared the full album " Blood Oath " released in February 2015.

The next album by the band FEJD is entitled "Trolldom". The recordings will begin June 15th while the record is planned for later this year. Expect a teaser soon.

ARTAIUS band will release their new album "Torn Banners" soon. Find a teaser below:

SVIATIBOR released in digital "From The Ancestral Abysses (Live Rehearsal)" on Bandcamp for free but you can support the band naming a price there. TRACKLIST: 01. Above Blackened Skies 02. Perdu À Travers Les Branches Du Temps 03. Oiseau De La Victoire 04. A Call From The Ancestral Abysses

ELIWAGAR  will release her new album entitled "Heidr" on May 22nd. From now can be pre-ordered the record at Itunes . Early 2015, I interviewed the founder of the band regarding this album. You can read here if you didn't already. TRACKLIST: 01. Heimkomst 02. Vanafolk 03. I Villmarka 04. Ingwaz 05. Urd - Naturens Erindring 06. Vølvedans 07. I Gløden Av Ei Vintersol 08. Othala 09. Seidr 10. Voluspá 11. Elivágar 12. Heidr's Drøm

SONERIEN DU will release a new album entitled "Frankiz" (freedom) made of 13 tracks, related with the attacks on the newspaper in Paris , and Freedom overall. The album includes one DVD live in Brittany, France, recorded on July 13th of 2014. "Frankiz" album will be released on June 9th of 2015 through Coop Breizh. Find a teaser below.

Hard time for  MYRKVEDR  band who has seen the departure of their folk player "Runar" you can find in FROSTRIT band. Their bass player "Askebloss" has done the same, for another and darker reason... MYRKVEDR said: Dear fans. It is with a heavy heart that we tell you that Askebloss has decided to leave us. He no longer feels that he has the drive or time to continue playing bass at all. We in the band are of course very sad because of this since Askebloss has been with the band since the beginning, and we all consider him a family member. As you might have noticed, Myrkvedr hasn't been particularly active doing gigs or completeing the EP, which is delayed beyond measurement. And the reason for this is of course financial difficulties but also internal struggles, which is to be expected when you basically are a group of people trying to steer a car at the same time. This isn't usually a problem for us, but these last months working on making ou...

TUATHA DE DANANN plans to release their new album entitled "Dawn of a New Sun" by June 2015. This is the artwork :

By June will be released the debut album signed  NORDFROST.  The black pagan metal band previously released two demos, and one split with the band Pure Scorn. The tracklist of the album can be found h ere . Teaser for the debut album entitled "Naturgewalten":

THALANOS released a demo ("EP") entitled Dragontales, which is available on Bandcamp . TRACKLIST: 01. Intro 02. Call To Arms 03. Dragon Hunters 04. Dragon Flight 05. The Final Night

I inerviewed Henrik Bodin-Sköld, the founder, songwriter and guitarist of  NORRSKÖLD regarding the past, present, and future of the band.  01. Hi! Back in 2012, you founded NORRSKÖLD after leaving IRRBLOSS . Was everything alright with Irrbloss or have you got different visions for Irrbloss band in that time ? Greetings! Well, Irrbloss was a very good start for me, in the metal scene of Göteborg, where I got to meet a lot of people in the network and also got to learn more about myself with time as a band member. For a number of reasons, we had a hard time recording new material in the band, and I realized that I could not get all my creativity out at that time. Therefore I decided to quit and kickstart my own studio project, that eventually came to be the band Norrsköld. 

Soon will be released the second IRDORATH album entitled " Dreamcatcher ". "Dreamcatcher is a compilation of dreams and impressions, written in 4 languages: Belarusian, English, Russian, and Macedonian. It includes sounds of bagpipes, bouzouki, cello, violin, hurdy-gurdy, didzheribon and many other wonderful instruments", the band said. IRDORATH has shared the record on Soundcloud, for you to enjoy. :)

Heres one OBTEST track taken from the new split "77" with DISSIMULATION band :

HOPES OF FREEDOM will enter the studio by June, to record their second album.

JARUN will release a new album entitled "Pod niebem utkanym z popiołu"(Under the sky woven from the ash). The album made of nine tracks, deals with Death, under a Pagan spirit... This is the 3rd track of the album:

ATLAS PAIN revealed details on their debut EP "Behind The Front Page" to be released for free download on May 18th. Physical releases will be also available. TRACKLIST: 01. Bonfires Night 02. Each Uisge 03. Ironforged 04. The Storm 05. Once Upon A Time ( re-recorded and re-arranged ) 06. In Eclipse

The Pocono Folk Metal Fest supported by Sword Chant, and brothers from Folk Metal NL, made a T-shirt for the event but it could not be available at the August show. However, you can purchase it earlier until June 1st. The T-shirt cost 25$ in the USA, and 35$ for Europeans (shipping included). You can order this T-shirt within Sword Chant and Folk Metal NL banners printed there, plus bands logos, to this website . As a reminder, here are all details regarding this cool event  taking place in Pennsylvania, USA.

Folk Metal band TELPERION has reached their crowdfunding project 's goal with 101%, which consists of one help to make their debut album possible .  From today, left 31 days for you to pre-order the record and support the band to this page .

OLAM EIN SOF released a DVD live at the Wave Summer Festival. Contact the band to purchase your copy. TRACKLIST: Show Mundo Dos Infinitos 01. Arthur 02. Douce Dame Jolie 03. Marche Pour La Cérémonie Des Turcs 04. Morrighan 05. Dança Dos Elfos 06. Ecco La Primavera 07. The Four Guardians 08. Tourdion Show Reino De Cramfer 09. Murmúrio Das Águas 10. Glaskar 11. Dança Da Floresta 12. Invocando A Lua Azul 13. Vimana

The next album "Heavy Meta" by NEKROGOBLIKON will be released in CD on June 2nd of this year, and picture disc on June 16th. All physical releases pré-ordered here include the digital one for free. TRACKLIST: 01. The End of Infinity 02. We've Had Enough 03. Bring Us More 04. Snax & Violence 05. Atlantis 06. We Need A Gimmick 07. Full Body Xplosion 08. Let's Get Fucked 09. Mood Swing 10. Nekrogoblikon

American band ISENMOR will release through their website “Land of the Setting Sun” EP on June 21st in physical and digital edtions. You can already pre-order the record. Find more details here , and sound below. ISENMOR will play live aside SIG:AR:TYR and others in August at the  Poocono Folk Metal Fest , USA Land of the Setting Sun EP by Isenmor

JÖTNAR, a folk metal band hailing from the Netherlands, are currently working on their debut album. The release date and details are yet unknown but they have shared one first teaser to give you an idea of their upcoming release.

AETHYR released for free download their debut album "Towards the Realm of Nothingness" on Bandcamp . TRACKLIST: 01. Enter the Path (Intro) 02. Awaken the Northstar 03. Lullaby to a Mourning Moon 04. Journey of the Forsaken Dreamer 05. The Chosen One 06. Through the Land of Eternal Mist (Interlude) 07. Wanderer 08. Realm of Nothingness

Today, the new KORPIKLAANI Nuclear Blast or other stores. The album is available in  CD-Digi  and blue, black vinyls. album entitled "Noita" is out in Europe ; and soon, will be to the UK (May 04), and USA (May 05). You can purchase your copy to TRACKLIST:  01. Viinamäen Mies 02. Pilli On Pajusta Tehty 03. Lempo 04. Sahti 05. Luontoni 06. Minä Näin Vedessä Neidon 07. Jouni Jouni

Once released in 2010, the first and S/T album by FUROR GALLICO is now re-released by Scarlet Records. Find my review here . TRACKLIST: 01. Intro 02. Venti Di Imbolc 03. Ancient Rites 04. Cathubodva 05. The Gods Have Returned 06. Golden Spiral 07. Curmisagios 08. Miracolous Child 09. Medhelan 10. Bright Eyes 11. La Caccia Morta 12. Banshee 13. The Glorious Dawn

Finally confirmed, the new GLITTERTIND album ” Blåne for blåne ” (Blue Distance) is released in CD and LP . TRACKLIST: 01. Ukjend land (Unknown Land) 02. Høyr min song (Til Fridomen) (Hear My Song (To Freedom)) 03. Soria Moria 04. Enno nær (Still Close) 05. Draumen (The Dream) 06. Blåne for blåne (Blue Distance) 07. Når knoppar brest (When Buds Burst) 08. Vedunder (Wonder) 09. Fnugg av snjo (Flake of Snow) 10. Bøn (Prayer)