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 Amidst the Ruins, the new SAOR album is out now.  Amidst the Ruins de Saor

APOKALYPSE ORCHESTRA will release their new album "A Plague upon Thee" on Valentine day of this year. The record is made of 8 tracks : 01. Virago 02. Tempest 03. Glass And Sun 04. Anchorhold 05. Sacrament of Avarice 06. From the Athanor 07. To Arrive 08. Saint Yersinia

YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS unveiled their new single taken from their release "Til the Sea Shall Give up her Dead" coming out April 11th, 2025. TRACKLIST 01    The Cranker 02    Waves Away 03    A Final Toast for Oliver Cromwell 04    Raise Your Glass 05    A Hardworking Crew 06    As the Tree Falls 07    Whydah Galley 08    Chained Below 09    Ships Lost at Sea 10    Here's to the Royal Navy 11    Mates Together 12    Sailmaker's Song

CHASKA made a video for Winter Night Heights song available on Rites of June EP released last year. The band comments: "The music video for the song Winter Night Heights, besides the images of the band performing, features some images from the film La Luz en el Cerro (The Light on the Hill) provided by its director Ricardo Velarde and Caudal Films. This video was edited by Tom Flynn, who has worked with bands such as Lamb Of God, Suffocation, I Prevail, Buckcherry, Nile, As I Lay Dying, etc. Visually, we wanted to present a video with some dynamics and darkness, in addition to some elements such as mystery, cold and night, which surround the characters and landscapes. Initially, Rites of June was only going to feature three songs, which are: Winter Night Heights, Sweet Lover and Imperio Caído. The first song was composed especially for the film La Luz en el Cerro (The Light on the Hill) (2016), and the other two songs appeared on the EP Chaska (2003). These three songs were total...

SCHANDMAUL made a video for the song Irgendwann available in " Knüppel aus dem Sack " album released in 2022.

ELUVEITIE returns with a new album ‘Ànv’, which will be released via Nuclear Blast Records on April 25th, 2025.  You can already pre order your copy .

May 3rd, 2025 will be the next Dark Medieval Festival in Lamure-sur-Azergues, France with the following bands : Malepeste Viles Gueux Circles ov Hell Nydvind Himinbjorg Boisson Divine Selvans (new interview ) Find all infos on the flyer :

 The band shared their new video for Luna song taken from their upcoming album .

01. Hi Selvans! Ten years of SELVANS, a project founded right after the previous DRAUGR one… What are your best souvenirs of your beginnings with your own project founded in 2014? Hi, the best thing is having managed to complete the trilogy of albums, evolving the sound and concept behind my music.  I am proud of this. 02. SELVANS, “the Italian Horrorist” you are and into italian folk-horror tales, what do you like the most in it? They are part of my heritage, and the Italian folk-horror underground is still unknown compared to the English one, for example.... My country being so multifaceted, its rural horrors reflect this attitude.  03. What are the Folk Metal and Metal bands that influenced SELVANS music and sound? None, except Nokturnal Mortum in the beginning. 'The Voice of Steel' is definitely the best folk metal album ever written. 04. Oh, I disagree... January 31st will be released the last SELVANS album you entitled “ Saturnalia ”. What is your idea for that event tit...

The new SELVANS album Saturnalia sees for the first time an orchestra and a choir consisting in 60 elements, each of whom playing side by side with Selvans and his band while lyrics are in Italian. TRACKLIST 01. Necromilieu 02. Il Mio Maleficio V'incalzerà! 03. Madre dei Tormenti 04. Pantàfica 05. Il Capro Infuocato 06. Fonte dei Diavoli Line-up: Selvans: vox'n'keys Chris D'Onofrio: guitars Agares: bass Marco Berrettoni: drums Antonio Scelzi: additional lead guitars Release date: 31.01.2025

Burned by a Thousand Enemies de Forsaken Hill FORSAKEN HILL unveiled "Burned by a Thousand Enemies" single taken from their forthcoming album "The Fortress of Solitude" coming out on January 31st! TRACKLIST 01 Eternal Ice 02 When Mountains Crumble 03 Black Wind of Death 04 Set me Free 05 The Final Night 06 Burned by a Thousand Enemies 07 The Legend Reborn 08 Journey far from Home 09 The Fortress of Solitude 10 Skogens Folk

March 14th, 2025, TROLD will release their upcoming album full of 12 brand new tracks that lyrically all revolves around the theme of the forest, in different ways. The record is entitled "I Skovens Rige" and is available for preorder onto their website . TRACKLIST 01. I Skovens Rige 02. Med Høtyv Og Fakkel 03. Troldmanden 04. Til Gilde Under Bøgen 05. Tusind År I Dvale 06. Vår 07. Utysken 08. Mod Den Endeløse Skov 09. Skovfesten 10. Bødlen 11. Gamle Ask 12. Tudseleg Today, a new video is our but it seems it can't be shared. However, you can watch here on their website.

This year, the band VALKENRAG will release "Fury Untamed" EP. TRACKLIST 01. Fury Untamed 02. Retribution 03. Unreachable Horizon 04. Descendant of Chaos 05. Bleed to Be

VANSIND band from Denmark launched a live video for their song "Den Første Fejde".  The track is part of their debut album "Mørket" released in 2023.

ATAVICUS comments: We want to start the new year exactly where we left the one that just ended: paying homage to the memory of one of the greatest legends that heavy metal has ever known: Quorthon Let us introduce you THE SWORD 

I hope you had good times ending the year 2024. That year marked the comeback of SWORD CHANT, and the birth of the new FORGED IN FOLK FORUM of SWORD CHANT made for the Folk Metal and Trad/Pagan Folk communities that include listeners, and the artists.  The end of Sword Chant Forum was because the flourishing social networks that killed many forums worldwide. I tried the social community groups and still, I think Forum remains the better tool for this website I founded in 2007, better for lyrics translations, and for almost all… Regarding lyrics and when I look to the East, I think it’s even major to get lyrics here and in a way that everyone can understand their content because, its Culture, Musical Culture, National Culture of Countries that shouldn’t be erased when words remain correct and don’t hurt the people. Since they are so many, I cannot contact every band for, but I’d be pleased to share their lyrics if they send it to me. Then, of course, there is that rights matter of ...