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TANZWUT made the following official video (not for youth) for their album entitled "Schreib es mit Blut"  and settled for July 8, 2016. Album details :

ARTAIUS band shared on youtube their demo "MMXI" and 2 complete albums "The Fifth Season" and "Torn Banners" : Them three can be ordered on Bandcamp .

"Haereticalia - The Night Battles" album by PANYCHIDA is out now. More details here . TRACKLIST : 01. The Wild Hunt Assembly 02. Procession of the Dead 03. The Night Consumes the Light 04. Josafat (The Gathering) 05. In Striacium (instr.) 06. Hunting the Witches 07. …For I don´t Cause the Evil 08. The Livonian Werewolf 09. Perchtenlaufen (instr.) 10. Alatyrĭ (live bonus track) 11. Three Pillars (live bonus track)

Here comes a preview track by track for the new  BRYMIR  album " Slayer Of Gods" already out in Japan , and will be to the rest of the world on June 3, 2016.

STORM SEEKER made a video for the first track of their " Pirate Scum " EP out now.

"Cube of Infinity" is the title for the WINTERSTORM album that will be released the 19.08.2016. This record  combines myth and darkness to an epic structure of metal . Artwork :

BMG released the SKYCLAD compilation "The Very Best Of The Noise Years 1991 – 1995. This February, SKYCLAD got back together to work on the successor to the band’s 12th studio album „In the… All together“. The band comments : "We’re really excited about having Dave back in the band. He’s a fantastic guy, a great musician and songwriter! The whole band is really inspired, and we’re making good progress on the album. Most of the bits and pieces are there already. Even though we played a couple of ‘old school shows’ recently, the new LP definitely won’t be a thrash album; but it will be no typical folk metal album either. We’ll use all the options we now have – with 3 Guitarists, additional vocals, fiddle, keyboards, bass and drums – to create an album that will be the same but different“ SKYCLAD hopes to release the new album within the next 12 months.

FEJD  band I interviewed in March released  their new album "Trolldom" under the flag of Dead End Exit records . "Trolldom" is available here and there . TRACKLIST : 01. Härjaren 02. Trolldom 03. Ingjald Illråde 04. Bed för din själ 05. Hednaland 06. Glöd 07. Svart 08. Vinternatt

Mark Gilston composed the following tune "Pols" on his dulcimer :

Hammer Music published this BERGTATT full show :

MYRKVEDR  decided to release a new EP entitled Tvenne Korpar (Two ravens) despite the band is still on hold. The band said the following : I would like to present a little dainty for all faithful fans out there. As we never pulled our broke asses together and got the songs mixed or mastered, we figured; "Hey, what the hell. Lets just give it to the people! Better then just leaving it here to slowly suffocate and die. Mixing is kind of gay, anyway..." We actually recorded it in Bohus Studio where other kind of well known bands have worked, like "In Flames" and "Hardcore Superstar". We were there, recording this ep during Hardcore Superstars session for "HCSS" (2015). For the guitars we borrowed Jesper Strömblads amplifier, the very same amplifier that can be heard on "Legacy of kings" with Hammerfall. So here you go, "Tvenne Korpar" on bandcamp. It´ll be running on spotify in a few days!

Check our live video, recorded on 13th may-2016 in Budapest at our headline gig at Barba Negra Music Club. Unedited, uncut live documentary made with one camera. Setlist in the video description! said the band who recently released their unplugged record.

Words : Official lyrics Release : Earthdawn Groves Thanks to the band for the sharing. Tracklist : 01. Prologue (instrumental) 02. Tale Of Greed 03. Trollheimen 04. Book Of The Damned 05. Set Sail To The North 06. Trollka 07. Earthdawn Groves 08. Hymn for the Vanquished 09. The Fallen 10. Epilogue (Frozen land) (instrumental) 11. Earthdawn Groves (acoustic version)

Words : Official lyrics Song : Sledi zvezdi Release : Po poti življenja Thanks to the band for the sharing.

Words : Official English translations Song : Sledi zvezdi (Follow the star) Release : Po poti življenja Thanks to the band for the sharing.

TRIDDANA  shared one first version for the Acoustic version of their song "Spoke the Firefly". The original version for that song is available on their first album "Ripe for Rebellion". As you probably know, the band opened a crowdfunding project for  their upcoming unplugged album planned for August 2016. 

PAGAN THRONE shared their complete album "Swords of Blood" on soundcloud and youtube :

WINTERHYMN will release their album “ Blood & Shadow ” by june 17th. The full length is already avaialble for pre-order . Here is the artwork and the final track listing : TRACKLIST : 01. Blood of the Moon 02. Dream of Might 03. Blood Burner 04. Legacy in Flames 05. The Summoning 06. Seafarer 07. Silenced by the Northern Winds 08. In Shadow We Ride 09. Huntsman 10. The Wolf's Head 11. Into the Depths 12. The Chosen End

The double album "Klechdy" by THY WORSHIPER is now released. You can order to the label page . Now, you can " explore the secrets concealed in 12 songs overfilled by sadness, aggression and spirit, which moves you in to places accessible hitherto for Guardians, Shamans, Witches and possessed. Thy Worshiper will surprise for the fourth time and will hit as never before by a story concealed in the music lasting an hour and a half ". TRACKLIST : CD I 01. Gorzkie zale [Bitter Griefs] 02. Wila [Water Nymph] 03. Marzanna [Madder] [ video ] 04. Halny [Foehn] 05. Post Coitum [Post Coitum] 06. Wschody [Sunrises]

BRYMIR released their new album "Slayer of Gods" in Japan. You can order to Amazon or that page . That edition includes two bonus tracks.  Max length of the album is 43 min (50 min with bonus tracks). TRACKLIST : 01. Intro 02. For Those Who Died 03. Risen 04. The Black Hammer 05. Nephilim 06. Prelude 07. Slayer of Gods 08. Thus I Became Kronos 09. Stormsoul 10. The Rain 11. Pantheon of Forsaken Gods 12. Battle for Pagan Might (bonus track) 13. Hymn for the Fallen (bonus track) June 3rd is the release date for the rest of the world.

June 21st is a nice day overall. That day is Music day for many parts of the globe. This year, June 21, 2016 means also the release date for  " Loaded to the Gunwales "  album by LORDS OF THE DRUNKEN PIRATE CREW. This record will be available in CD like digital.

BARLOVENTOS  unveiled to Sword Chant, the tracklist for their forthcoming album " La Senda Eterica " : 01 .   Memento Mori 02 .  El holandes errante 03 .  Kraken 04 .  Reunion 05 .  Circ de su ley 06 .  La taberna de la bruja 07 .  La comarca 08 .  Hechizo 09 .  La leyenda del lobo y la luna The band published a video for Kraken track taken from the record  settled for June 2016  :

LOCATION :  Galapagos Islands, Quito, Ecuador Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Satrina Von Lancaster : lead vocals, percussions (bombo) Demon Stone : bass Frank Alexander Cárdenas Iñiguez : guitar, guttural vocals Pablo Daniel Jacho Topón : panpipes (rondador), tin wihstle, bagpipes, didgeridoo, fujara, Egyptian ney, flute, dulzainas, pifano, pingullos Johan Carlos Freire Guizado : drums, cajón Diego Andrés Tapia Fonseca : violin Past members : Simon Dominguez : tin whistle  HISTORY : Hiddenland formed in 2009 by by Demon Stone (Jose Luis Altamirano) in Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos. Lyrics deal with nature, legends and folklore. They compose their songs both in acoustic and metal versions. The Ecuadorian ethnic instruments take one big part in this band. RECORDINGS : Promesa, demo 2015 Fuego en el Alma, EP 2016 [  details  ] WEBSITES : Facebook Twitter Instagram Reverbnation Soundcloud Youtube Contact :...

BLACK MAGIC FOOLS  shared one lyrics video for the song " Last Supper" taken from  Soul Collector  album and, despite I guessed the meaning of these lyrics, I worried if there is misinterpretation for that song.  Thus, I asked the band to explain these lyrics for you, readers of Sword Chant : "This song is a very dark drinking song compared to the traditional drinking songs. It tells a story around people hiding in their homes and trying to avoid plague and disease coming knocking on their door. But instead of beeing depressed about all death around them the song encourages everyone to enjoy their life the best way they can by drinking and enjoying the time they have left! Everything may end by tomorrow".   Black Magic Fools Here is the lyrics video : And so, enjoy while you can! :)

HIDDENLAND is a band from Ecuador. They are currently working on their debut album "Tierra de Dragones" (Dragons land) that is about the Galapagos Islands.  Inside are some songs such as "Fuego en el Alma" and "Promesa", about old traditions and legends from these islands and around Ecuador. Lyrics are poetic, pagan and naturalist. Expect many Folk instruments used in this folk metal band, alongside clean and guttural vocals. Early 2017 will be released "Tierra de Dragones" album.

ALKONOST released Русалка in 7" vinyl, limited to 21 copies only. Find the edit version of the song, and the acoustic one on B-side. Contact  Beverina label to order a copy.

Find here past crowdfunding projects supported with free promotion on Sword Chant :

Words : Official English translations Release : Sij obzorja Thanks to the band for the sharing. Tracklist : 01. Prebujenje (instrumental) 02. Boj :  Fight 03. Njun svet :  Their world 04. Modro obzorje :  Blue horizon

Words : Official lyrics Release : Sij obzorja Thanks to the band for the sharing. Tracklist : 01. Prebujenje (instrumental) 02. Boj 03. Njun svet 04. Modro obzorje

TROLLGASM  released in digital only their new EP entitled "Play Folk Or Die". TRACKLIST : 01. Oh, Johnny oh 02. Liquid Black 03. Mead Fiend 04. Party At McMinney's 05. Swamp Swagger 06. Grace's Pudding Polka (instrumental) 07. Play Folk or Die

I am happy to announce the transition started last year ended today. It took sometimes but that huge work was needed. Meantime, I also kept sharing music news. The forum is definitly closed now. Same goes for the deviantart, youtube, and photobucket accounts. I would like to thank the members who contributed in the forum since the beginning of Sword Chant, and I would like to thank the ones who answered the polls I had launched. I hope that you like the new changes here as I think things appear better for you, so is for myself. Today, I worked on videos available on this site as previously explained . I updated eld and other minor changes here.  Left the event calendar that is not back. I'll think about this but later. Thank you all for following Sword Chant!

Lately, I worked on lyrics and translations. Most of them are linked to the database that looks different since that isn't HTML page but a document file. I am waiting for some permissions again for the content I didn't add to this site yet. Meanwhile, you were some to contact me since I closed the youtube page for this site. I didn't think it would get much impact and then, I had opened a poll that revealed me divided answers of yours for both questions. So, I'll do what I had in mind : you'll get easy access to videos through one keyword in the menu that brings together official music videos and gigs for both folk metal and folk music. However, I heard your voices regarding lyrics video. Now, you can easily find them to the lyrics database instead of the video keyword. I think that is better over there. For the other videos, you'll have to select the "band" keyword to reach preview, or full albums available in video streaming, als...

MORRIGAM unveiled the video for "Corpo Seco" song taken from their EP " Anhanga " released in 2013.

Camille & Kennerly released a new compilation "Harp Fantasy 2". TRACKLIST : 01. Pirates of the Caribbean 02. The Imperial March (From "Star Wars") 03. Now We Are Free (From "Gladiator") 04. Lost Woods (From "The Legend of Zelda") 05. Big Bang Theory Theme 06. Elwynn Forest (From "World of Warcraft") 07. If I Had a Heart (From "Vikings") 08. Sailor Moon Theme: Moonlight Densetsu 09. My Heart Will Go On (From "Titanic") 10. The Hanging Tree (From "The Hunger Games") 11. M Little Pony Theme: Friendship Is Magic 12. Downton Abbey Theme 13. Into the West (From "The Lord of the Rings") 14. Star Wars You can order the record on CDbaby .

SUIDAKRA  released their new album " Realms Of Odoric " available to their webshop . TRACKLIST : 01. Into The Realm 02. The Serpent Within 03. The Hunter's Horde [ video ] 04. Creeping Blood 05. Undaunted 06. Lion Of Darcania 07. Pictish Pride  [  video  ] 08. On Roads To Ruin 09. Dark Revelations 10. Braving The End 11.One Against The Tide 12. Cimbric Requiem 13. Remembrance (Bonus track)

IRDORATH  released in digital  Adde Duas single that you can order  here .  The band made the official video for the song unavailable on their new album " Dreamcatcher " out now.

From now, Arachnophobia Records allows you to pre-order the new THY WORSHIPER, a double album entitled " Klechdy " that will be released the May 25th.

May 30th will be released the new album by PANYCHIDA. The full length is entitled "Haereticalia - The Night Battles" and deals with the Benandanti cult of northern Italy, inspired by the historian Carlo Ginzburg. The old legends of witches fighting for the crop and the good of thelocal community´s got its links also to other medieval and modern legends like those of the widespread “Wild Hunt” and “Perchtenlaufen” or those of the werewolves of Estonia. The musical attitude to the album is a bit different than to the previous one because it is coming up with some unexpected orchestral parts as well as with untypical compositions for the band so far.

I interviewed Leo from VETTEN ÄPÄRÄT band who recently released their debut album entitled “Syntyi Talven Kyynelistä" that means “Born from Winter's Tears”. 01. Hi Leo! 10 years ago was founded VETTEN ÄPÄRÄT . How did the idea emerge amongst the founders of the band ? Sami Ferm had his personal reasons to start a band and found Anton at his high school. They bonded when Sami bought him drum sticks and got Anton to play for his band. They played with various people in various places in eastern Helsinki.

Words : Official lyrics Release : Sons Of Muspell Thanks to the band for the sharing. Tracklist : 01. Sons Of Muspell (instrumental) 02. Odens Prophecy 03. Urdarbrunnr 04. The Fiddler 05. Bölvun Buslas 06. Men Of The Longhouse 07. Sindres Saga: Jörmungandr 08. Brynhilds Call 09. Balders Död 10. Hel 11. Cerdic 12. Voosum 13. Axes And Mead 14. Gjallarhorn (instrumental) 15. Vandraren (Nordman cover)

KING OF ASGARD will start the recordings for their new album by June.with reinforced line-up in Magnus "Devo" Andersson's Endarker studio and thus opens a new chapter in the band history, heading into a darker direction of Nordic metal. The full length is entitled "Taudr". Jonas Albrektsson reflects : “There have been major changes in all corners, within and around the band. After a short but necessary hiatus and after months of silence, we return to the surface. Charged with new blood, epic tunes and new label partners we're eager to finally set this in existence and substance and strike from a, to KING OF ASGARD, new and different angle. We've had the most perfect years behind us with great support from fans and partners and I'm confident you all will catch us up and still find satisfactory within our creations. Thus :taudr: will mark the coming of a new chapter in the KING OF ASGARD story, even further down the epic darkness".

HAGBARD  released "Vortex to an Iron Age", their new album. TRACKLIST : 01. Intro 02. Never Call The Sage To Drink In Your Home 03. Bridge To A New Era 04. Iron Fleet Commander 05. Last Blazing Ashes 06. Death Dealer 07. Relic of the Damned 08. Inner Inquisition 09. Deviant Heathen 10. Shield Wall 11. Outro

Here comes the promised video for " Pictish Pride" song and this is signed  SUIDAKRA  :

August 12th,  EQUILIBRIUM  will release a new album entitled "Armageddon" under the flag of their label Nuclear Blast.  Guitarist, composer and lyricist René Berthiaume spent almost two years working on this new opus. The album was recorded, mixed and produced by René himself and will be mastered by Maor Appelbaum.  The result is rather dark, yet remains the bombast and folk elements of the previous records.

IRDORATH released their new album "Dreamcatcher" already available for streaming on Soundcloud . TRACKLIST : 01. Dreamcatcher 02. As Bas 03. Tam Nikto 04. Kryly 05. Dimna Juda 06. Wedding Theme 1 07. Wedding Theme 2 08. Tochka Otscheta 09. Byu Iost‘ Budu 10. Tango You can purchase this new record to Amazon .

The acoustic album "Forrás" signed  DALRIADA  is now released and available to  metalshop.hu . TRACKLIST : 01. Hej, virágom 02. Bor vitéz (részlet) 03. Ígéret 04. Hírhozó 05. Vérző ima 06. Hazatérés 07. A Galagonya 08. Úri toborzó 09. Szent László (részlet) 10. A dudás 11. Középeurópai Hobo Blues III 12. Hajdútánc 13. Téli ének 14. Bukott diák

I interviewed Velnias who founded ROMUVOS .  ROMUVOS was a one-man band but earlier, I announced via the social networks there is a complete line-up for the band now and so, we discussed about ROMUVOS band in this interview and their new album out now. 01. Hi Velnias! Back in 2013, you founded ROMUVOS project. How came the idea ?  The Baltic tradition is strongly seeded in my family, it was a matter of time till I will let it burst through my music, after participating in few metal bands and as a musician with many years of creation, I finally came to the point where I write the music that is in my veins and blood.  At that time I was interested in the Romuvan ways, and what a better representing idea for a folk metal music, which is mainly on the Baltic tradition, than the romuvan name and flag.

THY WORSHIPER unveiled the third track taken from the first CD of the upcoming double album " Klechdy " planned for May 25th.

French band UNREST FATALIST shared for streaming their new album " Rising Anger ". They plan to release their record around June 2016. Earlier, they had published the  official video for the last track of the full length.

Pirate metal band STORM SEEKER released their debut EP that is entitled "Pirate Scum". TRACKLIST :  01. Destined Course 02. Side by Side 03. Jack 04. The Longing 05. Chop The Head Off 06. Sail With Us You can purchase a physical copy of the record to  Aeterna records or digital to Amazon or Itunes . The songs are available for streaming on the youtube channel of the label.

AN THEOS band from Romania will release their debut album entitled "Semintia Daca" the 1st of october 2016. Here is the artwork together with the tracklist for that record : The band also shared the acoustic version for the song "Prin Viu Grai" taken from "Semintia Daca" :

NORTHSONG  unveiled the artwork and tracklisting for Winter's Dominion: 5th Anniversary planned to be released on June 24th : 01. Prelude 02. Mountains of Madness 03. Heathen War 04. Desperation 05. Winter's Dominion 06. Let Death Be Our Pride (Windrider Cover - Bonus) 07. Mountains of Madness (Original Demo - Bonus) 08. Northern Blood - Acoustic (Bonus) 09. Titan (Bonus) Follow the band to get preview videos for each track re-worked.

MILETH released “ Recolleita dos Demos que han de ser Esquecidos ” EP compilation under Darkwoods. You can order your copy to that link .

After 2 months working on the transition for bandpages to here, moving pictures, changing links in articles, and fixing the google issue with pictures while my sharing of music news was at the same time....  I'm happy to say that all bandpages are available under the new design on this site! I deleted some, and added new bands too.... The bands bio listed is over 500 pages and you can expect even more in the future. My next work consists to move the lyrics and their translations.

BOYANOV GIMN released a new album "Полуночный край" available on Google Play .

BRYMIR  released a new single entitled "The Rain" that is the tenth track of their forthcoming album " Slayer of Gods " that you can  pre-order  now. "The Rain" single is available on Spotify and Itunes . Release dates for "Slayer of Gods" album : - 25.05.2016: Japan - 03.06.2016: Finland + Worldwide

The debut album by CRONICA is entitled "Na tej ziemi". You can fund the album and help the band for the mixing and mastering of the record. This is the track listing : 01. Na tej ziemi 02. Wilk 03. Herr Manneling 04. Cronica 05. Śpiący rycerze 06. Herr Holger 07. Nawie 08. Idzie dysc 09. Tyr Sound :

Here is a first teaser for the double album entitled "Klechdy" signed THY WORSHIPER :

LOCATION :  Skellefteå, Sweden Status :  On hold Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Cia Hedmark : violin, vocals Daniel Fredriksson ( Folkearth ) : bass, fiddle, flute, harp Mattias "Matte" Marklund ( Vintersorg ) : guitars Vintersorg ( Vintersorg ): guitars, keyboards, vocals Fredrik Nilsson : drums Past members : Samuel Norberg : mouth harp Stefan Strömberg : guitars HISTORY : Otyg was formed with the intention of “celebrating” Scandinavian traditional music, it was one of the first bands mixing folk with metal and using folk instruments. A hiatus was after they released “Sagovindars Boning” album. They are inspired by Nordic folklore and mythology. RECORDINGS : Bergtagen, demo 1995 I Trollskogens Drömmande Mörker, demo 1996 Galdersång Till Bergfadern, demo 1997 Älvefärd, album 1998 Sagovindars Boning, album 1999 Live In Asten-Heudsen, live album 1999 Älvefärd/Sagovindars Boning, compilation 2008 WEBSITES : Facebook Bandcamp Contact : ...

Below is the artwork for " Songs of the Sun " EP :

LOCATION :  Oslo, Norway Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Fenriz : drums, vocals Satyr : guitars, bass, keyboards, vocals Kari Rueslåtten : vocals

" Slayer of Gods ", the new  BRYMIR  album to be released by May and June can be pre-ordered to the following link : -  Recordshopx.com -  Amazon.com -  Cdjapan.co.jp

TROLLORT unveiled the promised official video for the song "The Last Hunt" taken from their upcoming album 'Curse" :

DRAKWALD  released their second album entitled  "Riven Earth"  Find Erase by Fire official video and  trailers   on Sword Chant, for the record that can be ordered to that link . This is the tracklist : Thanks to the listeners who supported their crowd funding project for this album to see the daylight.