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~ Northern / Heathen / Asatru Music Links ~

I greatly appreciate ideas from you regarding sites, bands, albums, or your personal experiences.
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Heathen...  Music eGroups   Labels    Albums   Online Music   Music Websites   Radio&Podcasts    Music & Singing Resources

More Albums: Reconstructioned Old Music, Classical & Symphonic Music   Neo-/Folk/Rock,Revival     Metal & Co.

For listening to Prose, see "Links to Poetry" -> Heathen Prose & Norse Myths: Online, to listen to & Audiobooks.

Click on the composer or band name to learn more about them.

Heathen / Norse Music eGroups

Asatru_musicians
Yahoo group for heathen composers, lyricists, instrumentalists, and lovers of music!
I manage this list - you are cordially invited to join and participate!

Anglo Saxon Lyres
Yahoo group about the Anglo Saxon Lyre, its history, music, construction and archaeology,
including Germanic, European, and world Lyre/Leier/Hearpes in general, and the Baltic Bowed Lyres.

The Lyre
Open FaceBook group for any kind of lyre, or lyre-like instrument.


Heathen Labels & Studios

Baldur Rising Music  - Hauk´s label. Cooperating with heathen artists.

Heathen Albums

Skaldenmet  - "Der Ruf der Götter" (The Call of the Gods) by Michaela Macha, Armin Knorr & Michael Schütz.
German Asatru folk/rock. German and English lyrics on the CD. MP3 samples & lyrics of all songs online here.

Bob Falkenstein's "Hammer of Bronze" album is available as MP3 download on iTunes and Amazon.com.

Hauk - "Path of Ice", "No Mercy for the Slain", "Love Songs, Lamentations and Lifthrasir",
"To Hear the Trumpets Call"
& more. Hauk on MySpace.

Skaldic Hearth Kin -"Winter Wassail", an album of Yule and Wassail songs, available here on ITunes, Amazon.com Mp3,Napster, Zune, Rhapsody, Nokia.
Winter Wassail, starting 2010,
is a weekend long event bringing the wassailing traditions of the past into the celebration of modern Heathenry.

Tru Spirit -"A Gift for A Gift", the second album by John Cyr and Ingmar Lauer.
Their first album, "Songs of Our Heathen Ancestry", is no longer available.

Bell Book and Canto - "Invocation" with pagan-themed songs, and the heathen songs
"Twist and Weave", "Ostara" and "I Heard The Valkyries Cry Last Night".
Also available on Itunes. Samples on their site, and here: YouTube teaser.

Nine Sea Songs by Raven Kaldera
Spiritual songs, accompanied by guitar: 'To Ran´s Nine Daughters', 'Groa´s Charms', 'Candlemas Hymn', and more.

Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson - "Edda"
By the founder of the Asatruarfelagidh, in Icelandic language & performance style. Four tracks: The Prophecy Of Seeress, The Saying Of Har, The Lay Of Sigrdrifa, Poems By Sveinbjorn Beinteinsson. 
My comment: Archaic and haunting. To our ears unusual style; nothing to hear as "background" music.

Freya Aswynn - "Songs of Yggdrasil: Shamanic Chants from the Northern Mysteries"
Including rune galdr and a rendering of the Havamal.

Hildr Valkyrie - "Deceitful Fate", "Shield Brothers of Walhalla"
English songs about battle, Valkyries and Einherjar by Greek heathen Hildr Valkyrie.
You can read most of her "Deceitful Fate" lyrics on Odin´s Gift, and listen to tracks on ReverbNation.

"Tales of Stone and Ice -- Songs from a Heathen Perspective" by Karen L.U. Kahan, Savagedaughter.net.

Skaldenhain - German Asatru Albums by Armin Knorr - with MP3 clips and all lyrics on-site:
"Drachenboot":
Straightforward Rock with guitars, drums, bass, orchestra and choir. "Perthro": Asatru Blues. "Stahlzeit": Asatru Metal

"Rabenzeit" by Swartaz Horsa (Wolf Lüerßen und Armin Knorr). German.

Songs by Wolf (Harvion) on YouTube
, e.g. "An 1000 Feuern" by Harvion and Armin Knorr. German.

"Hør mig Aser - Ritualsange
Ritual songs with both modern Denish and Old Norse texts from the Older and Younger Edda, sung by Gudrun Victoria Gotved .
Several artists accompany her with lyre, percussion, rattles and hurdy-gurdy. Listen to all tracks online!

Kurtz Frausun (www.frausun.com) - "Rista, The Ambient Runes Vol. 1 & 2."
24 song, double album. The runes are chanted with experimental sounds and thundering drums, symphonic strings,
sitars and atmospheric keys, each song composed to the natural rhythm of the Runes. Available on Itunes: Vol. 1 and Vol.2.

KAAN - "Erulia", heathen/Asatru folk album recorded in ca. 2000 under the label Berzerker Record.
Available as MP3 album on Recluse Records.

Heathen/Norse Online Music

Skaldenmet - My German Asatru Poetry Collection, the sister site of Odin's Gift.
Over 600 poems and songs. Online Songbook with MP3.

Bob Falkenstein with his guitar on YouTube: Ute Sitte (Sitting Out),
Hammer of Bronze, Sigdrifa´s Prayer, Wisdom of the Ancients & more!

Dano Hammer - Heartfelt Heathen Hip-Hop. Two MP3 albums ("Natural Selections" and "Good Vibe Tribe").

YouTube channel of PanChilde (Jenn Mayes), e.g. Nine Long Nights

An 1000 Feuern (Round 1000 Fires) - German. YouTube-Lied&Video about Thor´s adventures in Utgard, by Harvion and Armin Knorr.

Cybersamurai´s List of Viking Music Artists

Eddan
Based on a merge of various Eddic poems. The scope is a story from Ginnungagap to Ragnarök,
the red line being the invincible sword forged by master smith Völund. 
The project was finished in 2008 and first publicly displayed in Reykjavik/Iceland.
As of 2009, Edda is released on ELYZIUM classics and available there in high quality.

Elda´s Songs on Myspace.com - German. "Und der Seherin Wort", "Hel", "Fylgia"...

"Erik the Awful" by Ray Stevens - You can find lyrics online through Google, and with some luck an MP3 as well.

Gimle Kindred of Northeastern Connecticut features an mp3 of The Havamal - sung by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson.

Gudakväden ("Chants of the Gods") by Thorolf Darje. Experience online a part of this
enthralling Viking exhibition which brings the old myths alive for modern audiences.

Kalinov Bridge - "Native" - Russian heathen/pagan video clip about our living roots.

Kari Tauring - American folk-singer and story-teller; songs relating to runes, seidhr, and other nordic themes.
Albums: "Völva Songs" and "Live At the Capri".

"Life Blood" - Viking song by Karen Kahan aka Wyndreth Berginsdottir.

Piparskeggrskald Podbean - A place to hear Piparskeggr's poems and songs.

SolMånens Forlag  - Denish heathen Dankward E. Nielsen´s chants and drumming.
MP3 soundclips of his CDs available. Also, good articles.

"Song of the Shield-Wall" in the Cantaria Folk Song Archive.
Words: Lady Malkin Grey, Music: Lady Peregrynne Windrider, Performance: Andrew Scarhart. 

Vindga Meidi - German Viking Metal. Listen to Surtur Hrimthurs Frankson´s poem "Krieg und Frieden"
as soundclip "Walhall", and "Goetterverhaengnis".


"Tausendgötterlied" (Song of Thousand Gods) - German, MP3.

The Ballad of  Regin (Regin smiður) - Faroese ballad. Performances by 1) Faroese band "Tyr",
2) by traditional dancers, 3)
by Svein Tunheim & Wyndreth Berginsdottir.

The Germanic Mantry: Eiris sazun idisi  
The Merseburger charms, sung as Germanic Mantra by Jürgen Blottner and Anja Pfennig.

"The Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin - Find the lyrics through Google. Video on LedZeppelin.com.

The Meadhall - Songs with lyrics &  mp3 by Alwynne (aka Hilla Hamasdottir).

Thorskegga Thorn -  Instrumental music on YouTube, e.g. Odin´s Dance, Freya´s Dance, Frigga´s Dance.

Yngwie Malmsteen - "I am a Viking" (Lyrics), Youtube Video.

"Ymir and Odin" and other Northern Myth Songs ('The Choosers', 'Road of Life', 'Spirit and Power', 'Daybreak').
from The writings of Albert Burger. CD available here
.

    Heathen/Pagan Radio Stations and Podcasts

Asatru Spricht (Asatru Speaks) - German MP3 with meditations, prayers and poems,
spoken by Michael Schütz on www.AsatruRingFrankfurt.de.

The Mead Hall - Canadian heathen podcast, from Ontario.

Raven Radio -
Weekly podcast (new episodes on Sundays), ca. 1 hour length, interviews with several musicians.

Ravencast -
Asatru podcast. Monthly half-hour episodes with interviews and seasonal topics,
e.g. interviews with the heathen musicians Hauk and Piparskeggr.

The Troth’s Official Podcast
- Recorded Troth Skype Moots, about monthly.

Spoken Lore
- Podcast with Saga readings, e.g. Egil's Saga.

Njal's Saga
- Podcast with readings from the Njal´s Saga.


Heathen/Norse Music Websites 

Anglo-Saxons Scops and Scopcraft: Origins, performance style, boasting, chronology.

Contemporary Heathen Music: A Review (2002) - by Jordsvin on his Norse Heathen Pages

Viking Age Music - Excellent article on the Viking Answer Lady, with sound examples of old instruments

Viking music on Iceland
- From "A short history of Icelandic music to the beginning of the twentieht century" by Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson.

The Songs of the Vikings - What kinds of songs and sounds could be heard in Scandinavia 1000 years ago?

Three Faroese ballads translated by Nora Kershaw, with musical score:
The Ballad of Nornagest, The Ballad of Hjalmar and Angantyr, The Ballad of Arngrim´s Sons

The Troth´s Store - Albums of interest to Heathens

Music & Singing Resources

ChoralWiki, home of the Choral Public Domain Library, including sheet music.

Sheet Music Point is a digital archive of downloadable public domain sheet music.

International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) - Free scores. Browse and search by composer, melody, genre, and instrumentation.

The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive - Collection of texts used in over 100,000 classical art songs

The Contemplator's Folk Music Site - Irish, British and American Folk Music, with Lyrics, Midi, Tune Information
and History behind the folksongs and ballads. Use of their Midi on websites permitted under conditions.

Khoomei.com  Very good resource on throat-singing techniques.

Albums: Reconstructioned Old Music, Classical & Symphonic Music

Alder - by Per-Olf Branzell
Reconstructed Viking Age music using goat horns, horse hair bowed lyre, cow horns, assorted flutes and bag pipe.

Carnyx: Sounds of the Viking Age by Lawson, Graeme & Windy.
Cassette tape with accompanying notes: A short collection of six well-reconstructed tenth and eleventh century secular tunes.
Cambridge: Archaeologica Musica, 1985. Available from Archaeologia Musica, P.O. Box 92, Cambridge CB4 1PU, England.

Edvard Grieg  - "Olaf Tryggvason", "Bergliot" - In his unfinished drama "Olaf Tryggvason", Grieg (1843-1907) is the very first to use the word "Asatro" in a literary setting. The scenes feature a blot with grand hymnical invocations of Aesir and Vanir. "Bergliot" recounts the heroic death of Einar Tambarskjelve, and his widow´s futile attempt to instigate revenge on his betrayer Harald Hårdråde. Virgin Classics, 1994. Booklet texts in Norwegian, English, French and German. Above link leads to the reissue of the CD which includes other works as well.

Erik Gustav Geijer - "Sånger" (Songs) - 28 Swedish songs from the 18th century, including 7 stanzas from Geijer´s famous "Vikingen" (The Viking). Bilingual booklet. Musica Sveciae, Swedish Music Anthology, MSCD 519,1994 (Catharina Olsson, Per-Arne Wahlgren, Thomas Schuback).

"Fornnordiska klanger" (The Sounds of Prehistoric Scandinavia) by Cajsa S. Lund.
The recording showcases the uses of reconstucted instruments in various ways.
Bones, gongs, drums, flutes from all regions of Scandinavia.  Extensive notes included.
41 tracks; tracks 24-41 are of instruments dating from the Stone Age to the Viking Age.

LP: Musica Sveciae MS 101. CD: Musica Sveciae MSCD 101. Stockholm 1987.
Also available on Cajsa S. Lund´s Homepage.

Jón Leifs - "EDDA Part 1: Sköpun heimsins" (The Creation of the World). Music for symphony orchestra, chorus and vocal soloists. Iceland Symphony Orchestra BIS-SACD-1350.
In the "Saga Symphony" Jón Leifs musically portrays five characters of famous Icelandic sagas.
Baldr Op 34 is a musical and choreographic drama without words. Sound samples on Amazon.com.

Richard Wagner - "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (The Ring of the Nibelung). Set of four operas based on figures and elements of Norse mythology, notably the Old Norse Poetic Edda, the Volsunga Saga, and the Middle High German Nibelungenlied.

Sequentia - "Edda, An Icelandic Saga: Myths From Medieval Iceland", "The Rheingold Curse" by Benjamin Bagby.
The original Eddic poems chanted  in Old Icelandic, the pronounciation and style of performance reconstructed as far back as possible, based on Icelandic rímur. String and wind instruments are sparingly used. Transports you back in time - haunting athmosphere, heroic and melancholy. My comment: "A must hear!"

"Svarta Jordens Sång" (Song of the Black Earth) by Per-Ulf Allmo and Styrbjörn Bergelt.
Book and CD. Music based on archaeological finds from Birka. Tullinge-Uppsala: All Win. 1995. ISBN 916303106X.

Viking Tones: I Dreamt me a Dream - Wessberg, Erik Axel, Mogens Friis, and Knud Albert Jepsen. Skalk CD 2.
The pieces on this CD are mainly based the music around the earliest piece of Scandinavian music we have, "I dreamt me a dream." Other music as a basis for these reconstructions includes the 12th century "Hymn to St. Magnus" from the Orkney Islands; a traditional piece from the 10th cenutury in Italy; King Richard the Lionheart's "Ja nuns hons pris", late 1100's, and a couple of traditional Icelandic pieces based on de la Borde. The instruments used are all those known from the Viking Age: the wooden lur as found in the Oseberg ship, 3-hole and 6-hole bone flute, York pan-pipes, Falste-fife, Västerby-horn, drum, and the Sutton-Hoo type lyre.

Albums: Neo-/Folk/Rock, Revival

Barditus - „Die letzten Goten“, "Schwarzer Heiland", Eichendorff "Liedersammlung"
Folk. German lyrics. Open musical project, texts partially with Norse references. "The last Goths" is a beautiful musical version of the poem by Felix Dahn.

Carved in Stone - "Hear the Voice". Mystic Folk. Solo project of German artist Ilona Jeschke (better known as Swawa). Her lyrics, in both German and English, are inspired by traditional Germanic beliefs.

Eliwagar - Pagan Folk from France with Nordic themes. English lyrics. 
Albums: "And the ancestral pagan flame shall never fade", "Memories of the Warrior Will"

Erik the Red´s Asatru-related Music - Legends, Dreams, and Myths
64 minutes Lo-Fi Acoustic Guitar with Erik's singing. 18 tracks, 6 whereof deal directly with Odinist themes, and histories.

Forseti - "Windzeit". German lyrics. Old folks songs, pagan and mystical themes; poems e.g. by Goethe or Hesse as musical versions.

Hagalaz Runedance - "Volven", "Frigga´s Web", "Laguz - Within the Lake", "The Winds That Sang of  Midgard´s Fate"
Female Folk/Goth/Rock band with Andrea "Nebel" Haugen (Nebelhexe) as singer.
Inspiring, dedicated, harmonious, a bit melancholy. Themes from mythology & the Viking world.
My comment: "Volven" rocks ! "The Winds.." is good but very melancholy.

Hedningarna  - 6 albums
The name is Swedish for "the Heathens"; they sing some songs in Swedish, some in Finnish. 
My comment: I have "Karelia Visa", very rhythmic and positive. I like it a lot!

In Acht & Bann - "Auf Runenpfaden zwischen den Welten" Neofolk from Germany. German lyrics.

Kate Waterfield - "Runa Megin"
Experimental vocal techniques and healing sounds from around the world, fused with elements of Scandinavian folk and contemporary electronic music. Two tracks for listening online.

Kjartan Olafsson: "Voluspa" - 4 titles, of which title 1 "Voluspa" is 29 min in length. Experimental, mysterious, for attentive listening.

Krauka - "Vikinga seidhur", "Stiklur", "Bylur", "Odhinn". Denish folk music with many references to Norse mythology.

LinaLaukaR - Nordic Folk / Industrial / Experimental side project of Angelica Segerbäck & Johan Svärdshammar
of Waves under Water (“Serpents and the Tree”, label Dance Macabre, Interview.). Vision: to create heathen ritual
music with a raw nordic atmosphere. Lyrics by pagan poet Markus Skogsberg.

"Midgart - Music between Fire and Ice. Songs from the Edda" by Shamrock Duo.
One man & one woman band from Germany. English lyrics paraphrasing Eddic Lays, plus own takes on Norse mythology. Harp, tin whistle, synthesizer. My comment: Nice, simple charm, but not overwhelming.

Nebelung - "Vigil", "Reigen", "Mistelteinn", "Eisiges Licht 2". German.

Neun Welten -"Vergessene Pfade". Band from Germany.

Orplid - 6 albums. German lyrics. "Heimkehr" and "Das Schicksal" are completely devoted to Nordic mythology.

Poeta Magica - "Edda" German. Sound samples on Amazon.com.

Sonne Hagal - several albums, audio cassettes and LPs, e.g. "Helfahrt"
German lyrics. Style "tough and ready for fighting", melancholy, and Gothic.
Descriptions include "Apocalyptic folk band", "dark folk music", and "classic neofolk".

Sturmpercht - German. Ghostly wights storming through the forest mountains...

Valravn - "Valravn", "Koder På Snor "
Powerful interpretations of songs from ages past, in Faroese as well as Danish and Icelandic.
Valravn is flaming poetry, featuring elements of folk, rock, punk and electronica.

Voxus Imp. - Idafeld German lyrics. Neofolk / neoclassic and experimental music, strong on percussion.

Waldteufel - "Rauhnacht", "Heimliches Deutschland", "Sanguis". German.

Wardruna - Norwegian band. "Runaljod" offers 12 tracks centering on the runes. Interview with Wardruna by Odroerir Journal.

Various Artists - "Wizard Women of the North"
A collection of Nordic traditional music revival, featuring a number of talented female vocalists and instrumentalists.

Yggdrasil Kreis - "Runasöngr" German, 12 tracks (e.g. Runachant, Odin, Thor, Havamal, Wyrd.) and more albums.

Albums: Metal & Co.

Guter Überblick und Recherche: Metal-archives.com, Wikipedia-Kategorie: Pagan-Metal-Band

Adorned Brood - Black and Folk Metal

Amon Amarth - several albums, e.g. "Fate of Norns"
Death Metal, deeply rooted in the mythology. Swedish band, English lyrics.

Bathory - "Hammerheart",  "Blood on Ice", "Nordland I", "Nordland  II", "Twilight of the Gods"
Heavily into Nordic themes. Good unofficial fan page.

Black Messiah - Pagan Metal.

Borknagar - "Gods Of My World" and other albums. Viking/folk/progressive black-ish metal.

Burzum - "Hlidskjalf", "Daudi Baldrs", "Belus", "Fallen"

Danelaw (formerly: "Asatru") - Viking Heavy Metal from the UK.

Dominus Praelii - "Bastards and Killers". Heavy Metal.

Doomsword - "Resound the Horn", "Let Battle Commence"
Italian Doom Metal, very good singer with lots of viking themed songs. In the style of Candlemass/Black Sabbath with Viking Themes. 'Shores of Vinland' is a great catchy song.

Einherjer -  Viking Metal. "Blot" (2004) , "Dragons of the North" 1996, "Odin owns ye all" 1998

Elixir - "The Son of Odin". Only the title song pertains to mythology.

Eluveitie - Swiss Band. Celtic/Pagan Folk Metal with influences from Death Metal.

Ensiferum - "Victory Songs". Finnish Heroic Folk Metal.

Equilibrium - "Turis Fratyr"

Fimbulthier - Viking Metal from Saxony/Germany.

Falkenbach - 'Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty' and other albums
Viking Metal band based in Germany. Though they sometimes implement Black-Metal-esque vocals within their music, their albums, are full of clear, beautiful, multi-layered, hymn-like compositions that usually relate tales from Nordo-Germanic history or the Eddas. Their song "Havamal" on Youtube.

Forefather - "Summer´s Flame", "Steadfast". Anglo Saxon metal band, two brothers in Leatherhead, England.
Heathen-influenced songs, e.g. one called "Theodish Belief".

XIV Dark Centuries - "Jul". Pagan Metal from Thuringia/Germany.

Glittertind  - "Evige Asetro".

Grave Digger - "Rheingold"and other albums
German metal, they sing in English. Concept album based on the "Rheingold" of Wagner´s Ring.

Heidevolk - "De Strijdlust is Geboren"
From the Netherlands.

Heimdall - "Lord of the Sky"
Heavy metal from Italy. The self-titled album is completely devoted to songs about, well... Heimdall! On MySpace.

Hel - "Falland Vörandi", concept album with 20 tracks about Balder´s death.

Helangar - "Evening in Valhalla"
Concept album about Ragnarok and some Norse tales, self-produced German metal.
Almost sold out. Album as a free download here.

Helfahrt - Pagan Metal from Munich/Germany.

Helheim - Norwegian Doom Metal with frequent Norse themes. Several albums, lyrics partially in English.

Helrunar -  "Baldr Ok Iss", "Frostnacht". Nordic Black Metal.

Kromlek - Epic Pagan/Viking Metal from Bavaria/Germany.

Leaves´s Eyes - "Vinland Saga"
Great female singer, concept album about the Norsemen´s discovery of America.

Long Winter´s Stare -"The Tears of Odin´s Fallen" (Label: Dark Symphonies) Athmospheric Doom Metal. Review.

Månegarm - "Urminnes Hävd: The Forest Sessions", "Vargstenen", several other albums
Viking Metal band based in Sweden. Some lyrics and samples on their site.

Manowar -  "Sign of the Hammer""The Sons Of Odin" (2006) - Repeated use of Norse mythology.
"Gods of War"
(2007)  - Epos about the Germanic Gods and their stories. Metal with touches of classical music.

Menhir - 5 Albums. German Heathen Metal band.

Michel Montecrossa - 'Cyberviking & Oriental Girl Concert', 'Viking Girl & Oriental Love Concert
Michel Montecrossas Double Audio-CD`s. 32 resp. 33 Song-Tracks; lots of sound samples.
All Viking songs available on iTunes: www.Michel-iTunes.com .

Mithotyn - former Swedish Viking/Black Metal band (1992-99). Discography.

Moonsorrow - Pagan Metal Band from Finland. Finnish lyrics, partially with Nordic themes.

Nomans Land - "The last Son of the Fjord", "Hammerfrost", "Raven Flight"
Russian Viking Metal band. Lyrics about Gods, war, death and doom.

Odroerir - "Götterlieder" German Viking & Power Metal and Folk Rock elements blended; complex songwriting,
German lyrics culled from the Poetic Edda."Götterlieder II": 7 tracks with more retellings of the myths from the Eddas.

Othala - Denish industrial / black metal by two Asatruar. Denish lyrics on site. Recurrent use of Norse mythology.
Albums:
Midnats Minder, Under Sol og Måne, Når Alting Er Glemt. On MySpace.

Primordial - Blend of Black, Folk and Pagan Metal.

Rebellion - "The Sagas of Iceland". By members of Grave Digger. Concept album about the sagas.

SagenToeter - "Prayers to Othinn". Review.

Skaldenkraft - "Harigasti Teiwai"(2005). 3 tracks. German solo project, lyrics and samples online.

Sólstafir - Viking Metal from Reykjavík. "Til Valhallar" has the most references to the Norse, the other albums less.

Somber Blessings - Scott Randall´s former band/project from USA with different co-artists.
Melodic & athmospheric doom/death metal. "Odin´s Ride" from the album "Legend" (1998) is
the only outright Nordic song. Hosted here here on Odin´s Gift.

Sonnwin  - "Fehu". German Neofolk / Neoclassic.

Stormwarrior - "Odens Krigare", "Stormwarrior", "Northern Rage", "Heading Northe", "Heathen Warrior"  
Fast Melodic Metal by Kai Hansen (of Helloween/GammaRay) who sings and plays several tracks.
Concept album about Vikings and their history.

Svartsot - "Ravnenes Saga". Folk Metal.

Sonne Hagal - several tapes, CD´s and LP´s
German band with heathen lyrics, more on the "tough/ready for battle" side. German reviewers describe their style as "apocalyptic-folkband", "dark folk music", "classic neofolk" in melancholy / gothic style.

Stormwarrior - "Northern Rage"
Speedy Melodic Metal in the style of old Helloween with a Viking theme; is produced by Kai Hansen (Of Helloween/GammaRay) who even sings and plays on a few tracks. An entire album dedicated to the Vikings and their history.

Therion - "Secret of the Runes" 
Both female and male operatic vocals, lots of different instruments, many classical touches. Each song is based on one of the nine worlds.
- Therion´s older stuff is more black metal/death metal, and the newer more like dark opera with Norse and Atlantean themes.

Thrudvangar - "Zwischen Asgard und Midgard". German.

Thyrfing - Swedish Viking Metal band. Albums "Thyrfing", "Urkraft", "Valrd Galga", "Hels Vite", "Farsotstider", "Vansinnesvisor", "Hednaland", available on Amazon. Lyrics in Swedish.

Trollzorn - Viking/Pagan/Folk Metal site with MP3 for downloading, several bands and albums.

Turisas - Epic Viking Metal/ Finnish Folk.

Tyr - "Eric the Red" , "How far to Asgard", "By the Light of the Northern Star", "Land", "The Lay of Thrym"
This band is from the Faroe Isles and is a mixture of Viking Metal, Folk and Progressive Rock. Almost like a Viking version of Dream Theatre. Heavy metal remakes of traditional Faroese folk ballads, as well as own songs in English about living the lore. On MySpace.

Ulvhedin - Heroic pagan/viking metal from Norway. "Pagan Manifest".

Unleashed - Swedish death metal band with Nordic themes. "As Yggdrasil Trembles", "Warrior", "Victory", "Midvinterblot", and other albums.

Varg - Viking Metal band.

Vintersorg - Swedish black metal and Viking/folk metal band, English and Swedish lyrics, with some references to the mythology. On MySpace.

Volgrind - Heathen band (Ambient / Black Metal / Trance). On YouTube.

Voxus Imp. - "Idafeld" - German heathen band, singing German. A unique brand of percussion driven
neofolk/ neoclassical music that experimentally combines various musical elements.

Windrider - Epic Viking Metal from the UK

Wizard - "Odin". Concept album about the sagas.

Wolfchant - "A Pagan Storm"

Wolfenmond - "Wintersturm", "Sagas" 

Wotan - "Epos", "Carmina Barbarica", "Vae Victis". Italian Epic Metal.

Wulfgar - "With Gods and Legends Unite", "Midgardian Metal". Viking metal. 

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