AGALLOCH

October 1st, 2008 – 1135 BRAVO
Filed as: Despatches

Genre(s) Atmospheric Folk/Dark Metal
Lyrical theme(s): Nature, Loss, Depression, Death, Winter
Origin: United States of America (Portland, Oregon)
Formed in: 1995
Current label: Unsigned
Status: Active

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GLITTERTIND

July 16th, 2008 – 1939 BRAVO
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Glittertind was founded in 2001 by Torbjørn Sandvik (b-1985). He wanted to start a project inspired by Norwegian tales, traditions, history, art and culture. All these ingredients were mixed in a black pot together with punk, metal and folk, or like Metal Hammer put it: “A bizarre combination of folksy mellowness, hardcore punk riffing, Nordic [...]


LYRIEL

July 1st, 2008 – 1931 BRAVO
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The band “Lyriel” from Gummersbach (Germany) established itself in the autumn 2003. Three of the seven musicians originate from the metal band “Sorrowsend”, which already exists since 1994. One member and also mastermind of Lyriel, Oliver Thierjung (guitar), decided to found a side project with Jessica. Two other Sorrowsend members also joined the new project: [...]


MALEVA

May 25th, 2008 – 1506 BRAVO
Filed as: Despatches

Five piece from Estonia. Formed 2006. Rock outfit in the genre’s of Pagan/Folk Metal. Lyrical theme of pagan/satanic.
Current line-up:
Trinity - vocal
Skullhed - guitar, vocal
M.Naaber - bass
Ax - guitar
P.P - drums
http://www.estonianmetal.com/bands/maleva
 

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MOONSORROW

May 18th, 2008 – 1512 BRAVO
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Moonsorrow are a folk/pagan metal band formed in Helsinki, Finland in 1995. They are known for their extremely long songs, and for their epic, organic composition. The band call their sound “Epic heathen metal” and try to distance themselves from the term “Viking metal” as much as possible, due to their lyrics not concerning Vikings. [...]


FOLKSTORM

May 14th, 2008 – 2040 BRAVO
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Uncompromisingly brutal in approach, Folkstorm - Mz.412 frontman Kremator Nordvargr’s industrial noise side project - is all about blood and death and chaos. The rallying cry of “No politics. No religion. No standard” suits me fine, the blunt fury of the music re-inforced by the bleak grey cover images. Taking a cue from the likes [...]


VIKING METAL EXPLAINED

May 8th, 2008 – 1948 BRAVO
Filed as: Despatches

Viking metal is a term used in reference to heavy metal music with a dramatic emphasis on Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the life and times of Northern and Central Europeans prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia. The genre is closely associated with folk metal. It is still debated whether or not Viking metal can [...]


SWAMP ROCK EXPLAINED

May 7th, 2008 – 2053 BRAVO
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Swamp rock is a distinct form of Roots rock that includes influences from such diverse genres as Zydeco, Cajun music, Swamp blues and Swamp pop. It first became prominent in American rock and pop in the late 1960s. Creedence Clearwater Revival defined much of the early “choogling” sound and subject matter associated with swamp rock, [...]


KORPIKLAANI

May 2nd, 2008 – 1441 BRAVO
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Korpiklaani (Forest Clan in Finnish) is a folk metal band from Finland. Korpiklaani is the new name of the band previously called Shaman, that was formed by Jonne Järvelä who still remains the mastermind of Korpiklaani. In contrast to Shaman which recorded songs in the original Sami language, Korpiklaani record mostly in English, but also [...]


VREES EN DEPRESSIE IN MELLVILLE

February 1st, 2008 – 1453 BRAVO
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Andries Bezuidenhout songs en gedigte, Vrydag aand by “die Kombuis” in Mellville. Bring eie skeermeslemme.

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