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Skald

Swedish Natureromantic Folkmetal

About Me

SKALD was formed in November 2005 by the two drunk friends Henrik & David whom then decied to play folk metal, inspired by old Nordic folklore and the majesty of the Scandinavian nature. Since SKALD is a duo, the music was recorded straight into David's computer (with drums programmed and the bass lacking). The first demo "Sagor Från Skogstjärnen" (Stories From The Forest's Bog) was released in March 2006 and is now regarded as a major disaster by the two members.
Second demo "Trolska Vemodsband"(Trollish Bonds Of Agony) was released in December the same year and this effort was more satisfactory by both members as well as fans.
The very last days of 2006, SKALD was contacted by Swedish label Unexploded Records and in March 2007 a contract was inked. Unexploded will release SKALD's upcoming MCD "I En Svunnen Tid" (In A Vanished Age) in 500 limited copies. The recordings takes place in Studio Eclipse and the sound will definitly surprise everyone who has heard SKALD before. Expect the unexpected!
Feel free to go to WWW.SKALD.MINE.NU where you can download both our demos "Sagor Från Skogstjärnen" and "Trolska Vemodsband". Feedback is always welcomed.
Skald on myspace is run by the vocalist Henrik.
Coming release:
I EN SVUNNEN TID (In A Vanished Age)
1. Lindormen (taken from the Trolska... demo)
2. Legenden Om Bergaskatten (new song)
3. Folksagan (taken from the Sagor... demo)
4. Dansa Den Ondes Vals (new song)
5. När Allt Tystnar (taken from the Trolska... demo)
Release date still unknown...
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Member Since: 10/9/2006
Band Website: skald.mine.nu
Band Members:
Henrik - Clean, grim & background vocals, mouth-harp and willow flute

David - Acoustic & electric guitars
Influences: Scandinavian nature, folklore and our ancestral heritage
Otyg, Dia Psalma, Vintersorg, Storm, Big Fish, Falkenbach, Garmarna and Ásmegin
Sounds Like: TROLSKA VEMODSBAND - Demo #2 (2006)

1. Vemod (intro)
2. Minnen Från En Söndervittrad Skepnad
3. I Vildmarkens Majestät
4. Lindormen
5. Snärjad
6. När Allt Tystnar

SAGOR FRÅN SKOGSTJÄRNEN - Demo #1 (2006)

1. Galdersånger
2. Folksagan
3. Älvaceremoni Uppå Bergsjökelns Slott
4. En Allians Med Hin HÃ¥le
5. SÃ¥ng Om VÃ¥ren
6. Vid Bäckahästens Strand
7. Nio Ekskogar Gammal
8. Moränformationer
9. Otyg I Hjärtat
Record Label: Unexploded Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

On the move!

Here goes:I (Henrik) will be moving to the city where David lives this weekend. This is of course only good, we will be able to work with Skald more often since I only live about 5 minutes from David....
Posted by Skald on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:02:00 PST

Translations

Lately, some people have been asking me where to find translations of our lyrics.Well, we DO have a webpage for those of you who didn't know The adress is http://www.skald.mine.nu and it will be ...
Posted by Skald on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:47:00 PST

More info regarding the upcoming release

No, sorry...still no releasedate available. But I have talked to Unexploded Records now and here's what they had to say.The release of "I En Svunnen Tid" MCD will be slightly delayed due to the fact t...
Posted by Skald on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:41:00 PST

Long since last update...

...yeah I know, but there's really not been much going on. The record has been recorded, mixed, mastered and sent to Unexploded Records along with the booklet. Promo photos have been taken and beers h...
Posted by Skald on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:54:00 PST

New contact adress

We have a new contact adress.All inquries regarding interviews, reviews, labels, fanmail etc. should from now on be sent to skald[at]mail[dot]com (remove the []'s)/Skald...
Posted by Skald on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:57:00 PST

Stop it already!

Damn there are a lot of idiots here on myspace! Almost every day, our page gets friend requests from people/organsations/bands who obviously doesen't care shit about our music. I've never understood t...
Posted by Skald on Wed, 30 May 2007 09:18:00 PST

New songs - preview!

Alright, so we just wanted to let you all know that we posted a little mix of all the songs from our upcoming MCD "I En Svunnen Tid" which now is very close to release. The new song (SkaldMix) is just...
Posted by Skald on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:21:00 PST

Mixing process

We went to the studio again last weekend. Just listened to all the songs again, added a few samples + the violins and then our producer Mattias began the mixing process. We managed to get some of the ...
Posted by Skald on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST

Violins!

The violinparts for our upcoming MCD "I En Svunnen Tid" are now finished and I just had a listen. I am proud to say that it sounds absolutley fucking awesome! I am so proud of what Yxmarder did with h...
Posted by Skald on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:34:00 PST

In the paper

Yep, Skald was interviewed a week ago and was in our local paper today. Of course it's completely in Swedish. If I am to say something about it, I would say that most of it is OK, whereas a few things...
Posted by Skald on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:59:00 PST