Darkwood (DE)
Fusing acoustic instruments like guitar or violin with some more electronic and experimental sounds, Darkwood can be considered as a major band of today’s neo-folk scene. Alternating lyrics in English and German, Darkwood covers topics as diverse as the influence of particular events or extreme situations on the psyche or the fate of the individual, the pain of war, love for our homeland and forgotten beauty of tradition and nature.
Stormfågel (SE)
Stormfågel spread its wings for the first time in the autumn of 2004. This after its father and creator Andreas Neidhardt had been away from music for a couple of years but now felt that something had to happen. After participating in several (less successful) Neofolk and Gothic bands since the early 90s he now rolled up his sleeves and went to work. In February of 2005 Stormfågel released a 3-track demo named «Kinder der Vergangenheiten, Helden aus den grauen Zeiten» and was immediately signed by Swedish record label Cold Meat Industry. During the making of their debut album vocalist Éva Mag joined Stormfågel. In the autumn of 2005 «Den nalkande stormen» (cmi 149) saw the light of day. In the spring of 2007 Stormfågel released their second album: «Ett berg av fasa» (cmi 171). In december 2007 Éva Mag decided to leave Stormfågel. During the fall of 2009 Stormfågel decided to leave CMI and joined the Austrian label Steinklang. Stormfågels third album «Eldvakt» (Sk51) was released in April 2010. Finally the last album Dödsvals arrived in June 2012 and is definitely more Martial/Suicide-Pop.
Martial industrial project founded by german musician Sven Bussler in March 1999. Wappenbund is the musical continuation of his previous project Ophir, and often includes collaborations with various other artists. Wappenbund plays a harsh epic music of bombastic martial drumming and neo-classical melodies, often accompanied by Sven’s distorted vocals.
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