Trollfest - Uraltes Elemente EP
Release date : July, 17th, 2009.


tracklist :
1. Uraltes Elemente
2. Byttedyr
3. Grublegjoken
4. Prost Der Welt
5. Ich Libe Zug (Zug Über Alles)
6. Bassen Til Tor

Bands : Heidevolk/Tyr/Alestorm
Cd : Black Sails over Europe
March 27th, 2009 was the release date.

Sometimes ago, I heard about it but I thought It was an unofficial Cd... So its released through Napalm Records & is limited to 1000 copies.

This material is a tour edition including tracks from the new Tyr & Alestorm's albums, and Heidevolk tracks.



Heres the tracklist :

Týr (Fro)
1. The Northern Lights
2. Hold The Heathen Hammer High
3. Northern Gate

Alestorm
4. That Famous Ol' Spiced
5. Keelhauled
6. Wolves of the Sea (Pirates of the Sea cover)

Heidevolk
7. Het Bier Zal Weer Vloeien
8. Saksenland
9. Wodan Heerst
10. Naar de hal der gevallenen

Drudkh - Microcosmos
release date : Europe : june,22 / july, 14th : USA


Tracks :
01 Days That Passed
02 Distant Cries Of Cranes
03 Decadence
04 Ars Poetica
05 Everything Unsaid Before
06 Widow's Grief

Thanateros - Liber Lux
release date : April 3rd, 2009



tracklist :
1. Prologue (Book of Light I)
2. Illumination
3. Cairn (A Dying Age)
4. No More Pain
5. Asatoma
6. Emain Ablach
7. All Those Years
8. Morrigan
9. Ardour Of Will
10. Fear a Bhata
11. Vanity
12. A New Kaos Rising
13. Epilogue (Book Of Light II)

Kroda - Fünf Jahre Kulturkampf (Anniversary CD/DVD box)
Release date: August 31si



Content :
CD :

1. Autumn… Twilight… Fog… (Intro)
2. Falcon Among the Cliffs
3. Seid Runar Flammer
4. Ghosts of Birds
5. Native Land (Instrumental Intro) (Kampf version 2008)
6. Cry to Me, River... (Kampf version 2008)
7. Wind from the Mountains (Spring is Coming) (Kampf version 2008)
8. Where Brave Warriors Shalt Meet Again... (Kampf version 2008)
9. ...Funeral Pyres (Instrumental)
10. By the Hammer of Spirit and Identity of Blood... (Kampf version 2008)
11. Oj, na Gori... (Ukrainian traditional song)
12. Poppyflowers are Blossoming (Part II) (Kampf version 2008)
13. ...by the Last Autumnal Breath (Instrumental Outro) (Kampf version 2008)
14. Der Scharlachrote Tod (Absurd cover)
15. Wind of Changes (Sokyra Peruna cover)


DVD :
1. Live in Lemberg (more than 200 wallpapers for a desktop with author photos of the nature. Also, this part includes a software program created exclusively for this anniversary release. After being installed, the program itself changes wallpapers on a desktop with a time interval set by the user, it has installer and deinstaller, author's design in authentic KRODA style and an author's sound fx.)

2. Documentary, Interwiews, Fragments of Gigs, Rehearsals (English subtitles included)

3. Gallery

Ensiferum - From Afar
release date :
08/09/2009 for the USA.
09/09/2009 for Europe.



Tracklist :
01. By The Dividing Stream
02. From Afar
03. Twilight Tavern
04. Heathen Throne
05. Elusive Reaches
06. Stone Cold Metal
07. Smoking Ruins
08. Tumman Virran Taa
09. The Longest Journey (Heathen Throne Part II)
10. Vandraren (limited-edition bonus track (Nordman cover)

Swashbuckle - Back To The Noose
to be release on july, 24th!



Tracklist :
01. Hoist The Mainsail
02. Scurvy Back
03. Back To The Noose
04. Cloudy With A Chance Of Piracy
05. We Sunk Your Battleship
06. Rounds Of Rum
07. Carnivale Boat Ride
08. Rime Of The Haggard Mariner
09. Cruise Ship Terror
10. No Prey No Pay
11. La Leyenda
12. Splash-n-Thrash
13. The Grog Box
14. The Tradewinds
15. Attack
16. Peg-leg Stomp
17. Whirlpit
18. All Seemed Fine Until
19. IT CAME FROM THE DEEP!
20. Shipwrecked
21. Sharkbait

Trailer :

Thy Wicked - Treu dem alten Weg
it was released on April, 16th.



1. Der Aufbruch
2. Zur Walstat
3. Wolfsfller
4. Im Wandel der Zeit
5. Treu dem alten Weg
6. Frankonia 05:18
7. Trinkgelage
8. Allvaters Weisheit
9. Abschied
10. Die Heimkehr

Trelleborg - Lands Of Njord
Release date : Autumn 2009 > delayed to 2010

Band: Dalriada
Album : Arany-album
Date : september 28th



János Arany is a hungarian poet. The album sets his poems to music.

tracklist : 13 tracks.
Ágnes Asszony 1-2. rész
Bor vitéz
János Pap Országa
Szent László 1-2. rész
Zách Klára
A Rab Gólya
A Walesi Bárdok 1-3. rész
Szondi Két Apródja 1-2. rész

band : Arkona
album : Goi, Rode, Goi!

Release dates :
28.10.09 – FIN & Spain
30.10.09 – GAS, Benelux, FRA, ITA, SWE
02.11.09 – Rest of Europe
03.11.09 – USA/Canada

tracklist :
01. Goi, Rode, Goi!
02. Tropoiu Nevedannoi (On the Unknown Trail )
03. Nevidal (The Wonder)
04. Na Moey Zemle (In My Land)
05. Pritcha (The Parable)
06. V Tsepiakh Drevney Tainy (In Chains of Ancient Mystery)
07. Yarilo
08. Liki Bessmertnykh Bogov (Faces of Immortal Gods)
09. Kolo Navi (Kolo of Nav)
10. Korochun
11. Pamiat (The Memory)
12. Kupalets
13. Arkona
14. Nebo Hmuroe, Tuchi Mrachniye (Sullen Sky Lurid Clouds)

Time: 79:39

More infos :
Album recorded at CDM Records studio (Moscow sound) (October 2008 - May 2009),
except: Drums recorded at Gigant records studio, guitars recorded at Astia studio
Mixed at Deformation records studio (May, June 2009)
Produced by Sergey "Lazar" and Masha "Scream"
Mixing & mastering: Sergey "Lazar"
Music & Lyrics: Masha "Scream",
except:"Korochun" - music by Vladimir Volk;
"Na Moey Zemle" - lyrics by Arkona, Månegarm, Obtest, Skyforger, Menhir, Heidevolk.

Featuring:
Masha "Scream" - vocal, screaming, growling, keyboards, tambourines, shaker, khomuz, chore singing.
Sergey "Lazar" - guitars, acoustic guitar, balalaika, khomuz, Yakut jaw-harp ("Korochun")
Ruslan "Kniaz" - bass
Vlad "Artist" - drums
Vladimir "Volk" - Gaita Gallega, blockflute ("Korochun").
Vladimir Cherepovskiy (Pfeyffer, Coda) - Gaita Gallega, Small Pipe, tin whistle, low whistle, sopilka, zhaleyka, blockflute, okarina.
Ilya "Wolfenhirt" (Svarga) - chore singing
Aleksandr "Shmel" (Rarog, Kalevala) - chore singing
Aleksandr "Olen" (Kalevala) - accordeon
Erik Grawsio (Månegarm) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Jan Liljekvist (Månegarm) - violin, flute ("Na Moey Zemle")
Baalberith (Obtest) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Sadlave (Obtest) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Peter (Skyforger) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Edgar "Zirgs"(Skyforger) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Kaspars (Skyforger) - pipes, kokle ("Na Moey Zemle")
Heiko Gerull (Menhir) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Joris "Boghtdrincker" (Heidevolk) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Mark "Splintervuyscht" (Heidevolk) - voice ("Na Moey Zemle")
Cosmin "Hultanu" Duduc (Ashaena) - tulnic ("Goi, Rode, Goi!")
Vasiliy Derevyanniy - domra ("Nebo Hmuroe, Tuchi Mrachniye", "Yarilo")
Dmitriy "Vetrodar" (Tverd) - mandoline ("Nebo Hmuroe, Tuchi Mrachniye")
Also participated: string quintet under the direction of Aleksandr Kozlovskiy; female choir of Conductors Department of the State Musical Colledge named after the Gnessins (conductor: Sofia Sultanova).

Goi, Rode, Goi!

Upon returning from a sea voyage, the warriors brave out a storm in the night which leads to a shipwreck on the reef. Wounded and freezing, the crew disembarks onto a small rocky island hoping to survive, but when they realize that they will not last out till morning, they pray to Wind-Stribog to bring the message about their death to their families and relatives. Perishing, the warriors thank Rod for the life they have been given.

“Not fallen victim to the surging water,
In the mortal fight with the wind,
Spreading hands to the skies,
You are waiting for Rod to answer.”

On the Unknown Trail

This song describes a man who perceives the Faith of ancestors as a dark evil cult. He performs dark rituals not realizing that he is appealing to a completely different form of power, alien to us. He soon falls mad, his mind prisoned by it.

“You are a child of false god
You roam the prison of vanity
The road to the arch Belief
You’re looking for is unseen.”

The Wonder

A young woman sees a dream which forebodes the suffering of her homeland and the death of her folk. Rising at the crack of dawn, she invokes the Sun to scorch all the filth that is drawing near her land. This song praises the strength of united people who can defend the Motherland from any disaster in their cohesion.

“Oi, my wonder
Oi, the restless
Oi, my soul
Is filled with sorrow.
Oi, we are dying
No mark leaves my foot
But no disaster I see
While we are standing our ground.”

In My Land

This is a song about a warrior who leaves his motherland to seek happiness in other countries. He meets foreign folk and asks them what their happiness is about. And they tell him that their happiness is their beautiful land, traditions, folk, home, their children, and Gods. After a long journey, the warrior returns back to his native land to find peace and happiness there.

“In the chains of oblivion
Of the coming force of joy
You will cry
“Here is my land!”

In Chains of Ancient Mystery

Standing near the grave of my ancestors, I swear to keep my Motherland safe and revive our ancient native traditions. Looking at the sky, I ask it to tell me about the heritage of the ancestry so I can bring it to life.

“What do the forgotten stones know?
What is hiding in them, alien to the living?
Wandering in chains of ancient mystery,
You invoke them with your thought.”

Yarilo

The song is about the celebration dedicated to the young Slavonic god of the spring sun called Yarilo. It is celebrated at the end of April by Slavic folks. Yarilo is believed to warm and fertilize the soil, so the first grass starts growing.

“Oi Yarilo, Yarilo, Yarilo!
The gloomy sky revealed you again
Goi, you, the young god!
Goi, we are invoking you!
Our hearts are blooming,
We praise you in our song.”

Faces of Immortal Gods

The song describes a human who has lost his reason for being. With his spirit in vexation, he stands on a crossroad, fearing death and having a wish to flee from the reality. Only the Faith can give him the will to live on.

“With life praying to your native shrines
You are looking into nowhere, in the mist of your dreams
And in this oblivion of the soul, in grey vain life
Will revive in your memory the faces of immortal Gods.”

Kolo of Nav

The song reflects the journey of the soul of a warrior fallen on a battlefield. Hovering above the ground, it sees the body, which was its home once, getting buried into the mound. The soul prays to the wind to let the gathered relatives know that it is near them.

“I see the fire flashes again
Souls of my family will perceive me.
In sore tears the memory is alive
Stribog will sing my song to them.”

The Memory

It is a prayer to Gods, asking them to return the forgotten past and the Faith of ancestors to us.

“Hey, get awake
The forgotten memory
Return to us the truth
Which has been hidden from people.”

Kupalets

A praising song. Kupalets is the ritual fire kindled for the Kupala celebration, on the day of the summer solstice.

“Oi flare, flare brightly
I invoke with my voice
Erect the bright Kolo
From the ground into the sky.”

Arkona

Arkona was once a fortress and the spiritual center of Baltic Slavonic tribes. It was destroyed by Christians in 1168. For us, as for many other Rodnovers, Arkona is the symbol of the lost but unforgotten lore which has been sleeping through the centuries, awaiting for its revival.

“Below the arch of skies
Arkona is sleeping in ruins
Soon the destroyed land will revive
And the fortress of Yar Kon
Will rise from the ashes.”

Sullen Sky, Lurid Clouds

A young woman receives a message saying that her husband fell in battle. Suffering from loneliness and desperation, she drowns herself in a river.

“Forgive me, my life
I leave, bowing to you
I see my dearest’s face in the sky
Sinking in the quick water.”

Trailer for the album:

Band : Månegarm
Album : Nattväsen (nightcreatures)
Release date : October 22th, 2009 > DELAYED TO > November 19th !



About the album : Nattväsen - the manifest

Since the dawn of time, mankind has had a curious and strange relation to the night and its darkness. A fear and respect for this dim and abstract world.

To understand and handle these fears, we have always tried to find some reasonable explanations for the things which we don’t fully understand. Sometimes all things doesn’t need to be explained and instead we should explore them and take part of the great wisdom they carry, in a way to understand their great importance. As we all know these primeval forces have been personified with names and shapes, perpetuated in our lore and tales for centuries.

If we look a bit further, into the core of all tales and beliefs, you will see that these forces are fragments and threads of the ancient wisdom which lies hidden in everything.
It’s hidden in the mountains, in the stones and leaves, in depths of the sea, in the black soil, on the ravens wing, in the starlit sky and in the shadows of the night. The ancient wisdom fills everything and is a part of the cosmic web which is weaved by the norns of fate.

The paths to enlightenment are many and if we listen and seek what lies beneath, we might have the possibility to take part of more than we could ever imagine. A short glimpse could be enough to change your views of your own inherent primeval forces…Sometimes to the better, sometimes to the worse.
This album is our way to give you all a little guidance through the abstract and dim world of shadows and it might be a journey to the dark side of your mind and also give you fragments to the greatness that lies within…the night.



Tracklist, reflections & explanations :
These short descriptions are only guidance to the songs, small fragments of its entirety.
The thoughts and messages are for the reader/listener to interpret.


Mina fäders hall (Hall of my father’s)
An old man’s last yearnings. Time and memories slowly fades away and he endlessly awaits the last breath to bring him towards the golden hall of his fathers.

Nattsjäl, drömsjäl (Nightsoul, dreamsoul)
This song is about one of the night creatures we all have met during our sleep. She is the one that lurks in the shadows of your dreams. She is the pale queen of your nightmares that sends your soul to the grave of madness.

Bergagasten (The mountain ghost)
In the mountains great wisdom lies within.

I den svartaste jord (In the blackest soil)
A journey to the netherworlds in a quest for answers to a seekers questions,
answers that are to be found in the blackest soil. Earth is one of the four elements and is the element where life grows and the heritage from our forefathers is hidden, together with many secrets and answers.

Hraesvelg
Hraesvelg is an enormous eagle that dwells in the cold and frostbitten north and his enormous wings are the mother of all storms. He’s also known as the “devourer of flesh”. Hraesvelg is an instrumental song. At first it was supposed to be the intro on the album but later on we thought it fitted better as an own track but also like some sort of prelude to the next song Vetrarmegin. Worth noticing is that all sound effects is invented, made and recorded by Månegarm.

Vetrarmegin (Winter force)
“Megin” is the force which fills all the elements, man and the gods and it is the potential which gives them their specific potency and opportunity to achieve their provision. The sun exercises its “solarmegin” on the earth, which in turn has its own “jordarmegin”.
Winter has its raw and wild untamed “vetrarmegin” - Winter force.

Draugen
On a stormy night while standing on the coast shore, you might hear a distant moaning in the wind and if you look really hard you might see the draug on a broken ship with its torn sails. Glowing eyes, lost in the deep – The night of the Draug.

Nattväsen (Night creatures)
A journey into the heart of the night and fragments for guidance to the greater wisdom which lies within the shadows. In the core of all tales there is a truth to be found and the truth will lead you further into the secrets of the night.

Delling
Delling is another name for dawn and Dawn is the father of Day. With dawn comes hope, a hope of something new...a new age.

Band: NightCreepers
Album: Svingeheim
Release date: end of september/begining of october...

Band: Altvater
Album: Chroniken
release date : October 1st, 2009


tracklist:
1.Juniper
2.Schreckenssteppe
3.Kindheit
4.Gewitter
5.Seelenschmiede
6.Ältestenrat
7.Gleichgewicht

band: Odroerir
album: Gotterlieder II
release date: unknown


tracklist:
1. Heimdall
2. Bifröst
3. Des Thors Hammer Heimholung
4. Idunas Äpfel
5. Skadis Rache
6. Der Riesenbaumeister
7. Allvater
– an ode to Odin lasting over a quarter of an hour.

about the album:

Quote:

You’ll get one hour of epic and melodic folk metal that focuses on the ancient sagas of the „Edda“.

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Some philosophy lessons are needed for anyone :

Artist is the one that creates art to be seen/heard for free and people gives whatever money if they want to or not.
Craftsman is the one that creates art to be sold.