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Shieldwall


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The Shieldwall.

My breath froze in the mist that morning, leaving droplets of water in my ragged beard. I remember that I could hear the pounding of the Saxon war drums beating their advance before they even came into sight. The warriors came forward with shields locked tight, their great war hounds prowling in front of the line while the wizards howled to their gods for victory. They came forward with an easy confidence; they knew they outnumbered us, and they knew that our small force was trapped.

As I adjusted the heavy mail coat I wore under the wolf pelt draped about my shoulders, I cast my eyes over my own men. Dirt, dust and blood stained their armour, while their faces were lined with worry. They blinked through red rimmed eyes at the enemy and levelled their spears as one.

“A grim day.” Forkbeard’s voice cut through my silent inspection. “Just the weather for killing Saxons…or to cross the Bridge of Swords.”

“If the gods choose that I shall die today,” I replied as I pulled my helmet over my head. “Then I will wash the earth in our enemy’s blood before I do so.”

Forkbeard grunted his approval and ran a hand over his chin, tugging at the twin plaits of his moustache. The warrior rings that lay thick round his huge tattooed forearms clinked as he mused.

“If the gods choose that I shall die today,” he said, “they can go fuck themselves.”

Before the laughter could rise in my throat a mighty roar sounded from the Saxon line, drawing my attention away. As they began their charge I locked my shield in line, whispered a silent prayer and slid my sword from its scabbard…

The Shieldwall demo...

'Blood and Iron'

"It's good to see another clan of Brits take up the folk metal banner... Leaning closer to earnest folk, Shieldwall are nonetheless largely upbeat, recalling Ensiferum and Folkearth with a dose of English spirit." DP Terrorizer

"Epic as fuck.. like a well disciplined battle line: nicely interlocking melodies flow behind inventive, raucous mead-hall chanting. Perhaps the next best hope for England..." AdM Zero Tolerence Magazine

'Blood and Iron' is the first shieldwall demo. It contains four tracks: The Sword Four WarriorsOnwards we March (instrumental)Battle to the End

The price of the demo is as follows depending on where it is to be posted to: £3.50 including postage within the UK. £4.00 (the equivelent of 6 Euros) including postage to countries in Europe. £4.50 (the equivelent of 9 dollars) including postage for the USA. If you wish to buy a copy of 'Blood and Iron' or have any quieries please email Peter at [email protected] or message us through myspace for details.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/28/2007
Band Members:

The Pendragon:

Voice of thunder; Tales of Battle and the Gods; Music of the Storm.

Bors the Forkbearded:

Stringed weaponary (both high blades and low).

NoFace BloodAxe:

Cry of the Berserker; War drums; Hollowed skulls; The clash of Iron.

Talesin the Bard:

Skald of the ages; Sweet keys and Accordian.

The Drunken Choir:

Raucous & rowdy shouts.


Influences:

The Olde Gods; Bringers of war, kings of the Earth, and those to whom we sacrifice.

Warriors of Blood and Iron; Lords of battle, reapers of death, and those who sweat and die in the shieldwalls.

The Smithy; Weilder of the hammer, craftsman of the sword, and he who doth wrought the steel in his forge.

The Druid; Speaker to the spirits, disiple of the olde ways, and he who has suffered the three wounds of wisdom.

The Bard; Crafter of words, singer of songs, and he who doth keep the Heroes alive.


Sounds Like: The beating of war drums; the feet of one thousand warriors marching to battle with banners held high; the thundering smash of the shielwalls meeting; the clash of iron; the screams of the wounded and the cries of the ravens feasting...
Record Label:

Bastard Son Productions


Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Shieldwall Recording Finished!

Hails Swordbrothers!The recording for Shielwall's debut album has finally been completed. The working title is currebtly 'Lloegyr' and it will include 10 tracks that will make you dream of battle and ...
Posted by Shieldwall on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:12:00 PST

Zero Tolerence magazine demo review.

Hails Swordbrothers! The Shieldwall demo 'Blood and Iron' has recently been reviewed in the new issue of Zero Tolerence magazine. It was given a score of 4 out of 5 which we praise the gods ...
Posted by Shieldwall on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:39:00 PST

Terrorizer Demo Review

Hails! The Shieldwall demo, 'Blood and Iron', has been reviewed by Terrorizer in its July 2007 issue. It scored a reasonable 6.5 out of 10...but remember, it is hard to record any songs at all when be...
Posted by Shieldwall on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:47:00 PST

The Sword

The Sword - Lyrics by The Pendragon 2007 Born in a forge with a mother of fire - the hammers sweet song breaks the silent night - a warriors tool is our one desire - as metal takes form in the fl...
Posted by Shieldwall on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:05:00 PST