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Find below one teaser for the new SKÁLMÖLD album " Vögguvísur Yggdrasils " available for pre-order .

EQUILIBRIUM  revealed a new song " Born To Be Epic"  taken from their forthcoming  Armageddon  album. 

EVENTIDE released an EP available for streaming on youtube. The record is entitled "Racconti del crepuscolo" and deals with nature, myths and legends such as king Arthur on " Brume " track or "Daedalus and Icarus" ("Essere Icaro" song). "Autunno" ("Autumn") is about a man who realizes that he's facing death, so he undertakes a long journey into the comprehension of his life and his fragility.

LOU QUINSE  are currently recording their second album. The record is entitled "Lo Sabbat".

“Marysia” is a new song taken from the upcoming album “Strzyga” by  PERCIVAL SCHUTTENBACH . Awaiting the record planned while autumn, the band made a music video for that song :

NYTT LAND' side project YLANDE released  Дорога домой album available here : Дорога домой by Ylande

ATAVICUS  released a new and limited edition single hand numbered. Heres one of the two songs "L'Ardire Degli Avi" extract from their forthcoming album. TRACKLIST : 1.L'Ardire Degli Avi (Promo Edit) 2.L'Aquila e il Falco (Pooh Cover) Contact the band to get your copy (3€ + shipping).

RAPALJE shared onto their website their full DVD 2008 for streaming.

ARTE TV shared the full  ELUVEITIE  show at Paleo Festival 2016, Nyion, CH. The video is available to that link .

" I Vølven's Vev " album by  ELIWAGAR  is now released. You can get it vinyl passing by Bandcamp, and digital at Cdbaby .

Here comes one interview with   Artiom from  YOMI . We discussed about the past and future of the band. 01. Hi Artiom! Back in 2013, the Japanese Folk Metal band from Latvia, YOMI, was born. How did this project come to life ? Hello ! In a way, the band had started quite a while ago, some 7 years ago. I have always been interested in Asian cultures, Japanese especially, and when 7 years ago I started playing music and discovered folk metal, I almost immediately thought that it would be cool to combine folk metal with Japanese traditional melodies. I also tried to actually do that, but did not succeed due to the lack of musical experience, and abandoned the idea for a while. Around 2013 my previous band fell apart and I also moved to another city, so I thought that maybe it was a good time to start something new. And this is when I remembered that I had had this Japanese folk metal idea in the past, and finally decided to make it come true. So I started looking for...

Here is a very first Snippet of our upcoming CD MIDGARD. Sonnenreigen (Lughnasad) is a song about the celtic summer celebration "Lughnasad" and about the turning wheel of the year. Here is another snippet of a song of our upcoming CD "MIDGARD". It was a great honour for us, to work here together with Wardruna from Norway. Like only a very few other bands Wardruna spezialised in the Viking tradition and the meaning of the runes. Many of you might now them as the co-composer of the soundtrack for the TV series "Vikings". In our song we are telling the story how Odin was hanging nine days at Ygggdrasil to receive the runes. Later in the song Wardruna sing one of the most central parts of the Edda, where Odin speaks directly to the reader about the right usage of the runemagic.

The new album "Cube of Infinity" by WINTERSTORM is now available for pre-order to the following links : -  http://amzn.to/290ulvi -  http://www.emp.de/art_338846 TRACKLIST : 01. Infectious 02. Pacts Of Blood And Might 03. In Clarity 04. Secrets And Lies 05. Effects Of Being 06. Through The Storm 07. Cube Of Infinity 08. Frozen Awakening 09. Timeshift 10. Hymn Of Solitude

LOCATION :  Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany Status :  On hold Music :  Black Pagan MEMBERS : Jesco : guitar Floris : guitar André : drums, keyboards Carsten : bass, acoustic guitar Stefan : vocals HISTORY : Vike Tare was founded at the Frisian North Sea coast in 2003. One year later the band autonomously recorded their debut “The Tide of Revelation”, which was released in 2005. After numerous concerts in northern Germany, the band was put on hold in 2008 due to time constraints. At this point, material for a second album had already been almost completed. In 2013, the band reunited to finalize and record the yet unreleased songs. The result was Vike Tare's second album “Feed the Flames”, released in 2016. Currently, the band is put on hold once again, the members are musically active in other projects. Vike Tare describe their music as Frisian Pagan Black Metal which is influenced by the rather melodic approach of Black-/Death-Metal as played by Swe...

SVIRNATH released their debut album "Il Regno della Natura" under Naturmacht Productions . <a href="http://svirnath.bandcamp.com/album/il-regno-della-natura">Il Regno della Natura by Svirnath</a>

Motvind, the debut album by NIFROST is now available to this page  and bandcamp : Motvind by Nifrost

I interviewed Jeff, founder of the event named « Pocono Folk Metal Fest » taking place to the USA. 01. Hi, Jeff ! So, you founded the « Pocono Folk Metal Fest ». How came the idea ?  HI Krissy !! Well I will try to keep it brief (haha). In January or early February of 2015, I saw that the Paganfest tour was not coming to the US for one reason or another and I was extremely upset by it. So I thought to myself « Could I possibly put together a show similar to it with acts/friends of mine ? » I started by posting on websites and groups to gauge interest and had numerous bands wanting to play and the rest is , as they say, history. I named it « Pocono Folk Metal Fest » since I live in an area near the Pocono  Mountains in Pennsylvania….is there anything more metal than mountains ?? It is officially called « Pocono Folk/Pagan/Viking Metal Fest » and just shortened to Pocono Folk Metal Fest or PFMF.

Windfaerer, Wolf Cloak and Dumal bands released a split together. You can get it on bandcamp. Coniuratio Nigrum Atlantika by Windfaerer

ACCURSED YEARS released their EP entitled "Fall of Frost" on Bandcamp where it is available for free download. TRACKLIST : 01. Changeling 02. Fall of Frost 03. Oaken Weave 04. Homeland

The  FIMBULTYR  second album " Niddikter" is out now and can be purchased through Amazon in CD and digital . TRACKLIST: 01. Oförgätlig Erinran 02. Bergtagen av Sorg 03. Lindisfarne 04. Själaberövad 05. Balders Död 06. Av Resen Snärjd 07. Såda Hels Arme 08. Hedningens Tid

E-AN-NA are currently working on their debut EP "Jiana" planned for September. Five tracks complete the extended play : 01. Înşivă 02. Hora pe Furate 03. Jiana (EP version) 04. Şivoi 05. Codru

SKÁLMÖLD  will release a new album by September 30th. The full length is entitled "Vögguvísur Yggdrasils" (Lullabies Of Yggdrasil),  and holds 9 lullabies, one from each of the Nine Worlds of the heathen cosmology , the band added. TRACKLIST : 01. Múspell 02. Niflheimur 03. Niðavellir 04. Miðgarður 05. Útgarður 06. Álfheimur 07. Ásgarður 08. Helheimur 09. Vanaheimur LTD Edition Bonus CD track listing : 10. Drink (Alestorm Cover) 11. Inní mér syngur vitleysingur (Sigur Rós Cover) 12. Nattfödd (Finntroll Cover) 13. Lazer Eyes (Thor Cover) 14. Helreið afa 15. Upprisa (Live) 16. Hefnd (Live) 17. Dauði (Live) A very special split 7“ single will be available featuring the Alestorm cover version of “Drink”, as well as the Skálmöld cover “Kvaðning” by  ALESTORM . SKÁLMÖLD will be on European tour from the end of October 2016, together with Korpiklaani and Moonsorrow. Check out the Live Events page of Sword Chant for more details.

September 2nd, 2016 marks the release date for the forthcoming  SURTURS LOHE  album  that is entitled "Seelenheim" and means "Home of souls". TRACKLIST : 01. Der Kaiser im Berg 02. Lohe Surt 03. Seelenheim 04. Unter der Linden 05. Gotengrab 06. Sumar Kehre Heim 07. Schwertleite 08. Schildwacht This fourth full length celebrates the 20th anniversary of the band.

Einheit Produktionen revealed  one re-recorded version of the FIMBULVET song "Wälderritt" taken from " Heidenherz " album coming soon. This song is part of "Ewiger Winter" album at origins.

THUNDARKMA band from Colombia released a video for the tracks "Quyhyna" & "Chihicha", taken from their debut album "Tiempo de morir" (time to die) out in 2014.

SURTURS LOHE will release a new album entitled "Seelenheim" on September 2nd, under Einheit Produktionen. Below is the first song unveiled. "Sumar kehre Heim" deals with seasons, and Summer for the main.

Before to release their full length planned for next year,  HIDDENLAND  have chosen to release one EP titled "Fuego en el Alma". These tracks complete the record and will feat. re-recorded on the upcoming album : 01. Fuego en el Alma (Intro Pasillo) 02. Promesa 03. Abaddona You can get Fuego en el Alma EP here .

VARANG NORD  band I interviewed lately, released a new music video. You know, lyrics of this music we love are more about history tribute, nature or mythology than pure battles or drinks... I would like to express my condoleances to the French and German victims of the recent and insane attacks again. This song by VARANG NORD is  inspired by the attack on Lindisfarne, and depicts the approach of raiders .

This year, Chilean band  GRIMTOTEM will release a new single. This is the tracklist : 01: Kütral 02: Invunche Teaser :

EMIAN released a new album entitled "Khymeia".  You can listen, and order "Khymeia" album passing by bandcamp. Khymeia by EMIAN PaganFolk

FIRTAN  published the following: Here 's our new official live video captured at Out & Loud Festival! We want to take the opportunity to announce that Firtan is complete again and to present our new Drummer David! His skills will take our new songs to the next level and we're really looking forward to present you our new work together. Hope you like it and it would be great if you could share the news!

September 2nd, German band FIMBULVET will reissue two albums "Ewiger Winter“ and "Der Ruf in goldene Hallen“ together with four unreleased bonus tracks. The whole, in a digi entitled "Heidenherz". TRACKLIST : CD-1 01. Heer der Ewigkeit 02. Thronend 03. Sonnenuntergang 04. Schlacht im Schnee 05. Verschneite Welt 06. Walvaters Pfand 07. Der Raben Raunen 08. Wälderritt

I interviewed Khurr from the band  VARANG NORD . 01. Hi, Khurr! VARANG NORD has seen the day light from the ashes of the BALAGURI band. What means the name and the band for you ? Hello! For us, the name Varang Nord signifies that transition from the former band and all the characteristics we want to put in our music. It's harsh, it's wintry, it's northern and it's warlike. Moreover, if the name Balaguri suggested closer ties to the Slavic culture, Varang Nord actually broadens this, because we wanted not only to make our music more serious and heavy, but also sing about the whole northern/north-eastern and bit of central Europe.  02. BALAGURI did not work… What problem have you met there ?  Many members of the band were pretty young at that time, and, you know, still trying to find themselves. People change, plans change, ideas change, and not always it is possible to maintain a band with all these changes around.

SCYTHIA ,  who recently released " Lineage " album, gives you the opportunity to get three tracks for free download. Jump to this link to download them.

FAUN  said the following details regarding their new album " Midgard " coming out this August 19th, 2016 : At friday the 19th of august 2016 we will release our new CD "MIDGARD".  "MIDGARD" will be a musical journey into the north. Into the myths and the world of the vikings and the northern celts. We will sing about Alswinn, the sky horse, about nights in enchanted birch forests, about sun celebrations, ravens, foxes and about Odin himself. With the help of great guest musicians and an elaborate illustrated booklett MIDGARD will be released in two editions :  - Standard edition (in a jewel case, with 11songs & 24 pages booklet)  - Limited deluxe edition (in a digipack with 15 songs & 28 pages booklett). We could not be more proud about a CD. MIDGARD became a very magical & archaic journey into the north. Very soon we will release the first snippets. You can already preorder MIDGARD here :

THITEENTH TAMBOURINE (Тринадцатый Бубен) band from Ukraine released their album "Marsh Madness" in digital and CD . TRACKLIST : 01. Драпа (Drapa) 02. Болотный угар (Marsh Madness) 03. Жива (Alive) 04. Два солнца (Two Suns) 05. Заговор (Spell) 06. Речи мертвых (Speech of the Dead) 07. В обрывке камлания (In Scraps of the Rite) 08. Волколак (Werewolf) 09. Сквозь туман (Through the Mist)

The new EP Slova Ziamli by ZNICH is out now. Worldwide shipping is by September. TRACKLIST : 01. Голас 02. Слова зямли 03. Зорка 04. Паясы 05. дунаю

FEUERSCHWANZ will  release a new album August 19th, 2016. The record entitled "Sex Is Muss" can be pre-ordered through Amazon . TRACKLIST :   01. Ketzerei   02. Krieger des Mets   03. Sex is Muss   04. Ein Schelm, wer Böses dabei denkt   05. Taugenix   06. Hexenjagd   07. Ringelpietz   08. Nachtlied   09. Moralisch (höchst verwerflich)   10. Teufel   11. Es wollt ein Bauer früh aufstehn   12. Ruderboot

  ASENBLUT  unveiled music and lyrics for their new single titled "Drachenborn". The track is taken from their album " Berserker ", to be released August 19th and available for pre-order . This song "Drachenborn" can be purchased at Itunes .

YOMI  unveiled a new song on youtube. The track title is "All is Void" and it will be part of their upcoming album "Genpei", which will be out in summer/autumn 2016..

Finally some news regarding The Serpent's Kiss, album title known here since the forum era.. This record by  SERPENTYNE  is planned for September 2016. Heres the artwork :

The FORTID Demo Sessions is now available on bandcamp. Find a brand new track called Illt skal með illu gjalda and a cover of the early Enslaved. The Demo Sessions by Fortid

"Legacy Of Blood", the new album signed SKILTRON will be released September 30th as a ltd Digipack incl. Bonus song, jewelcase and Digital. TRACKLIST : 01 Highland Blood 02 Hate Of My Life 03 Commited To The Call 04 Sailing Under False Flags 05 The Taste Of Victory 06 Rise From Any Grave 07 Sawney Bean Clan 08 All Men Die 09 I'm Coming Home (ltd. Digi Bonus)

SVIRNATH is a Black Pagan metal band that deals with Nature. July 23rd will be released the debut album entitled "Il Regno della Natura" by the one-man band from Italy. Have a listen on Bandcamp : <a href="http://svirnath.bandcamp.com/album/il-regno-della-natura">Il Regno della Natura by Svirnath</a>

ACCURSED YEARS unveiled "Fall of Frost" song taken from their  new EP that will be out the 22/7/16.

The Pagan Black Metal band KRAJINY HMLY from Slovakia released their debut album entitled "Na Konci Ciest" that means "At the Journey's End". The record deals with Slavic nature, darkness and goddess Morana. Contact the label to order a copy of the full length. The price is £9 (P&P included), payable by PayPal. Alternative forms of payment can be. TRACKLIST : 01. V reťaziach spútané naveky 02. Do hlbín spánku zabudnutia 03. Pustina 04. Cesta do temnoty ukrytej za hviezdami 05. Vo víchre času 06. Plameň už tíchne

The new album  "Meisterstich" by  IGNIS FATUU is now released in ltd digibook, cd and digital   under the label Trollzorn .  TRACKLIST : 01. Die vier Reiter der Apokalypse c. 1497 [ sound ] 02. Nemesis c. 1501 03. Ritter, Tod und Teufel 1513 04. Rhinocerus 1515 05. Der Liebestraum des Doktors c. 1498 06. Satyr und Nymphe 1505 07. Die wunderbare Sau von Landser 1496 08. Melencolia I 1514 09. Adam und Eva 1504 10. Das Meerwunder c. 1498 11. Sternenfall (Die Eröffnung des sechsten Siegels) c. 1497 12. Der Dudelsackspieler 1514 13. Der hl. Hieronymus im Gehäus 1514

NINE TREASURES  published their very first music video that is designed for their new single "Wisdom Eyes".

Frisian Pagan Black Metal band VIKE TARE will release their album "Feed The Flames" by September 2nd, 2016. The title of the album as well as the band's name are linked to the old pagan custom Biikebrennen, an annual celebration held on February 21 in North Frisia ; celebration to Weda (one of the two Frisian war gods, often equated with Odin. The expulsion of evil spirits, protection of the seeds on the fields or fishermen's and whalers’ pleas for safe passage on the sea might be possible interpretations. During the celebration, bundles of straw or straw dolls (so called Petermännchen) are burned in a fire (Biike). TRACKLIST : 01. Feed the Flames (About One Who Wouldn't 0Obey) 02. Phobos Anomaly 03. Trutz, blanke Hans! 04. Die späte Rückkehr (Die Geschichte von Nis Randers) 05. Like a Silent Hill 06. Rebirth Denied 07. Der Fischer 08. Heimgang

" Schreib es mit Blut " by  TANZWUT is out now. You can purchase to EMP .

August 8th,  TENGGER CAVALRY  will release a new single entitled " The Struggle". Preview and pre-order : The Struggle (single) by Tengger Cavalry

Named as "EP" because four new tracks inside - I guess - The upcoming  FINSTERFORST  record “#YØLØ” is actually a full length within additional cover songs. Release date's settled for September 16th. TRACKLIST : 01. Bottle Gods 02. Auf die Zwölf 03. ‪#‎YØLØ‬ 04. Hangover 05. Wrecking Ball 06. Beat It 07. Der durch die Scheibeboxxxer 08. Flasche leer 09. Das Schlimmste ist, wenn das Bier alle ist 10. Wild Rover

ALESTORM 's label streaming  Live At The End Of The World DVD ( 2013 )  through their channel. Enjoy here : You can get a copy of the DVD to that link .

NORRSINNT is a solo project by Mathias Gyllengahm from  UTMARKEN . He unveiled his first real track "Vägen" (The path) to Sword Chant. You can support this project buying the track here .

Find here the full show by  DRENAÏ  at  Hörnerfest 2016 : Setlist :

Today,  KAMPFAR  unveiled their new video for "Tornekratt" song taken from their new album " Profan " out now.

The new  ELIWAGAR  album "I Vølven's Vev" will be released in vinyl under Merlin Nose Records on July 25th, 2016 and the digipack version will follow (under Nordafolk Records). Runahild shared some words about this record :

As you know,  TRIDDANA  launched a campaign to fund the making of their upcoming acoustic album. Today, the artwork revealed : Tracks from " Ripe for Rebellion" and "The Power And The Will"  albums  will recover Twelves Acoustic Pieces ,  acoustic version.

The first full length by WARSEID is entitled "A New Land To Find". This is the artwork signed Kogaion Art together with the tracklist : TRACKLIST : 01. All Men Are Mortal 02. Dragons In The Mist 03. Between Shadows 04. In Themselves They Believed 05. When The Ravens Are Fed 06. The Winds Sang Of Death 07. Damnation The record is planned to be release in 2016.

LOCATION :  Chicago, IL, USA Status :  On hold Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Boatswain Bill : bass, vocals The Red Lady Sophia : keyboards, flute, piccolo, vocals Crewhand Nubby : drums Past members : Captain Bloodboodts : lead vocals, guitars Shitfaced The Dead : guitars, backing vocals Lady Lishoo : rhythm guitars, backing vocals Red Beard The Ancient : drums Blackbeard O'sinski : drums Bautista The Dreadful : rhythm guitars HISTORY : The band founded in 2011 by Captain Bloodboodts and Shitfaced the Dead.  After years and multiple crewmates under their black flag they secured a strong line-up in 2013. RECORDINGS : The Bloodiest Victory, demo 2011 Promo 2014 Smuggling Lords, split 2015 Loaded to the Gunwales, album 2016  [  details  ] WEBSITES : Lordsofthedrunkenpiratecrew.us Facebook Contact :   linkj420@gmail.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

LOCATION :  Verona, Italy Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Francesco Venturini : guitar Pietro Darrell Rizzardi : guitar, vocals Andrea Berti : bass Siddarth Zanoni : drums Elena Tilihoiu : guitar Past members : Alberto : bass Mirko Saitz : vocals HISTORY : Francesco Venturini founded the band while september 2012. Pietro and Alberto firstly joined, followed by Mirko and Siddarth and then, Alberto is replaced by Andrea on bass. RECORDINGS : Power and Vengeance, album 2020 WEBSITES : Facebook Youtube Instagram Contact :   ras.nir@yahoo.com Find more information on Sword Chant : - Band news

"Fall of Frost" is the title for the ACCURSED YEARS EP  coming soon. TRACKLIST : 01. Changeling 02. Fall of Frost 03. Oaken Weave 04. Homeland

BARBAR' O' RHUM now released their debut album  "Toutes les routes mènent au Rhum".  You can order a copy here . TRACKLIST : 01. Bienvenue à B'O'R 02. Cœur de l'Océan 03. La République Pirate 04. Notre Terre 05. Fille de Joie, Gourgandine 06. Le Trésor Maudit de Barbe-Noire 07. La Danse du Gibet 08. La Véritable Histoire du Capitaine Crochet 09. Le Hollandais Volant 10. Dernière Bataille 11. La Gigue du Pêcheur Pendu