Sword Chant

I interviewed  SERVAN  on various topics, including their upcoming album "Tales of the Forest". 01. Hi! Welcome at Sword Chant! Three years ago was founded SERVAN. Can you tell us your adventure from the beginning until now ? Hi Krissy, and thank you! Three years ago, as you said, SERVAN was founded. Many things happened since today : from the ashes of another folk band, we decided to start this project, because we had some good material. At the time we were only 4 but after many changes we finally had the current lineup (last changes were done in the last months of 2015). We have to remember the live we shared during those years with some great folk metal bands from northern Italy too and some records we have done... But maybe we can talk about it later.

The debut album by SERVAN is entitled "Tales of the Forest" and it is now planned to be released in 2017. SERVAN confessed me the following : The album title will be “Tales of the Forest” because the themes of the album deal with nature and the mythological creatures such as goblins, trolls and servan life. The album artwork will follow the story of the man exploring the forest  from his happiness to his madness  : in front is very bright, and the back cover shows the end within dark and dramatic tones. The most important designs of the pack , the front cover and the back, contain many so called “easter eggs”, a multitude of hidden elements representing each track of the album and also a tribute to “The Lord of the Rings”: it is up to you find those objects and connect them to the right track .

Italian band SERVAN are currently working on their album planned to be released by Spring 2016. one intro, one outro, and ten tracks will complete this record which may include some bonus tracks as well. The album concept deals with happiness and enthusiasm of a man discovering uncontaminated nature, for the first tracks and then, are slower ones and cheerful, telling the bliss of that man in his new condition. The last songs are dramatic, narrating the tragedy reserved to the man who tried to escape problems instead of facing them. You will find some guests in this upcomng full-length such as Massimo from ODR (guest vocals), HeadMatt from feline melinda and other bands (guest lead guitar), Catia Borgogno (guest vocals). Limited copies are planned for now but the band is looking for a label. Regarding the work progress, guitars and bass guitars are recorded.  Currently is keyboards turn.

LOCATION :  Trento, Italy Status :  Active Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Enrico Lunelli : vocals Denis Grajqevci : lead guitar Francesco Pinter : guitar Davide Jamil : bass Enrico Dorigatti : keyboard Adriano Magagna : drums Past members : Arianna Calovi : flute Manuel : drums Vincenzo Furlini : guitar Giulio Franceschi : guitar HISTORY : The band formed in may 2014 from the ashes of a previous folk metal band. The name of the band is the north italian version of the Changeling, a creature that troll puts in the humans’ houses when they kidnapps the human babies during the night. Their lyrics deal with nature for the main.  The genre of SERVAN is a melodic death metal very folk-oriented, with many influences from all the members of the band. That give the songs epicity but also very rythmic riffs thanks to the well inserted keyboard work. There is also an effective change from growl, to scream to clean voices that turns real ...