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Dear reader, That article is probably the last one... Indeed, I tried everything to keep you up to date regarding music we love but you know my issue with Music news I can't see... Nowadays, bands newsletter seems dead for the main & everyone uses facebook sharing their news... There's twitter you may say, but not everyone use to it in real... so, i stopped to watch there longtime ago... Today is like you have to guess who is able to send email, newsletter and who's using twitter and co...impossible thing... For many times, I told the bands to send me email for big news or to share them in the submit news group created on facebook but the 3/4 don't despite their "Yes, will do". Sorry. That's reality.. The reason doesn't matter - Sword Chant is not the centre of the world but we are not many websites to support Folk Metal and yet, I warned for many times. Today, I can't check each page to know if theres news o...

The band released a new video for "Hagakure's Way" song taken from  Tales Of A Pathfinder album.

NORRSINNT unveiled its new single titled "Disarfull" taht you can hear here : Disarfull by Norrsinnt

The band from Latvia unveiled one new track and video titled "Stuojīs", taken from their upcoming album "Pārķuņa uomurs". More details related with the new release will be later on.

I interviewed  E-AN-NA who recently released their debut album titled " Nesfârşite ". 01. Welcome E-an-na ! First of all, what is the meaning of the band name ? It literally means « The home of the skies » in ancient summerian. It is a whole new, separate world that we’ve created to escape this one. Every soul is welcome. 02. The band started as a studio project back in 2014 and became a full line-up band ready for shows…. How and when did it happen exactly ? The songs we started putting out at the beginning received more attention & positive feedback than we would’ve ever expected. People started requesting shows a lot, and as a consequence, 2016 was our first busy year. 03. So, E-an-na is one of those bands which started to be famous, thanks to Youtube and internet, right ? I think so, yes. We were very fortunate in this regard. 04. How did you feel in that time ? Like not having a clue what we’re doing. We didn’t have any plans back th...

Five years after "Bellum Aeternum Est" album, FRIJGARD returns with a new one titled "Chapter Zero". Chapter Zero by Frijgard

BALDRS DRAUMAR  unveiled the artwork for Magnus album. Here are the complete details related. The record will be released November 23, 2019. TRACKLIST : 01. Friso 02. Toh Alden Fahne 03. Of Slogma Tha Saxum 04. Ferbline, Ferballe 05. De Poarten fan Rome 06. Frij 07. Upstallesbâm 08. Magnus Forteman 09. Eala Frya Fresena

LOCATION : Sibiu, Romania Status : Active Music : Changed style MEMBERS : Andrei „Solomonar” Oltean : Vocals, Recorder, Bagpipes, Accordion, Jaw Harp Ovidiu „Cio” Ban : Guitar Dragoş Geomolean : Bass Paul Bucătaru : Drums Roxana Amărandi : Vocals, Violin Ioana Popescu : Keyboard Andrei Piper : Guitar Past members : Dragoş Berţia : Bass Alex Giurgeca : Guitar Edwin Marc : Accordion, Vocals HISTORY : E-AN-NA started in 2014 as a studio project of Solomonar and Ovidiu, but quickly gained popularity and then, it turned into a live band. From March 2016, the band gets high anticipated live appearances. By this time, E-an-na’s confirmed to play all major romanian metal festivals, and also the Kavarna Rock Fest, in Bulgaria. They release their first EP “Jiana” back in 2016 and the bands official YouTube channel surpasses one million singular views during the next year. Since then, they made numerous festivals and won the second place at Wacken Open Air in 2017, playing...

SAKRAMANT  released a new single titled "Zlydzień" that you can purchase on Bandcamp.    

July 31st, 2019 will be the new LORD WIND album that is entitled "The Forest Is My Kingdom". TRACKLIST : 01. Chants on the forgotten palace 02. Severnyj veter 03. Leshy 04. Czarny kruk 05. Królowa Śniegu 06. Oj moroz moroz 07. Drzewo Przodków 08. Pagantiga 09. Rusalki 10. Cult of Seth 11. Herr Mannelig

BATTLE TALES released Lè Lèjande dè vêr no EP. Lè Lèjande dè vêr no by Battle Tales

BELENOS  unleashed the track listing for " Argoat" album set to be released September 20th, 2019. 01. Karvden 02. Bleizken 03. Argoat 04. Nozweler 05. Huelgoat 06. Dishualder 07. Duadenn 08. Steuziadur 09. Arvestal

August 2nd, Napalm Records will release "Zerfall" album by FINSTERFORST . TRACKLIST : 01  Wut    02  Zerfall    03  Fluch des Seins  04  Weltenbrand  05  Ecce Homo Two videos are yet available :

The KULTASIIPI new release is entitled "Mahtaja" and this is planned for August 30th, 2019. TRACKLIST : 01. Noidan Synty 02. Mahtaja 03. Tuulispää 04. Tuulen Sanat 05. Tuulen Vire 06. Taivas on sininen ja valkoinen 07. Ennen Sotaa 08. Sotalaulu 09. Soturin Sanat 10. Väliintulo 11. Hiihtäjä 12. Tod auf Skiern 13. Tulipalo 14. Metsänpalosanat 15. Loppusanat

SVARTBY  will release their 5th album titled "Big Boss"  for late Summer  TRACKLIST : 01. Magic Gumbo 02. Rails and Guns 03. Goblin Malt 04. Deadly Tango 05. Tommy Guns 06. Big Boss 07. Hangover

CELTIAN, a band from Madrid, Spain, released "En Tierra de Hadas" album that you can purchase to this link . TRACKLIST : 1 La Llegada del Druida 2 La Musa del Bosque 3 Tu Hechizo 4 Niamh 5 El Solsticio de Driade 6 Mirada de Fuego 7 En Tierra de Hadas (feat. Patricia Tapia) 8 El Sueño de Deirdre (feat. Ruben Kelsen & Debler) 9 El Mar Sabe Tu Nombre

EQUILIBRIUM  will release their new album "Renegades" on August 23rd, 2019. This is the new video of the band : The record can be preordered through Nuclear Blast . TRACKLIST : CD 1: 01. Renegades – A Lost Generation 02. Tornado 03. Himmel und Feuer 04. Path of Destiny (feat. The Butcher Sisters) 05. Moonlight 06. Kawaakari – The Periphery of the Mind 07. Johnny B. (bonus) 08. Final Tear 09. Hype Train (feat. Julie Elven) 10. Rise of the Phoenix CD 2: 01. Renegades – A Lost Generation 02. Tornado 03. Himmel und Feuer 04. Path of Destiny 05. Moonlight 06. Kawaakari – The Periphery of the Mind 07. Final Tear 08. Hype Train 09. Rise of the Phoenix

BALT HUTTAR unleashed their new video for "Khriighenacht" song available on their album " Trinkh Met Miar " released last year.

GOFANNON released "Craft" album and made a video for the third track of the record. Craft by Gofannon

BAUMBART unveiled the very first video of the band, shot for "Stýr" song taken from " Return Home " EP yet available.  

"Salvej" is the new and 5th album by BARBARIAN PIPE BAND and it is available on Bandcamp. Have a listen : Salvej by Barbarian Pipe Band

July 19, 2019, E-AN-NA will release their debut album titled "Nesfârşite". TRACKLIST 01. Viu 02. Aer 03. Fiecare gest al nostru (feat. Robert Cotoros) 04. Epitaf 05. Pielea 06. Pânda 07. Frica 08. Zadar (feat. Daniel Neagoe) 09. Izbândă şi a râvni 10. Apele îngheţate 11. iO.tă 12. În frânt (feat. Michalina Malisz & Archy Jay) 13. Mashiara (feat. Daniel Neagoe) They unveiled their new video for the 10th track of the album available for preorder  :

Nature "张天然" Ganganbaigal was a brillant and talended artist, with his band Tengger Cavalry , with the  NYU orchestra ... He was also a nice film and video game music composer .  I had honour to interview him back in 2015 but today, I learn he passed away on June 13th, 2019. That's with heavy heart I share the sad news. . Today, Patrick Reilly guitar player of the band, told the following to Metal Sucks zine : “we grew suspicious when he did not show up for a pre-show rehearsal last weekend. We also had a video shoot scheduled, so for him to miss that was a cause for suspicion.” The band “had been collaborating with friends of his in Austin since that time.” Today, authorities informed the band that they found Nature’s body on June 13. The band stated : “it is with deep sadness and shock that we must share the news that Nature has passed away. Nature’s greatest goal in life was the unite people of all backgrounds through community and through music. He...

I apologize for silence for a month. I was tired and then had to work on my other website that you can see now if you click on my name... but its a French site about serious games... Very different from here 😏 In the meantime, I thought to Sword Chant, its community and the sharing of the news. The world is changing It started with social network and high-tech keeps changing our behaviours. I tried to bring you a new tool and some new activites with Discord but it didn’t work. Instead, I created new groups. NEW GROUPS Thinking to the news to share, and our community. I extended our Facebook page to two groups : one for bands & PR, and the other one for our nice community. Meanwhile Bands/PR can ever send their news by email, now they can also join this new tool that aims to one easier sharing of their news to be available on the website then : SCgroupforBands  Our nice Facebook community can join and discuss music in this group : SCgroupforFans   ...

The new  STEIGNYR  album "Myths Through The Shadows Of Freedom"  will be released june 14th, 2019 through Art Gates Records . Preorderr is possible. The record has been made with the collaborations of Elisa C.Martin and Snowy Shaw TRACKLIST 01. Salvation Through Divinity 02. Those Who Lie 03. Black Rain 04. Calling The Immortals 05. Frost Wolf 06. Moonlight Forest 07. Arrows Of Time 08. You'll Never Be Forgotten 09. Light Beast 10. Whisper Calling 11. Frozen In Time 12. Myths Through The Shadows Of Freedom

GOBLIN HOVEL released their new EP titled " Nothing Like Our Fantasy " and for free download. Nothing Like Our Fantasy by Goblin Hovel

The new AMON AMARTH album titled "Berserker" is available for all the crazy fans 😁 You can get your copy here . TRACKLIST : 01. Fafner's Gold 02. Crack the Sky 03. Mjölner, Hammer of Thor 04. Shield Wall 05. Valkyria 06. Raven's Flight 07. Ironside 08. The Berserker at Stamford Bridge 09. When Once Again We Can Set Our Sails 10. Skoll and Hati 11. Wings of Eagles 12. Into the Dark

SCHANDMAUL released their new album "Artus" that you can get passing by their website . TRACKLIST : CD 1 01. Der Meisterdieb 02. Der Totengräber 03. Vagabunden 04. Froschkönig 05. Auf und davon 06. Der Kapitän 07. Die Oboe 08. Chevaliers 09. Die Tafelrunde 10. Der Gral 11. Die Insel - Ynys Yr Afallon 12. Der Weiße Wal CD 2 01. Camelot - Die Tafelrunde 02. Camelot - Der Gral 03. Camelot - Die Insel

" Urkraft ", the new album signed by DELIRIUM is now released. Urkraft [2019] by Delirium The band also unveiled Urkraft video :

LES COMPAGNONS DU GRAS JAMBON released their third album "Last Vegan Parano".

Hexer is the new single signed MORNIR that you can get on Bandcamp. Hexer (Single) by Mornir

The new album by MÅNEGARM is now released. Listen the record on youtube . TRACKLIST : 01. Sveablotet 02. Hervors arv 03. Slaget vid Bråvalla 04. Ett sista farväl 05. Spjutbädden 06. Tvenne drömmar 07. Krakes sista strid 08. Dödskvädet Bonus tracks (special editions) 1. (Don’t need) Religion (Motorhead cover) 2. Day star, son of dawn (Re-recorded old song from 1995, never released before)

Tales Of A Pathfinder is the new released album by  ATLAS PAIN . TRACKLIST : 01. The Coldest Year 02. The Moving Empire 03. Hagakure’s Way 04. Ódauðlegur 05. The Great Run 06. Kia Kaha 07. Baba Jaga 08. Shahrazād 09. Homeland 10. The First Sight Of A Blind Man

Heres VÄSEN official music video for "Typhoon Nozaki" track available on their freshly released album  "Rule of 3".

HORDAK are currently working on their new and acoustic album titled "Los Gigantes Del Bosque" which means "The giants of the woods". The title is a reference to those immense beings that populate the earth and walk very slowly: the trees.

"Magnus" is the name of the upcoming BALDRS DRAUMAR album. The band unvealed the following tracklist : 01. Friso 02. Toh Alden Fahne 03. Of Slogma Tha Saxum 04. Ferbline, Ferballe 05. De Poarten fan Rome 06. Frij 07. Upstallesbâm 08. Magnus Forteman 09. Eala Frya Fresena More news will be later on.

BARLOVENTOS  unleased a trailer for their new album "Ritual" coming out June 1st.

HINDARFJÄLL unvealed their new song titled "Alvatid". Alvatid by Hindarfjäll

"Berserker" is the title for the next AMON AMARTH album coming out May, 3rd. TRACKLIST : 01. Fafner's Gold 02. Crack the Sky 03. Mjölner, Hammer of Thor 04. Shield Wall 05. Valkyria 06. Raven's Flight 07. Ironside 08. The Berserker at Stamford Bridge 09. When Once Again We Can Set Our Sails 10. Skoll and Hati 11. Wings of Eagles 12. Into the Dark

May 18th, 2019 will be the new  STORM SEEKER  album. The record is entitled "Beneath in the Cold" The band unleashed the "Drag O Below" music video and artwork.

The VARANG NORD's new album will be entitled "Pārķiuņa uomurs" (Thunder hammer) and this is planned for this year. Lyrics for this album will be into  Latgalian language for the first time ever for the band. The band added : we would also like to thank Yuri Borin (orchestral parts) and Sergey "Serkhio" Karshev (bass) for their respective contributions to this record. They released one first song titled "Stuojīs" that you can listen right here :

Today, VÄSEN released their new album titled "Rule of 3". You can listen and get their album on the band site .

TOTER FISCH re-released their EP's  "Blood, Rum & Piracy" and "Bottoms up Treasure" in a CD compilation of the two as they explain here :

Thpse are lyrics for " Tuhka " song yet available.

WE BANJO 3 released Haven music video for the song taken from the eponym album released.

The new and full ELUVEITIE album "Ategnatos" freshly released is available on Youtube . 

WOLFBROOD is a band made of past and present members of TROLLBAND and they released their very first and self-titled track : Wolfbrood by Wolfbrood

JONNE released a new single in digital. The song title is  Autere . Another single titled Kaiho with its music video is in process.

NORTHLAND decided to record their debut album again, making the songs even better than it was. They shared the artwork for the eponym album coming out by september :

The band released a new song in digital. The songtitle is "Hell Odin" and this is available to this page .

The band GOBLIN HOVEL recently recorded an EP to be released soon. They shared the artwork :

The new album "Ategnatos" signed  ELUVEITIE  is now released under Nuclear Blast . TRACKLIST: 01. Ategnatos 02. Ancus 03. Deathwalker 04. Black Water Down 05. A Cry In The Wilderness 06. The Raven Hill 07. The Silvern Glow 08. Ambiramus 09. Mine Is The Fury 10. The Slumber 11. Worship 12. Trinoxtion 13. Threefold Death 14. Breathe 15. Rebirth 16. Eclipse Bonus: 17. Ategnatos (Acoustic Version) 18. Ambiramus (Acoustic Version) 19. Threefold Rebirth

The new ATORC album "Under The Raven Banner" is out now . TRACKLIST : 01. Hrafansmerki 02. Under The Raven Banner 03. The Mead Hall 04. Hammer To Anvil 05. Maidens Of The Shield 06. Sovngarde 07. Voice Of The Storm 08. Isle Of The Brave 09. Ragnarok 10. Shieldwall The band will be in July on tour in England

Words : Official lyrics Release : Echoes of the Wolf Thanks to the band for the sharing. Tracklist  :. 01. Awakening (instrumental) 02. Morrigane's Fury 03. The Rainbow Bridge 04. Macbeth 05. Fenrir 06. The Tale of Taliesin 07. The Battle of Stirling 08. Lost in the Twilight 09. Pavane 10. Prancing Poney (instrumental) 11. Holfgar's Kingdom 12. Mama Troll 13. Tristan and Iseult 14. Thunder-Cliff 15. Gaya (instrumental) 02. Morrigane's Fury All the land is waiting Silence lies untroubled Nothing but the wind is muttering on the hills Swirls of dust then appear And a low sound pounding Far in the distance, there is an army marching Rage! My dear goddess I’m calling you Give me the strength to face my foes I pledge my sword and my soul into battle Let my fury charge with you! Now the fight has begun Scattered shields, broken lives Close to my own arm so many friends are falling Blood is darkening my sight Fear driven to anger Kill! I’...

HEIDEVOLK   band on tour released their video for "A Wolf In My Heart" song. The track feats in their " Vuur van Verzet " released last year.

MÅNEGARM unveiled their new official muisic video for the second track of the coming " Fornaldarsagor " album :

INFINITYUM released their second album titled "Alliance" that you can purchase here . TRACKLIST 01. Alliance 02. A Glimmer of Hope [ sound ] 03. Spirits of the Forest 04. The Majestics Ones 05. Between Sky and Sea 06. The Journey 07. Sons of the Sun 08. Fangs Claws and Horns 09. Blood Moon 10. Dirge of the Night

There is the question... 👧 I got one (sick!) idea for our Discord : let's try to plan some shows over there! I imagined shows that would be free for anyone who would join our Discord. Bands would play live for us - from their rehearsal room, studio or whatever at their place and we would listen to them, and enjoy and comment music played. But is it possible ? Probably the band would need a specific set-up for. A thing I would like to know to tell other bands with desire to make shows there in the future. Electric instruments are probably not possible or I don't believe much - I don't know But Acoustic shows ? Thus, we are looking for Musicians testers to know if we can make it. First one making this possible will get in the first show over there. If that works, we would plan a show date together. Folk Metal/Folk Bands and people in band or not interested can log in our Discord  and there, tell they're interested for me to ...

"Brot und Spiele - Klassik & Krawall" album by SALTATIO MORTIS  is out now. Orders can be to this page . Sounds for  Brunhild &  Sie tanzt allein can be found on Sword Chant within more details.   TRACKLIST : Brunhild Dorn im Ohr Besorgter Bürger Sie tanzt allein Ich werde Wind Heimdall Brot und Spiele Nie wieder Alkohol Spur des Lebens Europa Träume aus Eis Grosse Träume Brunhild Dorn im Ohr Besorgter Bürger Sie tanzt allein Ich werde Wind Heimdall Brot und Spiele Nie wieder Alkohol Spur des Lebens Europa Träume aus Eis Grosse Träume Ein Stück Unsterblichkeit Grosse Träume Dorn im Ohr Wo sind die Clowns Brot und Spiele Wachstum über Alles Europa Besorgter Bürger Spur des Lebens Heimdall Brunhild Ich werde Wind Träume aus Eis Nie wieder Alkohol Sie tanzt allein Mittelalter Eulenspiegel Spielmannsschwur

The new album " Ériú’s Wheel " signed  WAYLANDER  is now released in LP and CD. You can get it here . TRACKLIST : 01. Betwixt Times 02. As Samhain Comes 03. Shortest Day, Longest Night 04. Imbolc 05. The Vernal Dance 06. Beltine 07. As The Sun Stands Still 08. To Feast At Lughnasadh 09. Autumnal Blaze

"Northern Memory (Silk Road Metal)" album by TENGGER CAVALRY is out now. You can purchase the record passing by their bandcamp page : Northern Memory (Silk Road Metal) by Tengger Cavalry Frontman Nature Ganganbaigal also released a solo EP titled "Dark Poetry" available here : Nature G: Dark Poetry by Tengger Cavalry

ELUVEITIE unveiled their new video for Ambiramus song. The track feats in their forthcoming "Ategnatos" album available for pre-order .

NORVERN released in CD edition their debut album titled "Under The Aurora". Under The Aurora by Norvern

Dear followers, You probably know that Sword Chant was a forum back in 2007 and it ended because the social networks expansion anywhere. Today, Privacy matters may be unsafe with them. That's why, artists like McKennitt left her facebook page. And that's also why I don't want to create a community group to a social network. I've been thinking to our community, the past and present, and I ever been saddened by the end of our forum because that was one great tool for us all to communate, work on some projects together, and discover each other. We had fun time in that forum where could be fans, listeners and artists there. Wouldn't you like to get that opportunity again ? So, I created a Discord server for the Sword Chant community, available in the menu of this website. Mainly known in the gaming world for now, I think Discord is a tool for the future and safe. I don't plan to share news over there or not now, but it doesn't mean news...