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ALVENRAD will release their album "Heer" on December 8th. This is the artwork :

KORPIKLAANI  released through Nuclear Blast a live cd/dvd/bluray at Masters of Rock 2014 & 2016. TRACKLIST : 2016: 01. Intro (Tanhuvaara) 02. A Man With A Plan 03. Journey Man 04. Pilli on pajusta tehty 05. Erämaan ärjyt 06. Lempo 07. Sahti 08. Ruumiinmultaa 09. Vaarinpolkka 10. Viima 11. Metsämies 12. Kultanainen 13. Kipumylly 14. Ämmänhauta 15. Rauta

Marcus Asplund Brattberg decided to leave his band. A new member to be revealed soon. "Dear fans and friends,  It is with much sadness that I, Marcus, have decided to leave Grimner.  I have done what I set out to do - to play at great venues, big festivals and to release albums. The touring life is something that I personally can never grow accustomed to, which is one of the reasons I am leaving. After 7 year. of both strife and joy, it is time for me to devote myself to other things. I will continue to play and record music, so you have not seen the last of me. I want to thank all of my fans for your endless support. I also want to thank my fiancée Hannah, my friends and my family for supporting my musical endeavors and for putting up with me going away and being the master of rain checks. There are countless others I would love to thank personally, but that would be difficult. Most of all though, I want to thank Ted, David, Kristoffer, Johan and Henry for p...

FOLK METAL JACKET  released their new album  "Eulogy For The Gentle Fools". Eulogy For The Gentle Fools by Folk Metal Jacket

MORMIEBEN  released their first full length " L'Armada En Chasse". CD version will be available to the end of the month. Edit - sept 30 : album now available in CD  here .  L'Armada En Chasse by Mormieben

HAEGEN  released their album "Immortal Lands" that you can get through Bandcamp .

Elvarhøi  shared the following song and comment :

Metal Blade records  now released  " Two Paths "  album signed  ENSIFERUM . TRACKLIST : 01. Ajattomasta Unesta 02. For Those About to Fight for Metal 03. Way of the Warrior 04. Two Paths 05. King of Storms 06. Feast with Valkyries 07. Don't You Say 08. I Will Never Kneel 09. God Is Dead 10. Hail to the Victor 11. Unettomaan Aikaan 12. God Is Dead (Alternative Version) 13. Don't You Say (Alternative Version)

ENSIFERUM  unveiled a new track titled " King of Storms", from their forthcoming album  " Two Paths ".

RUNAHILD shared a new song "Stjernefrø" taken from the second album to be released later this autumn.

SUN AND MOON DANCE  unveiled one new song taken from the upcoming album  "The Giver". The song is entitled "Lady Of The Slain" and available for free download. Lady Of The Slain by Sun and Moon Dance

The new album "Call of Battle" by  VARANG NORD  is out now. You can order to their label store . TRACKLIST :

DRAUGÛL  is currently working on the next record titled "Plagueweaver" that is a concept about the folk tale from Germanic lands "The Pied Piper of Hamelin". Heres one first track :

Both Alvenrad members joined Heidevolk founding member Joris van Gelre in :Nodfyr, and they are currently working on their debut EP set to be released in 7" vinyl and CD. With "In een andere tijd" currently at the pressing plant, I would like to share some information about this release with you.  As mentionend earlier, the EP will feature two songs. The first, "In een andere tijd" was initially composed by Niels, Irma and myself, and Jasper and Mark have added to the final version which can be heard on the EP. The lyrics are of a personal nature and describe the journey that shaped me and my vision of the path ahead of me at the time when :NODFYR: was created. 

Here's "Two of Spades" live at "On the Rocks" in Helsinki, Finland on October 28, 2016 and performed by  ENSIFERUM . Watch the entire live show on the DVD that comes with the CD version of  " Two Paths ".  Directed by Toni Salminen and edited by Vince Edwards. Camera operators: Toni Salminen and Timo Honkanen. Audio recording engineer: Aku Silennoinen. Audio mixed & mastered by A. Kippe at Astia-studio A Lappeenranta, Finland.

KOSMOGONIA is a folk metal band from Athens, Greece that was founded during 2015. They shared their first track titled "Triiris". Meanwhile, they are working on their debut album.

Seven Tales Of Swords & Ale album by ATORC is now released. Seven Tales Of Swords & Ale by Atorc

SKYCLAD  revealed their new video for the song "Starstruck?" taken from their album " Forward Into The Past ".

The band shared the following and nice news :

CLAIM THE THRONE  returns with that video above, for Mantra song that will be part of their new album "On Desolate Plains" to be released October 13th.

"To The Northern Seas" is an album by the Russian band SLEEPING WOODLAND and released through  Soundage productions . TRACKLIST : 01. Intro 02. To The Northern Seas 03. Drakkar 04. Brothers 05. Scald 06. Odin 07. Halmar 08. Sleepland 09. Before The Dawn 10. With Sword In Hand 11. Outro

HOK-KEY released under STF records , a new album titled "Kalasy Pad Siarpom". The band comments : "The new album "Kalasy Pad Siarpom" is the second part of the duology. The first part, “Znak Biady" tells about the life of the martyred, but unbroken and powerful people. In the second part, we move away from the common theme, and refer to the cultural heritage and to create a certain atmosphere through personal stories that more fully disclose Belarusian soul, view of the world, anxiety and dreams. Actually, it explains chosen album name as humanity is compared with the ears of wheat, over which the threat of a "sickle" hangs and no one knows when fate will begin its harvest...  The album kicks off with "Spoviedź z-pad šybienicy" - this is the life story of a famous Belarusian activist, freedom fighter - Kastus Kalinovsky. It is not so much a description of his private life, but the embodiment of the common destiny of all the wres...

CESAIR released their new album titled " Omphalos ". You can visit their website to get a copy.

ENSIFERUM  shared a new song   "Unettomaan Aikaan"  available on their forthcoming " Two Paths " album.