Sword Chant

E-AN-NA released in digital their new single "Sârbă Ciobănească". You can buy it on Bandcamp . The song deals with a boy of a shepherd,who, unwilling to do the chores of shepherds anymore, chooses to flee into the mountains and live his life in communion with nature, having only his whistle to express himself.Although archaic, the song is a metaphor for the fact that modern man was born into a world with no options left but to conform and do the duties mankind expects one to do, not the ones he truly loves . 

"Two Decades of Greatest Sword Hits" is the title for the forthcoming compilation full of ENSIFERUM hymns. "Twenty years since the first notes were played in ENSIFERUM's first rehearsals. I doubt that 15-years old Markus Toivonen had any idea what he had just started and what kind of journey the band would begin that day. So much has happened in 20 years, but the cornerstones of our music -folk and metal- are still there and we will keep exploring this unholy combination until we die. We have always composed songs with lots of patience and hard self critisism but still wanted to have some blink in the corner of the eye and push our musical boundaries.This compilation gives the listener great chance to hear how the bandhas evolved during these years. Enjoy and folk on!" said the band. The compilation will be released in digital and CD on April 1st, 2016.   TRACKLIST : 01. By The Dividing Stream 02. From Afar 03. Heathen Horde 04. One More Magic P...

JONNE is currently working on his second solo album planned for this year.

LEŚNE LICHO published the final artwork for their forthcoming album entitled " Pieśni Starego Lasu " that means "Songs of the Old Forest".

" Syntyi Talven Kyynelistä " (Born from Winter's Tears), the debut album signed  VETTEN ÄPÄRÄT  is available for pre-order now. The full length will be released in digital on April fools' day and May 13th in CD. TRACKLIST : 01. Ancients' Call 02. Exile 03. Brothers Of Hate 04. Winterheart's Silence 05. Winter Darkness 06. Grief Of Woods 07. Sydäntalven Viha 08. Herätys 09. Swords' Dance 10. Wind Of Exhaustion 11. Ice Made New Kingdom 12. I Heard Them 13. Vala

Mister Folk  got the idea to interview me and Jeff from  Folk-metal.nl . We all three have answered the questions with our own vision of things; and different pathways we got to reach one musical genre we all love : Folk Metal. FABRIZIO (Mister Folk): Define folk metal and viking metal. Folk metal is a combination of heavy metal guitars and folk music; it is usually characterized by the use of traditional instruments, such as violin, harp, bagpipe, hurdy-gurdy, various types of flutes etc. Lyrics often talk about historical events, myths and legends of a given land, but this is not a fixed rule and it is something that unluckily has been lost over the years. Viking metal represents an evolution of heavy metal originally related to Vikings: the first bands identified with this music genre used to sing about typical topics, such as historical events, conquests and raids, spirituality and eminent personalities. As I said before with regard to folk metal, this trai...

Once they raised enough with a  crowdfunding project , OCELON now  released their debut album entitled "Of the Lost Heritage". TRACKLIST : 01. To Ocelon 02. The Moon Hunter 03. Amber Blood 04. Homeland 05. Communion 06. Forest of Mist 07. Pilgrimage 08. Introll 09. Battletroll 10. Among Mountains 11. Raven's Crown 12. Ashen

"Blot-Ilt-Taut" LP by EREB ALTOR is now available in blue vinyl to this website . TRACKLIST : 01.A Fine Day To Die 02.Song To Hall Up High 03.Home Of Once Brave 04.The Return Of Darkness And Evil 05.Woman Of Dark Desires 06.Twilight Of The Gods 07.Blood Fire Death

From now can be ordered cd  here and there  for digital of the new VANIR EP entitled "Aldar Rök". TRACKLIST : 01. Black Legion 02. Pretorian 03. Unrepentant 04. Broken Throne 05. Wrath of Sutr 06. The Serpent 07. Drukvisen

TIME OF TALES unveiled the tracklist for "Tales Of Times" album coming out March 8th.

February 29th will be a new song by E-AN-NA band.  These videos are preview of their forthcoming track entitled "Sârbă Ciobănească" :

From now can be found the full album "Doin Earde" by  KANSEIL   on youtube :

APOCALYPSE ORCHESTRA shared a new song (live).

Here is one first teaser for the upcoming  MOONSORROW  album entitled  " Jumalten Aika ”  already available for pre-order to the USA . April 1st is the release date.

The release date for the new  SUIDAKRA  album entitled " Realms Of Odoric " set to May 20th, 2016. TRACKLIST : 01. Into The Realm 02. The Serpent Within 03. The Hunter's Horde 04. Creeping Blood 05. Undaunted 06. Lion Of Darcania 07. Pictish Pride 08. On Roads To Ruin 09. Dark Revelations 10. Braving The End 11.One Against The Tide 12. Cimbric Requiem 13. Remembrance (Bonus track)

"For those who died" is the new single signed BRYMIR released, today. You can listen to the new track on Spotify  and Itunes , to be available on other digital spaces as well. The band is currently working on their upcoming full length planned for this year.

HIBERNIA released their demo track "SummerStorm".

TALAMYUS shared this new track taken from the yet unreleased record " Honour is our code, Death is the reward ".

DRAUGNIM  shared one first track from  " Vulturine " release coming soon. Vulturine by DRAUGNIM

Various formats and packages of the new album " Jumalten Aika ” by MOONSORROW  now available for pre-order to North America . TRACKLIST :  01. Jumalten Aika (12:43) 02. Ruttolehto incl. Päivättömän Päivän Kansa (15:21) 03. Suden Tunti (7:06) 04. Mimisbrunn (15:55) 05. Ihmisen Aika (Kumarrus Pimeyteen) (16:00) Bonus disc : 01. Soulless (Grave cover) (3:18) 02. Non Serviam (Rotting Christ cover) (5:10)

March 11th is the release date for the new record " Vulturine " by  DRAUGNIM .  The band shared one teaser for the release :

JUODVARNIS released "Mirusio žmogaus kelionė" aka the second album of the band ; the album title can be translated by "Journey of a Dead Man". TRACKLIST : 01. Amžinybė nelaukia tavęs (Eternity Awaits You Not) 02. Pabudimas (The Awakening) 03. Ieškojimas (The Searching) 04. Išpažintis (The Confession) 05. Mes visi pasmerkti (We Are All Doomed) 06. Kas aš? (What Am I ?)

METHYSOS shared lyrics video for "Waltz...With The Gods" song taken from the upcoming  " Folkloria " album.

TROLLGASM band released "Liquid Black" single in digital. The song with Jesse McGunnigle (Yonder Realm) as guest vocals will feat. on the upcoming TROLLGASM record entitled " Play Folk Or Die ". That last is one EP planned to be released in May or June from this year. Liquid Black (Single) by Trollgasm

Well, the video says all :

DALRIADA   made a video for  Áldás song taken from the album .

"Soul Collector" album by  BLACK MAGIC FOOLS  is now released on CD, LP and digital. The record deals with the Soul Collector and his life during the medieval ages when priests and the church ruled the lands.  Below are album details : TRACKLIST : 01. Fools Parade 02. Grave Dancer 03. Lies 04. Salvation 05. Black Jig 06. Last Supper 07. Soul Collector 08. A Jester's Confession (new) 09. Dansa i Natt (new) 10. Not My Truth 11. Vädjan Everything has been recorded and produced by Pedro Ferreira, Brit Award-winning producer, and mastered by Ade Emsley who mastered "The Book of Souls" by Iron Maiden.

I interviewed Vandrer and Phanaeus from the Italian band  VINTERBLOT .  01. Hi, folks! You founded VINTERBLOT back in 2008. What was the musically and lyrically ideas in that time? How things happened exactly ? Vandrer : Hey there! Well, VINTERBLOT has started as a group of very young buddies 'hitting' togheter their instruments in the same room. Our common influence was 'metal' itself since we have always had pretty different musical backgrounds, but in the end Swedish Death Metal sounded the coolest to our taste! I guess my obsession with Scandinavia and Norse Mythology was crucial to that, it has oriented our energy towards North, like a proper compass does! I was intended to write lyrics and concepts back in 2008, there you can definately feel how "Viking Age" has been inspiring to us!  02. Looking at your tracks titles, “Naglfar”, “As Sleipnir Rides”, or again “Throne of Snakes” from the new record, it reminds Norse mythology. What means that...

Viking metal band WRATH OF FENRIR announced the following : We are working on producing a 360 Battle Video! A One take, 360 degree interactive Battle Royale; warrriors, costumes and viking metal! We are launching a crowdfunding campaign to help us extend the scope of this video and add production value! Stay tuned for a series of announcements in the following days such as the reveal of the new artwork from Chris Cold , an exclusive shirt for the occasion and updated details on on how you can participate in the very shoot itself! Please check out our sweet sweet rewards and give this campaign a like and share!

DRAKWALD  unveiled the tracklist for their new album "Riven Earth" to be released in May.

The band I interviewed by november,  THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD , revealed the artwork and tracklist for "Lawful Evil" album coming out this March 2016. "Lawful Evil" was recorded at Seahorse Sound, was mixed by Aksu Hanttu (Korpiklaani, Shade Empire) and mastered by Svante Forsbäck (Korpiklaani, Apocalyptica, Dragonforce, Rammstein) at Chartmakers Audio Mastering. TRACKLIST : 01. Join The Ranks 02. Side Quest 03. Heavy Mahogany 04. Sulfur 05. Siren's Song 06. Heavy Submarine 07. Humours Of Oddwood Isle 08. Raise Your Pints 09. Sand Lobster 10. Whalin' Rumbo 11. Trollwhack 12. The Gleeman 13. Storm Riders 14. Dead Man's Medley

HEIDRA  are currently working on the video for "The Eyes of Giants" song taken from their debut album " Awaiting Dawn ". However, they need some help to fund all the cost. Thus, you can order one limited T-shirt available only for the event to their crowdfunding page . One perk T-shirt + album is also available if you don't have this record.

CELTACHOR released a video for their song "The Arrival of the Tuatha" taken from " Nuada of the Silver Arm " album.

OCELON published a teaser for their upcoming album " Of the Lost Heritage " :to be released on february 26th.

SIG:AR:TYR revealed one first track entitled "Vinland" taken from their upcoming album "Northen".

BYRDI  are currently recording their next record that will be a full length entited "Urkraft". More news will be later on.

Polish band TIME OF TALES will release their debut on March 8th, 2016. The full length is entitled "Tales Of Times". Heres one first track from that record :

Now official,  AD PLENITATEM LUNAE  announced they split up. Their messaage is the following : "We're very sad to give this news, but from now one Ad Plenitatem Lunae are officially split up. We thought about this a lot, and we decided this was for the best.   Thank to all of you for your support in these years". ...Tempus Non Est Iocundum... However, Ermes, Maria and Giulio are part of the Medieval folk band  La Compagnie dal Barbecocul . :)

ULGARD released "From The Northmen's Cry" album. From The Northmen's Cry by Ulgard

AEGIR band from France is working hard on their debut album breathing viking mythology. Initially, it was supposed to be one EP entitled "RingHorn" but they changed their mind and decided to release a full length. The title for the record may change.

American folk band PIRATES FOR SAIL released a demo "Faire Warning" that was planned for Faires and Festivals only at the origin; but the demo is now available on Bandcamp : Faire Warning by Pirates For Sail PIRATES FOR SAIL are currently working on a full length.

American Viking Metal band FOREST KING are currently working on their debut EP planned for this Summer. This is the artwork for the record made of six tracks : As a beginning of one big adventure for the band, FOREST KING entitled their first extended play as "Lore Born".

The new album "The Prophecy of the Highlands" by  STEIGNYR  is now released in Spain ( Teaser ). However, you can pre-order the full length to Art Gates Records . It will be released worldwide on March 28th. TRACKLIST : 01. The Valley of Dragons 02. Sons of Earth 03. Wild Land 04. The Last Era 05. Wolf's Lair 06. Hammer of Agony 07. The prophecy of the Highlands 08. Immortal Whisper 09. The Warrior's Path 10. Awakening of Revenge 11. Spirit of Victory 12. The Grave of Heroes

ROMUVOS shared a new track taken from their forthcoming album " Infront Of Destiny " that is a concept album about a group of men from the baltic region, going for a quest and travel to seek and explore other cultures, and find wizdome and with luck on their side, find gold and treasures as well. The song below "Winds Blow Over Seas" is about sailing the seas with ships and iron, through winds and what might be encountered as enemies on shores yet unknown that are about to be revealed.

FÄNGÖRN  released  "Inferno" EP. Get it here . TRACKLIST  : 01. First Song 02. Behind Right Shoulder 03. Inferno 04. Where The Tales Live On (acoustic cover)

GRIMNER  unveiled a preview for their 5th track taken from their forthcoming album " Frost Mot Eld ".

"Mana Ewah", the new album signed BIFRÖST is out now. You can order it to Einheit Produktionen store . TRACKLIST : 01. Himmelsfall 02. Verräters Geschick 03. Mana Ewah 04. Waffenbruder Niedergang 05. In Todes Angesicht [ video ] 06. Tobendes Herz 07. Eine neue Zeit

DRAKWALD  released 2 videos trailers for their new album " Riven Earth " coming out in May.

VARANG NORD  published a new video for the song "Warchant of the Forests" taken from their new album " Masters of the Forest " out now.

Last year , I announced the next EP by TOTER FISCH will be acoustic. Find now a preview for that EP coming soon :

LAGERSTEIN   released their second album entitled  "All For Rum And Rum For All".  TRACKLIST : 01.  Raise Your Steins 02.  Tales Of The Fallen Ales  03.  Drink The Rum  04.  Sail Ho! 05.  Jungle Juice 06.  German Fun Times  07.  Down The Hatch  08.  Shiver Me Timbers  09.  Land Of Bundy  10.  Fountain Of Rum You can purchase it on Bandcamp or their current tour :

METHYSOS  will release their debut album  " Folkloria " on  March 12th.as you may know .... Find below artwork and tracklist for that record : TRACKLIST : 01. Trollen 02. The Keeper Of Cosmos 03. Drink Loud_Drink Proud 04. Rumpelstiltskin 05. Amathounta Stronghold 06. Kelvar Templa 07. Folkloria [instrumental] 08. Namahage 09. Waltz...With The Gods 10. Wine Fest 11. Farewell 12. Ramen [Bonus Track]

SKOGSHALLEN updated their fans regarding the upcoming album : ll we have left to do is the guitar work and a few intros and outros. Alas our release has been delayed, our second guitarist is going to be out of the country till april at which point we will knock out the rest of his parts in studio. To TIDE you over till then a special single will be released. An oldie from our northern lights album so be ready for that.

ALDEGAR plans to release this year their full length entitled "The Peak". Teaser here : The Peak 2016 (Teaser Track) by Aldegar