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Skyforger - New Video Online

Latvian leading metal band Skyforger, shared official music video for the song ''Lec, eglīte (Jump, Fir Tree)", featuring the Latvian folk group Skandinieki. Skyforger's only concert in Latvia this year will be held in September 10, 2022 at Mežaparks Great Stage.

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Band profile: Skyforger
Posted: 10.09.2022 by Bad English | Comments (0)


Skyforger - Streaming New Song Online

Latvian metal masters Skyforger are back with a new single, ''Lec, Eglīte''(Jump, Fir Tree in English), featuring guest performance of one of the oldest Latvian folklore collectives 'Skandinieki'.

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Posted: 31.07.2022 by Bad English | Comments (2)


Skyforger - Introduce New Drummer

Latvian-based folk metal veterans Skyforger are pleased to welcome Jānis Osis (Nuvo) as their new permanent drummer. Jānis recently performed his first show with the new ensemble (video clip of his performance available below).

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Skyforger
Posted: 26.04.2022 by Abattoir | Comments (1)


Skyforger - To Headline Pagan Warriors Across Europe Tour

2019 edition of Pagan Warriors Across Europe has been announced and will include the following package of metal acts: Latvia-based Skyforger (headliner), Germans Finsterforst, Americans Helsótt, and Italian quartet Enisum. The list of confirmed dates can be found below.

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Skyforger
Event: Pagan Warriors Across Europe 2019
Posted: 23.06.2019 by Abattoir | Comments (3)


Skyforger - To Play Entire Debut Album, Win Latvian Awards

Some time ago, Latvian Pagan metallers Skyforger announced an Italian tour. Now the band has some other news, because they will play Kauja Pie Saules, their legendary debut album for its 20th anniversary. It will happen at the Zobens Un Lemess festival.

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Skyforger
Posted: 16.02.2018 by Bad English | Comments (6)


Skyforger - Announce Italian Tour

Latvian pagan believers Skyforger will bring their fate to Italian soil, the band just announced several Italian tour dates.

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Skyforger
Posted: 03.02.2018 by Bad English | Comments (0)


Skyforger - To Perform At Thorhammerfest 2017, Venue Changes

Latvian folk metallers Skyforger (special acoustic set) and Swedish Pagan black metal lords Ereb Altor (special Bathory set) will set sail to Brazil to play three shows, one in Porto Alegre and two in São Paulo as part of the Thorhammerfest 2017. Skyforger also announced a venue change for the show in Porto Alegre.

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Skyforger
Posted: 01.11.2017 by Bad English | Comments (0)


Skyforger - Confirmed For Kilkim ?aibu Festival

Latvian pagan folk metal artists Skyforger announced that they will play at the Lithuanian festival Kilkim Zaibu this summer. They will perform their folk program at the Kilkim ?aibu for the first time. The line-up for this year also includes Abbath, Vulture Industries, Mgła, Månegarm, Archgoat and many others.

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Skyforger
Posted: 23.04.2017 by Bad English | Comments (2)


Skyforger - Announce Shows, To Play Acoustic Set At Beer Festival

Latvian pagan warlords Skyforger will bring ancient Baltic paganism into the Iberian Peninsula. The band has announced shows in Portugal and Spain in October.

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Source: facebook.com
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Posted: 10.02.2017 by Bad English | Comments (4)


Skyforger - To Play At Zobens Un Lemess Open Air 2016

Latvian folk black metal act Skyforger announced that they will play at the Zobens un Lemess Open Air 2016 in home turf. This festival will take place in the Latvian country side in Lone, from 8th-10th July. The festival's musical line up will contain over 20 bands, playing ethnic music, folk rock and folk metal styles. Ancient crafts workshops, educational lectures concerning history, historical reconstruction clubs demonstrations, knights battles and medieval games - will all take place at the festival Zobens un Lemess 2016.

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Posted: 11.01.2016 by Bad English | Comments (0)


Skyforger - Release First Ever DVD

As Skyforger celebrate 20 years as a band, the folk metallers thought it was a great moment to release their first ever DVD. They based it on the Senprūsija release performance they did at the "Sapņu Fabrika" hall in Riga and topped it off with live recordings from a number of gigs gathered over the past five years playing around Latvia and Lithuania.

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Source: facebook.com
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Posted: 16.10.2015 by Bad English | Comments (0)


Skyforger - Debut New Video

As promised, Skyforger have released the first video for their new album Senprūsija released in April. The song used is "Melnās Buras". It transports you back into the dark times of the Great Northern War (1700-1721), when the plague reigned over coasts of the Baltic Sea, where it killed about a third of the Prussian population. Take the journey of Skyforger's "Melnās Buras" below.

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Posted: 31.08.2015 by Bad English | Comments (1)


Skyforger - Another New Song Available Online

Latvian folk black metal band Skyforger has a few things to share. First, they have been confirmed for the Lithuanian Kilkim ?aibu festival, with Triptykon, Enthroned, Bølzer, among others. As they are releasing a new album soon (6th of April), you can also check out the new tune "Rāmava" from new album Senprūsija through the YouTube player below. The song tells about mystic grove in Prussian lands, where ancient priests worshiped their gods.

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Posted: 03.04.2015 by Bad English | Comments (2)


Skyforger - New Song Streaming Online

Today Skyforger release online the first song from their new album Senprūsija (which means Old Prussia). This song is called "Tagad vai nekad", or in English "Now Or Never". If you like what you hear, the album will be out on the 6th of April, 2015 via the band's own Thunderforge Records. Enjoy!

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Posted: 26.03.2015 by Bad English | Comments (5)


Skyforger - New Album Details Unveiled

There is another new album to look forward to this year! That is the new Skyforger album. Some of you already know that for the last few years, Skyforger has been busy working on a new album. Now they have finally revealed its first details, including cover art, tracklist and release date. The album's title is Senprūsija or Old Prussia in English, and it will be released on the 6th of April. Feast you eyes on the cover below. Stay tuned for the first new song soon!

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Source: skyforger.lv
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Posted: 05.03.2015 by Bad English | Comments (1)