Folkearth

Folkearth is an international music project, created by musicians playing folk and viking metal. It could be called a supergroup of Viking and Folk Metal's biggest names.

History

The band started in 2003 as an idea of Ruslanas Danisevskis from Ravenclaw. With Magnus Wohlfart from Nae'blis as a composer of music, Wulfstan and Athelstan from Forefather and Marios "Prince Imrahil" Koutsoukos as lyric composers the group started to form. Many other musicians were recruited and finaly in 2004 the first album was recorded.There was around 60 minutes of material, but some of it got lost, and the album A Nordic Poem is only 40 minutes long. Because of the bad quality of this record, the band decided to remaster and reissue their debut. 2006-09-01, shortly after the reissue of A Nordic Poem the seccond album titled By the Sword of My Father is released. Even more bands, such as Van Langen, Thiasos Dionysos, Hildr Valkyrie, Death Army, The Soil Bleeds Black have joined Folkearth in the production of this album, so the total line-up consisted of 31 musicians from 8 different countries. Folkearth's latest album Drakkars in the Mist was released 2007-05-28 with the biggest lineup so far. Currently, more than 30 musicians are working on this project.

Band members

A Nordic Poem Marios "Prince Imrahil" Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - keyboard Stefanos Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - bass Nikos Nezeritis (Dol Amroth) - acoustic guitar Ruslanas Danisevskis (Ravenclaw) - spoken vocal Alex "Hugin" Wieser (Uruk-Hai) - keyboard Athelstan (Forefather) - drums, electric guitar Wulfstan (Forefather) - electric guitar, bass, vocal Vorlage:Flag Chrigiel Glanzmann (Eluveitie) - uilleann pipes, tin whistle, bodhrán Vorlage:Flag Magnus Wohlfart (Nae'blis) - acoustic and electric guitar, bass, keyboard, Jew's harp, vocal Jeremy Child (Yggdrasil) - drums, vocal William Ekeberg (Broken Dagger) - cello, vocal Jonas Fröberg (Trymheim) - keyed fiddle, vocal Kristofer Janiec - violin Michelle Maas - female vocal By the Sword of My Father Marios "Prince Imrahil" Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - vocal, keyboard Stefanos Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - bass Nikos Nezeritis (Dol Amroth) - acoustic guitar Hildr Valkyrie (Hildr Valkyrie) - vocal, keyboard Vorlage:Flag Ruslanas Danisevskis(Ravenclaw) - spoken vocal Alex "Hugin" Wieser (Uruk-Hai) - keyboard Athelstan (Forefather) - electric guitar, drum programming, vocals Wulfstan (Forefather) - vocal Magnus Wohlfart (Nae'blis) - acoustic and electric guitar, keyboard, vocal Jeremy Child (Yggdrasil) - drums Niklas Olausson (Broken Dagger) - vocals Daniel Fredriksson (Otyg) - medieval lute, Jew's harp Simon Frodeberg - bass Kristofer Janiec - violin Michelle Maas - vocal Daniel Pettersson (Pettersson & Fredriksson) - keyed fiddle Tobias Andrelang - bass Achim Eberle - percussion Ralf Gruber - drums, percussion Bernd Intveen (Van Lagen) - electric guitar Sabine Stelzer (Van Lagen) - bagpipes, flute, schalmey, percussion Marcus Van Langen (Van Lagen) - acoustic guitar, saz, bass, percussion, viking flute, vocal André Groschopp (Thiasos Dionysos) - acoustic and electric guitar, keyboard, vocal, tin whistle, violin, drums Mark Riddick (The Soil Bleeds Black) - recorder, percussion Axel (Death Army) - acoustic and electric guitar, bass, vocals Becky - celtic harp Alessandro Caruso (Hysterya) - drums, percussion Francesca Crotti - violin Igor Saviola - vocals Raven - celtic harp Ulven (Draugen) - acoustic guitar

Drakkars in the Mist Marios "Prince Imrahil" Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - spoken vocal, scream vocal, choir vocal, keyboard Stefanos Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - bass, acoustic guitar Nikos Nezeritis (Dol Amroth) - keyboard Polydeykis (Zion) - 6 and 12-string acoustic guitar, keyboard, piano, recorder, tin whistle, bağlama, accordion, lead and backing choir, male vocal, narration, Thracian bagpipes Thanasis Karapanos - lead and backing male vocal, electric guitar, drums, keyboard Hildr Valkyrie (Hildr Valkyrie) - lead and backing female vocal, spoken vocal, drum programming, keyboard Faethon - bass, choir vocal Ruslanas Danisevskis (Ravenclaw) - tin wistle Magnus Wohlfart (Nae'blis) - guitar, vocal, keyboard, drums William Ekeberg (Broken Dagger) - vocal Simon Frodeberg - bass, vocal Morten Basse (Thulr) Dreogan (Peordh) - electric guitar, bass Mark Riddick (The Soil Bleeds Black) - bodhrán, sopranino recorder, soprano recorder, tenor recorder Axel (Death Army) - electric guitar, bass, drums Raven - celtic harp, backing vocal Ulven (Draugen) - acoustic guitar Roman Samonin (Morituri) Ralf Goossens (Morituri) Vojan Koceic (Koziak) Haavard Tveito (Vetter) - electric guitar, bass, vocal Orey (Pagan Reign) - guitar, domra Vetrodar (Pagan Reign) - flute, guitar, naylon guitar Autumn (Hordak) - vocals, guitar, drum programming Winter (Hordak) - guitar, bass, drum programming Antonio Mansilla (Last Deception) - chorus Jesus Sierra (Last Deception) - drums Jose Luis Frias - flute, pipes GG Karman - chorus A. Pangin - flute Current members Polydeykis (Zion) Marios Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) Stefanos Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) Nikos Nezeritis (Dol Amroth) Thanasis Karapanos Hildr Valkyrie (Hildr Valkyrie) Faethon Ruslanas Danisevskis (Ravenclaw) Magnus Wohlfart (Broken Dagger) William Ekeberg (Broken Dagger) Simon Frodeberg Morten Basse (Thulr) Dreogan (Peordh) Mark Riddick (The Soil Bleeds Black) Axel (Death Army) - electric guitar, bass, drums Raven - celtic harp, backing vocal Ulven (Draugen) - acoustic guitar Roman Samonin (Morituri) Ralf Goossens (Morituri) Vojan Koceic (Koziak) Haavard Tveito (Vetter) Orey (Pagan Reign) Vetrodar (Pagan Reign) Autumn (Hordak) Winter (Hordak) Antonio Mansilla (Last Deception) Jesus Sierra (Last Deception) Jose Luis Frias A. Pangin GG Karman

Discography

• A Nordic Poem (2004)
• By the Sword of My Father (2006)
• Drakkars in the Mist (2007)

External links

• Folkearth homepage
• Current members of the project