The leading warriors of Australian Battle Metal have finally arrived with their first era entitled ONLY THE BRAVE RETURN. A 50-minute epic journey displaying an array of blackened melodic death metal, of course mixed with elements of medieval folk music and battle cries. Each song on the album also represents a chapter in the coinciding novel, based on an original fantasy story created by the band.
There are at least four bands with the name 'Pantheon' and one with a similar name, 1) Pantheon, a National Socialist black metal band formed in Arizona, America in 1993.
2) Pantheon, a metal band formed in York, England in 2005.
3) Panthéon, a dutch progressive band from the 70's.
4) Pantheon, a female-fronted metal band from Nottingham, England, formed 2007.
5) PANTHEON I, not relevant in this bio. 1) Genre(s)
National Socialist Black Metal Lyrical theme(s)
It all started in Norrtälje, Sweden, 1995. Three old friends began to talk about starting a band. They had all played or growled in different constellations before. The main direction with this project, was to play as fast and primitive metal as possible, and the lyrics had to be in Swedish. No question about that. To get the massive and raw sound they wanted, they only had to find a second guitarist and of course a drummer.
Guthrum is the solo project of Mark Wood (ex Ravenage / current Winterfylleth) They released the first recordings under the name of 'The First Ode to Many...' in mid 2009 and received a high level of feedback thus attaining solid ground to build on for future releases. The next release will be out during the second half of 2010. Current members are:
Mark Wood, Phil Wilkinson, Richard Hurst and Jonny Hirons. Previous members:
Elliot Vernon (Ravenage and Windrider)
Nothgard was founded in 2008 by Dom and Toni. After a few months of jam sessions, they started to work on their own songs. Of course there was an indispensable need for a bassist and rhythm guitar. Viktor joined the band as man responsible for the pressure. Isochronicly with Chris (rhythm guitar), Lena became member of the band, giving the songs a symphonic touch by playing the keys. - So their collective Ideas let develop varied songs with lots of good influences. The last need was a band name, which was found in “Nordavind” for the present.
Ravenage are a Folk/Black metal 5 piece from East Yorkshire. Their ideology and creative energy derives from historical events, repents and atrocities. Lineup:
Glyn the Heralder - Vocals
Markku - Guitar
Lord Legion - Bass
Windrider - Keyboards
Ulver - Drums
Fjoergyn is a German Pagan Metal band formed in 2003. Currently it consists of only two members, and they are looking for a drummer and a guitarist. The name "Fjoergyn" is the name of an Earth Goddess from Viking Mythology. On March 29, 2005 they released their debut album Ernte im Herbst on the record label Black Attakk. It is a concept album about nature's revenge against mankind. They used a drum machine since they had no drummer at the time of the recording.
Combining medieval and naturalistic melodies and rhythms with thrashy, black metal-inspired riffs, Northern Oak set out to create a uniquely and quintessentially English angle on the idea of ‘mature folk metal’ with a focus on the power of nature and spirituality, mirroring many traditional Pagan rituals. Current line-up:
Christopher "Aiken" Mole- guitars
Elliot "Helimas" Sinclair- keyboards, piano
Catie "Cerridwen" Williams- flutes, recorders
Martin "Berserk" Collins- vocals
Soulgrind was born in 1992 in Finland as a melodic dark metal band playing very unique and intelligent metal. After a short existence, it got a deal from German based MMI Records (Autonomy Productions). The first release was 7“ EP titled Santa Sangre featuring unique dark industrial mixed to doom and black feelings. In 1994 the debut CD titled La Matanza, El Himno Pagano was released through the same label. Album featured much more complex and weird emotions and structures than the previous EP.
Aisling (meaning dream-like vision) is Melodic Black Metal band from Italy where symphonic elements are mixed with sonorities mindful of the black metal, more sensitive to pagan feelings that recall ancient visions and emotions. Aisling is a name of Celtic origin chosen to represent our musical dimension. Our city, Trieste, has been founded around 500 B.C. by the Celtic tribe of the Carni Càtali and not withstanding that more then 2000 years have passed, we feel a strong bond with the traditions, the mentality, and specially with the spirituality of our ancestors.