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GJELDRUNE unveiled "Prokliatije" song (The Curse) that is taken from their upcoming album " Pravdu za porog " (Truth Not Welcome). The band commented : This song was made by us even long before our first LP, so we think that showing you this song is the best way to start presenting you our new album! Recording, mixing, mastering - Sergey Lazar (ARKONA, CDM-Records)

ODRAEDIR unveiled the following lyrivs video for "Path of the Wolf" song taken from their upcoming album "Legends of the Dark Times".

VALHALORE will release their debut album "Voyage Into Eternity" on March 14th. You can pre-order the full length passing by their website . This is the artwork :  The band will be on tour in Australia during April. Look at the Sword Chant calendar for details.

March 7th will be released the first Runahild,( ELIWAGAR ) album entitles " Seidgaldr ". The record is already avaialble for pre-order . Heres a teaser and the tracklist :

Napalm records  released the new EX DEO album entitled "The Immortal Wars". TRACKLIST : 01 The Rise of Hannibal 02 Hispania (The Siege of Saguntum) 03 Crossing of the Alps 04 Suavetaurilia (Intermezzo) 05 Cato Major: Carthago delenda est! 06 Ad Victoriam (The Battle of Zama) 07 The Spoils of War 08 The Roman

TROLLFEST  now their new album "Helluva". Orders can be passing by EMP . TRACKLIST : 01. This is just the Intro 02. Professor Otto 03. Spelunking Sisters 04. Gigantic Cave 05. Steel Sarah [ video ] 06. Trollachen 07. Hen of Hades 08. Reiten mit ein Fisch 09. Fräulein H*lluva   [ video ] 10. Kabaret 11. La Grande Finale 12. What a good idea! Bonus-Songs (Digipak-Version) 13. Don Gnomo Vega 14. Спутник HELLUVA is available on following formats: - CD-Digipak inkl. H*lluva-Patch - Gold Vinyl incl. Poster (limited 100x) - Mint Vinyl incl. Poster (limited 100x) - Silver Vinyl incl. Poster (limited 100x) - Black Vinyl incl. Poster (limited 200x) - Download & Streaming

MONGOL  revealed one first track taken from the " Warrior Spirit " record settled to be released the April 29th. Warrior Spirit by Mongol

ETERKNIGHT band are currently working on their debut album "Forgotten Tales". Awaiting their crowdfunding campaign launched, they shared a video teaser within demos versions of that album coming soon.

MORMIEBEN  band plans to release a full length in digipack that is entitled " L'Armada en Chasse". The release settled for May 2017. The French band planned shows in their country Check out March month from the Sword Chant calendar for more details.

ITHILIEN band form Belgium released their new album "Shaping the Soul". The record is available to Aural Music and Itunes . TRACKLIST : 01 Blindfolded 02 Lies After Lies 03 Shaping the Soul 04 Walk Away 05 If Only 06 Emma 07 Edelweiss 08 Hopeless 09 The Dive 10 The Bear Dance The band on tour unveiled their official video :

Troll Music label unveiled a new track titled "Death And A New Sun" by  KING OF ASGARD  . The song will be par of the forthcoming album titled " Taudr ".

"We gladly present to you first single from our upcoming album currently in works. This track is some kind of bridge between our old and new sound. Album will be based on one of most popular medieval collection of songs "Cantigas de Santa María". It’s monophonic paraliturgical songs written in Galician-Portuguese (also known as Old Portuguese or Medieval Galician) in mensural notation. Cantigas were performed during church celebrations. Virgin Mary and all of her virtues and miracles are praised in those songs. Their stories are about life of Alfonso X El Sabio and his family, and local legends and tales. Big and small miracles are praised in cantigas such as: story how Virgin Mary defeated basilisk an dragon in Toledo, how she saved drunken monks sinking in the river near Salamanca, how she cured dying horse, punished thiefs, helped monks to get water against will of greedy knight and many more… The song what we present to you called "Como poden per sas cu...

TIN' SONTSYA published a new song "Закохані вогні" on Soundcloud.

This is  the video for Wiła ('Water Nymph') song by THY WORSHIPER taken from their latest record " Klechdy " out now.

Massacre records shared on their youtube channel the complete  WOLFCHANT  albums Determined Damnation (2009) and Call of the Black Winds (2011).

FOLCORE band from Belarus released their album entitled "Haeresis". Orders can be through their label . TRACKLIST : 01. Desperation 02. The Path To The Stars 03. The Haunted Universe 04. Clouds 05. I Was Dancing 06. Mankurt 07. The Sun Shines For Us

Below is the music video for "Dream of Might" song by WINTERHYMN. The track is available on “ Blood & Shadow ” album out now.

The debut album by FORSAKEN RITE is entitled "The Northern Saga" and planned for summer 2017. This is the artwork :

MONGOL  band are currently working on one upcoming maxi single 'Warrior Spirit". Below are details while the release date remains unknown. TRACKLIST : 01. The Mountain Weeps 02. River Child 03. Warband

INCURSED band who launched a crowdfunding campaign ,  revealed the artwork for their next album titled "Amalur".

Early this year was released " Promised Land " album by  VALFREYA . Now, the band unveiled the full content - available here as well.

The new EX DEO album “ The Immortal Wars ” can be pre-ordered to Napalm records . The band also released a video for "The Roman" track taken from that album but since Sword Chant is not L. Flynt zine, that video won't be shared here.

"Camera Obscura" is the new released album signed TEUFELSTANZ. Camera Obscura by Teufelstanz

  WOLFCHANT  published a new lyrics video for their song "Wolfchant (A Wolf To Man)" taken from " Bloodwinter " album out now.

NORRSINNT released a new song "Kraftpunkt" available as  pagan ritual version and metal versions.

TROLLFEST unveiled the following lyrics/cartoon video for "Fräulein Helluva" song taken from " Helluva " album coming out February 24th.

Runahild, founder of the band  ELIWAGAR , will release one first album under her artist name due to new path with her life. The full length is entitled "Seidgaldr". She said : The title translates to "seid" which is an ancient form of sorcery in the Norse society and "galdr" which can translate to the word incantation/spell.  One of my inspiration for creating this album was to try to recreate the kind of atmosphere and sounds that I sometimes experience when sitting in a circle among people, drumming and singing together. It always amazes me how we can harmonize to each other naturally, even though not everyone has experience with singing, drumming or music and not everyone necessarily know each other... but yet magic is here in those moments when all connect to one an other and let the energies flow freely. Some of the songs are actually based on improvisation, for instance recording different vocals without hearing the previous lines already reco...

GJELDRUNE revealed the artwork for their third record entitled "Pravdu za porog".

Here comes the first  ATLAS PAIN  video for one song taken from their forthcoming album " What The Oak Left ". The song title is "The Counter Dance".

SKYCLAD  announced a new album coming soon : Newcastle Upon Tyne’s very own SKYCLAD announce the release of their upcoming and 13th studio album entitled ‘Forward Into The Past’ following their previous full length ‘In the… All together’ released in 2009. ‘Forward Into The Past’ also marks the return of guitarist Dave Pugh to SKYCLAD’s line-up as a permanent member.  Since their inception, SKYCLAD have created songs out of a highly  original and influential sound mixing heavy metal and traditional folk. Their lyrics have been generally permeated by political, social and environmental matters and the new album seems to be no exception as vocalist Kevin Ridley comments: «The songs are about politics, the environment and the music business and so on. These are mixed with the standard Skyclad fayre of traditional bawdy/drinking type of songs and songs with blues and more ‘ethnic’ feels.»

VARANG NORD  made a video for the song  Ziemeļvīri  (Northmen)   taken from their recent maxi single    " Call of Battle ".

Black pagan metallers released their new album "Trümmerfarben" that is avaialble to the webshop of the band. TRACKLIST : 01. Intro - Aetas Nova 02. Trümmerfarben 03. Waheelas Fährte 04. Lodernd Flammen 05. Die Klagen der Einöde 06. Verblasst 07. In Stille wachen die Toten 08. Im Herbst trugen sie mich fort 09. Outro - Vale

Out now, the new record "Fimbulvinter" signed NYTT LAND is available to this page .

Cold Spring released the debut album " Le Mal Des Ardents " by LA BREICHE. You can get a copy to the label page . TRACKLIST : 01. Le Mal Des Ardents (4:38) 02. La Nef Des Fous (6:46) 03. Apôtres Du Chaos (1:53) 04. Froide Lune (5:46) 05. Enfers (8:04) 06. L’Oracle Du Soleil (3:37) 07. L’Antre Du Pesteux (7:13)

THE MOON AND THE NIGHTSPIRIT will release a new album entitled "Metanoia", out on March 17, 2017. "Az Elsö Tündér Megidézése" is the first song unveiled from that forthcoming album.

OUBÉRET made a video for "Notr' Musicien" (Our Musician) taken from their album "But Alors, You Are Celte?" available here or Itunes .

NORRSINNT unveiled a new song "Förkunnelse" (Promulgation) that you can download through bandcamp. Förkunnelse by Norrsinnt

TROIN (Троин) band's infl. goes from  TROLL BENDS FIR  to  IN EXTREMO  and the Russian band is going to release soon, their album ‘S drugoy Storony Zeml’ (On the Other Side of the Earth) under Soundage productions. Guest appearance' Sergei "Lazar " is on the record.

NYTT LAND will release Fimbulvinter album the February 6th, 2017, under Cold Spring. The first part of the full length is dedicated to the creation of the world and people, embodying the warm seasons. The second half to winter, the death of all living things.

WARSEID band now released their debut album entitled " A New Land To Find " available at Bandcamp : A New Land to Find by Warseid

French band INFINITYUM released their debut album titled "Lord of the Infinite". TRACKLIST : 01. The Beginning Of A New Story 02. Once Upon A Legend 03. Ready For The Battle 04. Live To Fight 05. Corrupt Kingdoms 06. The Mysterious Woods 07. Brothers Of Drink 08. Holy Warrior 09. Reborn In The Fire 10. Darkest Era SAMPLES :

"YEMAYA" is the album title by TOTER FISCH planned to be released in March 2017. TRACKLIST : 01.  Prologue 02.  Rise the Black Flag 03.  Back to Nassau 04.  Another Sunset 05.  Waiting for the End 06.  Maelstrum 07.  The Legend (feat HK) 08.  Mami Wata (feat Jen Nyx) 09.  Cursed 10.  The Undead Crew 11.  Dancing in the Fog 12.  Epilogue (feat HK) SOUND :