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The split record  DOWNFALL OF NUR / SELVANS is now available for pre-order at Avantgarde Music.

LOCATION : Cumbria, North-West England Status : Active Music : Folk Metal MEMBERS : Nick Wragg : lead vocals, guitars, violin, viola Sam Morley : guitars, vocals Alec Jacobs : bass Owen Evans ( WolfSword ) : accordion, whistles, banjo, percussion, keyboards, vocals Giorgos Tsianakas : drums HISTORY : Iron SeaWolf was formed in 2009 when Nick Wragg recruited a crew to play a few pirate metal covers at a school talent show. After this maiden voyage, the lineup changed completely as crew members came and went, and the band took on a life of its own straying away from the covers and focusing on original material when composer and multi-instrumentalist Owen Evans signed up for the crew. Nick and Owen then worked together as a duo for a few years, writing material to make Iron SeaWolf what it is today. The band then expanded into a full lineup once more with Sam Morley, Alec Jacobs and Giorgos Tsianakas climbing on board.  RECORDINGS : Hoist the Black Flag, album 2016

"A Venturer's Mind" was the first demo by RIMMERSGARD once released in 1997. CASUS BELLI MUSICA and BEVERINA PRODUCTIONS will release the demo again and the release date of the CD and LP editions is settled for January 5, 2017. TRACKLIST :  01. Intro (Entering Erchester) 02. Rimmersgard 03. Jarnauga 04. Surrender And Submerge 05. Battle Of The Five Hordes 06. Loneliness My Friend 07. Rays Of Sunset 08. Outro (Leaving Erkynland) 09. Legend´s Domain (bonus) 10. Melancholy (bonus) You can pre-order the record to that page .

LEPOKA unveiled their video for "Samhain", song taken from their " Beerserkers "album.

Sad news - mainly when I know that you are many readers to enjoy this band. FROSTTIDE  announced that Joni Snoro and Lauri Myllylä are in the band no more : We are saddened to inform that due to personal differences and motivation problems. FROSTTIDE has decided to part ways Joni Snoro and Lauri Myllylä. The band will continue working as a 3-piece on the follower of Blood Oath which will see the light somewhere next year. We thank Joni and Lauri for their time in Frosttide and wish them the best in their musical career with their new project.  This situation does not affect the album making process neither the sound of the band. The only difference will be the vocals that will be done from now on by Juho Patinen. Our show in Bäkkäri, Helsinki on 10.12.2016 will remain as planned. Guitars and bass stations will be covered by two session musicians which will be announced next month. We thank you for your understanding.  -Frosttide Joni Snoro shared that statement then :

VERSENGOLD  unveiled the video for the first track of their second CD live in Hamburg 2015 released last year.

The new album “Frå døden fødes liv” signed UBUREN can now be ordered passing their label . TRACKLIST : 01. Red Dawn 02. Martyrens kammer 03. I Become 04. Draugen 05. Som var 06. Nokken 07. Nidingstav 08. I Hail 09. Our Land on Fire

Hoist the Black Flag , the  debut album  by the Pirate Metal band IRON SEAWOLF is out now. You can have a listen here and get it passing by bandcamp. Hoist the Black Flag by Iron SeaWolf

FUCHSTEUFELSWILD is about to release a CD and DVD live album soon. TRACKLIST : CD 01. Prolog 02. Weltenmeer 03. Ehrenhandel 04. Till 05. Sieben Kugeln 06. Dein letzter Tanz 07. Wie der Wind 08. Sirenengesang 09. Feuer 10. Echter wahrer Held 11. Drei Bänder 12. Dorian Gray 13. Drosselbarts Tanz 14. Zauberkreis 15. Carpe Diem 16. Eisenhans 17. Venuskind DVD 

Polish band AETHER unveiled their very first EP entitled "Tale of Fire". They are inspired by Wintersun and Ensiferum. You can purchase the digital record on bandcamp , or a CD copy if you contact the band here . TRACKLIST : 01. Elements 02. Tale of Fire 03. Last Battle 04. Dream FULL STREAM :

The  second album  by  PIMEÄ METSÄ  funded with t he help of the fans , will be released in Spain by the end of this year while other Europeans will have to wait February 2017 for the release of " No Blood No Glory" album. Find all details in the picture below.

WOLCENSMEN's debut album is entitled "Songs from the Fyrgen" and it is planned for the end of november 2016. There are the cover art by the 19th century Norwegian/German painter Ludvig Munthe, together with the track listing : 01 Withershins 02 The Fyre-Bough 03 Sunne 04 Hoofes Upon the Shymmeringe Path 05 'Neath a Wreath of Firs 06 The Mon o' Micht 07 Snowfall 08 The Bekens are Aliht 09 Yearning Nash Rothanburg ( BYRDI ) feat. as guest on this record.

ENDOVAL is a young Spanish band founded during 2015 and july 2016, they released their first demo. Lately, I discovered this band and I think their work, available for free download, deserves to be shared here. Demo 2016 by Endoval

VARANG NORD  published the full stream for their album " Masters of the Forest " out since last year.

Napalm records shared translated lyrics video for Vozrozhdenie, the debut album by  ARKONA  will be re-released on november 11th.

IN EXTREMO  released a new video I wouldn't suggest to sensitive people.  The song is taken from " Quid Pro Quo " album and soon will be an edition with the live version.

The full length planned for this year by TROLLWAR will be an EP made of five tracks in the end. The Traveler's Path EP will be available by winter. TRACKLIST : 01. Prologue 02. The Forsaken One                     03. Omens of Victory 04. Forgotten 05. Shores of Madness TEASER :

Awaiting their second album to come out, LUTAVIERJE unveiled a song about Belarus. The band said about this video : "The song was based on the poem of Adam Mitskievich "Pan Tadeusz". The poet wrote it in 1834 in Paris, where he lived in exile, missing the Motherland ... called Belarus nowadays".

Spanish band  SALDUIE  unveiled details for their new album "Belos" that deals with Celtiberian people. Find infos on wikipedia  ( Spanish ). TRACKLIST : 01 Pax Sempronia 179 a.C. 02 Carus de Sekaiza 03 Hospitium 04 Bestias númidas 05 El aullido de Vaélico 06 Bosnerau 07 Matres 08 Los fuegos de Belenus 09 Tvrma Sallvitana 10 Netón 11 Atland

NETHERFELL  made a video for the 5th track of their album " Between East And West ".

October 31st will be released the second full length by the Viking Black metal band UBUREN. The album is entitled "Frå Døden Fødes Liv". Heres the track listing : 01. Red Dawn   02. Martyrens kammer   03. I Become   04. Draugen   05. Som var   06. Nokken   07. Nidingstav   08. I Hail   09. Our Land on Fire

From now can be pre-ordered the new DIABOL BORUTA album titled "Widziadla". The record is planned to be released on November 11, 2016. TRACKLIST : 01. Nim Zawieje Wiatr 02. Wietrznik 03. Marzanna - Smiercicha 04. Nim Pierwsza Gwiazda Wzesla 05. Rusalka 06. Bledne Ogniki 07. Wyjce 08. Jarmark Widziadel 09. Sobotki 10. W Moim Ogrodecku 11. The Winder 12. Kupala Night

November 3rd will be released the second album by HULDRE. The record is entitled "Tusmørke" and was engineered, mixed and mastered by Lasse Lammert of LSD Studios - Produced by Huldre and Lasse Lammert. TRACKLIST : 01. Jagt 02. Hindeham 03. Varulv 04. Underjordisk 05. Skifting 06. Fæstemand 07. Mørke 08. Tæring 09. Nattesorg

Soon,  DRENAÏ  will release Nadirs EP now available for pre-order . TRACKLIST : 01. Broken Nation 02. Shaman 03. Forged in clay 04. Tools of a prophet 05. Beyond the Gate

AKTARUM .revealed their next record is planned for the end of the next year. The band shared one small preview that you can see below.

Chinese band SONG OF CHU released their debut album entitled "Yan Huang". Ｙａｎ　Ｈｕａｎｇ by Song of Chu

MYRKGRAV  now released  "Takk og farvel - tida er blitt ei annen" ( Thank you and farewell - times have changed ) on Itunes , Google Play and more. TRACKLIST : 01 - Skjøn Jomfru (Norwegian version) 02 - Vonde auer 03 - Bjønnestussern frå Sandungskælven (instrumental) 04 - Soterudsvarten 05 - Om å danse bekhette (10th anniversary edition) 06 - Melbustad og uldrefølket (instrumental) 07 - Tørrhard 08 - Finnkjerringa (10th anniversary edition) 09 - To som kom i fiskebøgda (instrumental) 10 - Sjuguttmyra 11 - Skjøn Jomfru (English version) 12 - Tviom! (instrumental) 13 - Uttjent 14 - Takk og farvel (hardanger fiddle outro)

Finally, the next  MAGLOR release "Asunder" is coming soon. There are the album details. TRACKLIST : 01. Fog in the Hills of Anor 02. Asunder 03. Woodfall 04. Northern Clans 05. The Mountain Grave

HARMASAR band from Moldavia released their debut album entitled "Din Pământ". Have a listen : Din Pământ by HARMASAR

" Bottoms Up Treasure ", the new and acoustic EP by TOTER FISCH is now available for full streaming here :

The  WARDRUNA  third album "Runaljod - Ragnarok" is out now and available to the band store . TRACKLIST : 01. Tyr 02. UruR 03. Isa 04. MannaR – Drivande 05. MannaR – Liv 06. Raido 07. Pertho 08. Odal 09. Wunjo 10. Runaljod VIDEO :

Below is the trailer for the debut album by IRON SEAWOLF coming out this Halloween.

HEIMDALLS WACHT  released  their new album "Geisterseher" available in LP and CD  through Trollzorn. TRACKLIST : 01. Spökenkieker 02. Wir sind die Wächter 03. Der kommende Gott (Treffen mit Sabazios) 04. Scyomantia – Der Thron im Schatten 05. Tairach 06. Taedium Vitae 07. Anderswelt

The band shared one lyrics video for the song "Raise Your Pints" taken from their newer record.

Swiss band MORGARTEN shared the full stream of their debut album "Risen to Fight" available for sale on bandcamp .

"Vagabonde", the new album signed Cécile Corbel is out now .

Soon,  DUR DABLA  will release their  debut album titled " Eñvor An Avel ".  I interviewed them on that matter then. 01. Hi Marc! How happened things since the last time ? :)  Hey Krissy. Everything went quite well since that last interview. Even though our former bassist/singer left the band in early 2014, we managed to find two awesome musicians for the band the same year : Victor at the bass and Titan for the vocal parts. Since then we worked hard to prepare the songs of our new album, and started recording them in late 2015.

NA MOONEYS band released an album made of Irish trads tunes. The record is entitled "Na Mooneys". Na Mooneys by Na Mooneys

Horizon EP by the Celtic Folk band CREPUSCULE is now available on Bandcamp and CDbaby . TRACKLIST : 01. The Hosting of the Sidhe 02. Blow Away the Morning Dew 03. Jack Ward / Snug in the Blanket 04. Mrs Stewart of Grandtully / The Panda / The Mason's Apron 05. Skye Boat Song 06. The Gentle Shepherd / The Lad That Keeps the Cattle

HEIMDALLS WACHT will release their new album "Geisterseher" on October 14th. Beside is the artwork for the record available for pre-order in CD and vinyl. This is the track listing :

TROLLFEST  unveiled the following :

"Karjalali", the new album signed  TROLL BENDS FIR  is now released and available through  Soundage productions . TRACKLIST : 01. De-Da 02. Karjalltroll 03. Jonne Bear 04. Moonshine 05. Kholmogory 06. Chug! 07. Yagoda-goda 08. Troll's Heart 09. Nevo

ALKONOST  released their new album " Songs of the white lily ". TRACKLIST : 01. Река 02. Жемчужина 03. Русалка 04. Невеста лешего 05. Сражение с бездной 06. Ветер, вей! 07. Травница 08. Хмель 09. Птица-печаль 10. Русалка (Акустика) 11. Птица-печаль (Акустика)

CRONICA now released  "Na tej ziemi". This debut album can be ordered to the band contact .

BARLOVENTOS  released their second album "La Senda Eterica" (The Etheric Path). Get it digital here or contact the band to get the CD version. TRACKLIST : 01. Memento Mori 02. El holandes errante 03. Kraken 04. Reunion 05. Circ de su ley 06. La taberna de la bruja 07. La comarca 08. Hechizo 09. La leyenda del lobo y la luna

UTMARKEN  shared the following news : With only 6 months since the first release, it is time to take a sneek peek into the future: "Förfallstid" is building up in a rapid pace. The word "Förfallstid" is an old expression, whose literal meaning is "Time of decay", and in northern Sweden it stands for a time period between winter and spring when the ice is not possible to walk upon, nor has it melted so it is possible to put a boat in, for fishing. This time period it is not possible to hunt, fish, plant, nor pull timber from the woods etc... and back in the days the only thing people could do was to wait. Wait, prepare and hope the period was short. That the food supplies would not run out. Wait for spring to arrive so they could put down the seeds for the coming growth period. Förfallstid is a time of great uncertainty. Though nothing is written in stone right now, the working hypothesis looks like this:

Seminția Dacă , the debut album signed AN THEOS is out now. Seminția Dacă by An Theos The band published new videos for the event.

"Karjalali" is the title for the forthcoming  TROLL BENDS FIR  to be released in this Thursday.  Once again, Jonne Järvelä (KORPIKLAANI) feat. on the record. Preorders can be at Soundage productions . TRACKLIST : 01. De-Da 02. Karjalltroll 03. Jonne Bear 04. Moonshine 05. Kholmogory 06. Chug! 07. Yagoda-goda 08. Troll's Heart 09. Nevo

Cécile Corbel unveiled her new official video for  Working Song , available on  " Vagabonde " album coming out this October 7th.

Russian Label GS Productions.released the full IMBARU discography as digibox that includes : - The five LP - Compilation of piano pieces "Series Oníricas" - Vigías EP (2016) - Small book with photographs Price: 47 Euro + shipping 10 euro Contact :  gsp-music@mail.ru Available in Chile soon! The records of the band are available for free download passing by their bandcamp .

E-AN-NA now released Jiana EP on bandcamp. Jiana EP by E-an-na

The new album " Vögguvísur Yggdrasils "  (Lullabies Of Yggdrasil)  by  SKÁLMÖLD   is out now. The band also released a single together with  ALESTORM  under the name "SKALSTORM". - THE ALBUM - TRACKLIST : 01. Múspell 02. Niflheimur 03. Niðavellir 04. Miðgarður 05. Útgarður 06. Álfheimur 07. Ásgarður 08. Helheimur 09. Vanaheimur LTD Edition Bonus CD track listing  : 10. Drink (Alestorm Cover) 11. Inní mér syngur vitleysingur (Sigur Rós Cover) 12. Nattfödd (Finntroll Cover) 13. Lazer Eyes (Thor Cover) 14. Helreið afa 15. Upprisa (Live) 16. Hefnd (Live) 17. Dauði (Live)

SKILTRON  now released their new album "Legacy Of Blood". You can order to their official shop and Itunes, etc. TRACKLIST : 01 Highland Blood 02 Hate Of My Life 03 Commited To The Call 04 Sailing Under False Flags 05 The Taste Of Victory 06 Rise From Any Grave 07 Sawney Bean Clan 08 All Men Die 09 I'm Coming Home (ltd. Digi Bonus)

ANNÚLOND released the follow-up of "The Baker of Aljubarrota" that is always planned to be released also on LP. The second full length available in digital is entitled "The Spellbound Giant" and you can get it & listen here : The Spellbound Giant by Annúlond Later will be also CD version.