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Engla Tocyme
''Engla Tocyme'' (''The Coming of the English'') is the third studio album by the English pagan metal band ''Forefather''. It was recorded from September to November 2001 and released in 2002 by ''Angelisc Enterprises''. In 2004 ''Karmageddon Media Hammerheart Records (known as Karmageddon Media between 2004 and 2010) is a Dutch independent record label specializing in death metal, black metal, doom metal and folk metal bands from around the world. The label was founded in 1995 and is current ...'' re-released the album with two bonus tracks. Track listing Personnel *Athelstan - guitars, bass, keyboards, drums *Wulfstan - vocals, guitars, bass *Christian Andersson - cover art {{Authority control 2002 albums Forefather albums Karmageddon Media albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forefather
''Forefather'' is an English folk metal band from Surrey. They also incorporate elements of Viking metal and black metal. Since inception in 1997 the band has released seven studio albums. History ''Forefather'' was formed in September 1997 by brothers Wulfstan and Athelstan. Two years later ''Forefather'' released its first album, ''Deep Into Time'', on the band's own label, ''Angelisc Enterprises'', on which two more albums would be released by the band, ''The Fighting Man'' and ''Engla Tocyme'', in 2000 and 2002, respectively. ''Forefather's'' fourth album, ''Ours Is the Kingdom'' was released in 2004 by ''Hammerheart Records, Karmageddon Media'', on which the band's entire back catalogue of albums was re-released as well - remastered and with added bonus tracks. In 2008, ''Forefather'' released its fifth album, ''Steadfast (Forefather album), Steadfast'', on the band's new own label, Seven Kingdoms, on which three years later the band's sixth album, ''Last of the Line'', wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Metal
Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (Lo-fi music, lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms. During the 1980s, several thrash metal and death metal bands formed a prototype for black metal. This "first wave" included bands such as Venom (band), Venom, Bathory (band), Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. A second wave arose in the early 1990s, spearheaded by Norwegian bands such as Mayhem (band), Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum, Immortal (band), Immortal, Emperor (band), Emperor, Satyricon (band), Satyricon and Gorgoroth. The early Norwegian black metal scene developed the style of their forebears into a distinct genre. Norwegian-inspired black metal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pagan Metal
Pagan metal is a genre of heavy metal music which fuses extreme metal with " the pre-Christian traditions of a specific culture or region" through thematic concept, rustic melodies, unusual instruments or archaic languages, Wiederhorn 2009, p. 62. usually referring to folk metal or black metal. The Norwegian band In the Woods... was one of the first bands commonly viewed as pagan metal. ''Metal Hammer'' author Marc Halupczok wrote that Primordial's song "To Enter Pagan" from the band's demo " Dark Romanticism" contributed to defining the genre. Characteristics Pagan metal is "more of an idea than a genre" and consequently bands tend to be "wildly different" from one another. Bassist Jarkko Aaltonen of the band Korpiklaani notes that bands singing about "Vikings or other ancient tribes of people are all labelled as pagan", regardless of whether they use folk instruments.Jarkko Aaltonen of Korpiklaani, quoted in Wiederhorn 2009, p. 63 Heri Joensen expressed a similar descript ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammerheart Records
Hammerheart Records (known as Karmageddon Media between 2004 and 2010) is a Dutch independent record label specializing in death metal, black metal, doom metal and folk metal bands from around the world. The label was founded in 1995 and is currently located in Valkenburg aan de Geul. It is incorporated in the Netherlands as Hammerheart Holdings B.V. In 2010, the label changed its name back to Hammerheart Records again and started signing new bands. Former artists *Aeternus (currently signed to Dark Essence Records) *Ancient Rites (currently signed to Season of Mist) *Carpe Tenebrum * Cruachan (currently signed to Candlelight Records) *Dismember (currently signed to Regain Records) *Forefather (currently signed to Seven Kingdoms) *Glittertind (currently signed to Napalm Records) *Ishtar (Broken up) *Mael Mórdha (currently signed to Candlelight Records) *Mercenary (currently signed to Century Media Records) *Mithotyn *Necrophobic (currently signed to Century Media Records) * Primo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fighting Man
''The Fighting Man'' is the second studio album by the English pagan metal band ''Forefather''. It was recorded and mixed at ''The Croft'', Surrey and released in 2000 on ''Angelisc Enterprises''. In 2004 ''Karmageddon Media Hammerheart Records (known as Karmageddon Media between 2004 and 2010) is a Dutch independent record label specializing in death metal, black metal, doom metal and folk metal bands from around the world. The label was founded in 1995 and is current ...'' reissued the album with two bonus tracks. Track listing Personnel *Athelstan - guitars, bass, keyboards, drums *Wulfstan - vocals, guitars, bass, drums *Christian Andersson - cover art {{DEFAULTSORT:Fighting Man, The 2000 albums Forefather albums Karmageddon Media albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ours Is The Kingdom
''Ours Is the Kingdom'' is the fourth album by English metal band Forefather. Its title is a play on the line of the Lord's Prayer ''"For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory"''. The lyrics of the track are a statement against Christianity and a defiant will to reclaim the English kingdom from an alien God. The cover art depicts a dead crusade The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were i ...r warrior, an image meant to symbolize Christian decay. "''Our hearts lie not in heaven,'' ''Nor Eastern desert sands.''" Track listing #"The Shield-Wall" – 4:10 #"Ours Is the Kingdom" – 4:53 #"Proud to be Proud" – 4:54 #"The Golden Dragon" – 5:26 #"Smashed by Fate" – 4:25 #"The Sea-Kings" – 4:28 #"To the Mountains They Fled" – 4:37 #"The Folk That Time Forgot" – 4:5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forefather Albums
''Forefather'' is an English folk metal band from Surrey. They also incorporate elements of Viking metal and black metal. Since inception in 1997 the band has released seven studio albums. History ''Forefather'' was formed in September 1997 by brothers Wulfstan and Athelstan. Two years later ''Forefather'' released its first album, ''Deep Into Time'', on the band's own label, ''Angelisc Enterprises'', on which two more albums would be released by the band, ''The Fighting Man'' and ''Engla Tocyme'', in 2000 and 2002, respectively. ''Forefather's'' fourth album, ''Ours Is the Kingdom'' was released in 2004 by '' Karmageddon Media'', on which the band's entire back catalogue of albums was re-released as well - remastered and with added bonus tracks. In 2008, ''Forefather'' released its fifth album, '' Steadfast'', on the band's new own label, Seven Kingdoms, on which three years later the band's sixth album, ''Last of the Line'', would also be released. In April 2015, the band r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
