История группы началась в феврале 2004 года, когда у нескольких музыкантов возникла идея создать проект, который объединял бы музыкантов из разных стран, исполняющих folk и pagan metal. После серии переговоров стало ясно, что эта идея вполне может стать реальностью. Весной 2004 года музыканты из разных стран приступили к записи музыкального материала. В результате было записано более 60 минут музыки. В силу ряда объективных и субъективных причин часть записанного материала была утеряна, в результате после сведения получился альбом на 40 минут. Как уже было указано выше, запись осуществлялась музыкантами в разных странах. Сведение и мастериег производились Магнусом Вольфартом (Magnus Wohlfart) в Швеции , в своей собственной The Dungeon studio. В записи принимали участие музыканты из Греции (Dol Amroth), Литвы (Ravenclaw), Англии (Forefather), Швейцарии (Eluveitie), Австрии (Hrossharsgrani), Швеции (Yggdrasil, Nae’blis, Broken Dagger, Trymheim). Лирику к альбому написал Marios Kostoukos (на английском языке) за исключением Gryningssang, написанной Магнусом Вольфартом на шведском языке. В сентябре 2004 года работа над альбомом была закончена и материал был выслан для издания на Stygian Crypt productions. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Folkearth is an international folk metal supergroup. Until now they have released 11 albums. Their debut "A Nordic Poem" was released in 2004, their second album "By The Sword of My Father" followed in 2006, third came "Drakkars In The Mist" in 2007, the fourth, fifth and sixth (respectively "Father of Victory", "Songs of Yore" and "Fatherland") were out in 2008, the seventh came "Rulers of the Sea" in 2009, the eighth came "Viking's Anthem" was released in 2010, the ninth and tenth (respectively "Sons of the North, "Minstrels By the River was out in 2011. The most recent album "Valhalla Ascendant came out in 2012.
The line-up on 'Father Of Victory':
Marios Koutsoukos (Greece)
Hildr Valkyrie (Greece)
Pete Jay (USA)
Elias Bloch (USA)
Juliet (France)
Owain ap Arawn (Wales)
Yohann Clement (Fra)
Mickaël(Loki) Jenft (France)
Ruslanas (Lithuania)
Christina Katsamatsa (Greece)
Polydeykis (Greece)
Shea Martinsson(USA)
Mark Riddick(USA)
Elio D’Alessandro (Italy)
Dreogan (USA)
Fearann (France)
Anna Shannon (England)
Becky (Italy)
Fra (Italy)
Fabio (Italy)
The line-up on 'Drakkars In The Mist':
POLYDEIKIS
MARIOS KOUTSOUKOS
THANASIS KARAPANOS
HILDR VALKYRIE
AUTUMN
WINTER
A.MANSILLA
JOE LUIS FRIAS
OREY
VETRODAR
ROMAN SAMONIN
RALF GOOSSENS
RUSLANAS
STEFANOS KOUTSOUKOS
DREOGAN
MAGNUS WOHLFART
SIMON FRODBERG
WILLIAM EKEBERG
FAETHON
MORTEN BASSE
VOJAN KOCEIC
NIKOS NEZEIRITIS
AXEL
RAVEN
ULVEN
MARK RIDDICK
JESUS SIERRA
A.PANGING
GG KARMAN
HAAVARD TVEITO
Line-Up on 'The Sword of My Father':
HUGIN(Aus)-keyboards
ATHELSTAN(Eng)- electric guitar, bass, drum, programming, vocal
WULFSTAN(Eng)- vocals, lyrics ("The Lady's Gift")
MAGNUS WOHLFART(Swe)- electric and accoustic guitars, keyboards, vocals
JEREMY CHILD(Swe)- drums
DANIEL FREDRIKSSON(Swe)- some arrangements: medieval flute, mouth harp
SIMON FRODEBERG(Swe)- bass
KRISTOFER JANIEC(Swe)- violin
MICHELLE MAAS(Swe)- vocals
NIKLAS OLAUSSON(Swe)- vocals
DANIEL PETTERSSON(Swe)- some arrangements: keyed fiddle
RUSLANAS(Lit)- spoken vocals
TOBIAS ANDRELANG(Ger)- bass
ACHIM EBERLE(Ger)- percussion
RALF GRUBER(Ger)- drums&percussion
BERND INTVEEN(Ger)- electric guitar
SABINE STELZER(Ger)- bagpipes,flute,schalmey,percusion
MARCUS VAN LANGEN(Ger)- accoustic guitar, saz, bass, percussion, viking flute, vocals, lyrics("A Tribute To Viking Gods")
ANDRE GROSCHOPP(Ger)- electric&acoustic guitars,
keyboards, vocals, tin whistle, violin, drums
MARIOS KOUTSOUKOS(Greece)- vocals, keyboars, most of lyrics
STEFANOS KOUTSOUKOS(Greece)- bass
NIKOS NEZEIRITIS(Greece)- acoustic guitar
HILDR VALKYRIE(Greece)- vocals, keyboards and music ("on Returne To Waelhalle")
MARK RIDDICK(USA)- recorder, percusion, artwork and cd design
AXEL(North Italy)- electric and acoustic guitars, bass, vocals
BECKY(N.Italy)- celtic harp
ALESSANDRO CARUSO(N.Italy)- drums, percusion
FRANCESCA CROTTI(N.Italy)- violin
IGOR SAVIOLA(N.Italy)- vocals
RAVEN(N.ITALY)- celtic harp
ULVEN(N.Italy)- acoustic guitar
Line-Up on 'A Nordic Poem':
MARIOS KOUTSOUKOS(Greece)- all lyrics (except "Gryningssang"), keyboards
NIKOS NEZERITIS(Greece)- accoustic guitar
STEFANOS KOUTSOUKOS(Greece)- bass guitar
RUSLANAS(Lit)- spoken vocals
ATHELSTAN(Eng)- drums,guitars,
WULFSTAN(Eng)- guitars,bass,vocal
CHRIGIEL GLANZMANN(Swi)- uileann pipes, tin whistle, bodhran
HUGIN(Aus)- keyboards
MAGNUS WOHLFART(Swe)- accoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, mouth harp, vocals, lyrics("Gryningssang")
JONAS FROBERG(Swe)- keyed fiddle, vocals
KRISTOFER JANIEC(Swe)- violin
JEREMY CHILD(Swe)- drums, vocals
WILLIAM EKEBERG(Swe)- cello, vocals
MICHELLE MAAS(Swe)- female vocals Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.