Skyforger signs with Metal Blade Records
08|02|2010
Since today SKYFORGER have a new label, which is METAL BLADE RECORDS!
We are currently mixing our new album Kurbads which will be released on Metal Blade worldwide. Album is set for release the 23th/26th of April 2010 in Europe, 11th of May in North America. More details on the recording process and the album details will be announced shortly as well as a brand new song will be posted soon!
Stay tuned...
Furthermore, this saturday You can catch SKYFORGER live on Winterfire Festival.
Kaltenbach Open Air 2010
02|01|2010
Happy New year, everyone! Time for some live news / updates:
SKYFORGER have been confirmed for Kaltenbach Open Air festival. Also some club shows are/will be soon added, don't forget to check often the gig section for more infos.
About new album KURBADS - right now that's been mixed, we work on artwork & all other details, so expect some news from us shortly!
Recently we did a festival trip to Ireland and Holland, we send big thanx to Cathal/Jim from Winterfest team and Roman/TMR and of course all metalheads who attended and made this weekend a special one! There was pretty harsh return travel: canceled flights, airports snow-blocked. So, instead of 3 hours we spent 3 days to get home. Needless to say that was no fun, few of us fell ill afterwards. But hey, that was worth it!
Nice black/white Cork photos are online now (thank you for those, Lauris!)
Hellbent for cooking - Heavy Metal cookbook !
15|11|2009
Every metalhead have to eat, so why should it be an unpleasant experience?
Skyforger offers a chance to get an insight of Latvian kitchen presented by first ever Heavy Metal cookbook! HELLBENT FOR COOKING is is a 224-page deluxe full-color cookbook, featuring 101 lavishly illustrated recipes from more than 30 countries!
All the recipes were handed down by metal bands from around the globe and the book also features bios for every band, amazing drawings, anecdotes, interesting stories and tips/tricks to succeed your kitchen magic.
For more information and to buy a copy, go to www.hellbentforcooking.com and also there's info HERE. For wholesale and press inquiry, please contact Ian Christe (Bazillion Points) at bazillion@bazillionpoints.com
Eindhoven Metal Meeting
10|11|2009
Skyforger is confirmed for Eindhoven Metal Meeting in Effenaar (NL) on 19.12.2009
Our playing time is 20:10 - 20:50 at Jäger Stage. Check out running order HERE.
There's a NEW interview at Zware Metalen.com (in Dutch) - added 12. october 2009
SKYFORGER AT CORK WINTERFEST!
Also we are happy to announce Skyforger's return on Irish shores!
Skyforger will headline the Friday night of this year's Cork Winterfest festival!
Tickets go on sale Oct. 1st from corkwinterfest.com & all usual Ireland ticket outlets.
First ever concert in Sweden!
01|09|2009
Skyforger will perform first gig in Sweden on 7th November 2009, in Stockholm!
Our old friends Månegarm will showcase their new album "Nattväsen".
Also on the bill are old touring allies of Viking metal fame Thyrfing.
Reserve your tickets already now to be a part of the heaviest release party of the year!
Merch at summer festivals
07|08|2009
For those who would like to get some Skyforger merch (shirts, girlies, patches)
and are visiting summer festivals - Summer Breeze, Rockarea, Wolfszeit (all DE), Bloodstock, Metalfest (all UK) - have a look at merch booths of Dutch company
Goddess Of Desire. For full list of mailorder locations click HERE [markets].
German fans can find many items & CD's at Ketzer Records and Articaz.
Party San 2008 - double dvd out now!
09|06|2009
We recently got a message from Party.San Festival HQ:
As long as PARTY.SAN lives, Metal will reign! Finally! The new PARTY.SAN double DVD
is available! 170 Minutes of pure fucking Armageddon recorded at the bloodiest festival site ever - the mighty PARTY.SAN Open AIR 2008!
This double DVD will make your fucking TV explode! You'll get a great documentation (incl. making of the festival, interviews, backstage & camping place impression etc.) and well produced clips from BOLT THROWER, OBITUARY, BEHEMOTH, BLOODBATH, VREID, DISMEMBER, KOLDBRANN, SKYFORGER, IMPALED NAZARENE, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, HAIL OF BULLETS and lots more!
The DVD is convincing with a great menu and a fucking awesome sound. This is a must for all fans and visitors! Get hold of your copy now HERE ! Watch DVD TRAILER !
YouTube & Twitter
02|06|2009
Hi, guys! From now on You can check out some latest videos on our YouTube site or get fresh Skyforger tidings on Twitter. Both will be updated on regular basis.
Album title and theme revealed - Kurbads!
07|05|2009
Hello, Peter here! I'd like to shed some light about what will be (lyric-wise) our upcoming album. Now I am sure it will be called "KURBADS"!
"Kurbads" is the name of legendary hero from Latvian fairytales of an old.
He was born magically from the white mare, grew up very fast and was unimaginably strong! In his tale he travels the world, fights various evil creatures, especially his sworn enemy Snake Witch, ventures into realm of the dead to save daughter of the king, finds the hard way out of there and finally fights in last epic battle against Snake Witch and her champion.
Tales about Kurbads are half fairytales and half legends. They were collected and recorded at the end of 19th century by some folk enthusiasts and are type of "told from mouth to mouth, from generation to generations". Mainly these stories are short or middle length and have many variations. There are several heroes, who were born from various beings and things. For example: son of wood, son of iron, son of blacksmith, son of ox, son of pea, son of wolf and most known - son of bear. From the tale about son of bear there was later written our national epos "The Bear Slayer" (in Latvian called "Lāčplēsis").
The main story for all of them however in common is very same with some variations. The thing for me there is that some parts, in my view, are coming from very old past, from times of the totemism, when some powerful beast (bear or white mare) appears as the first father/mother of some tribe or even nation! Unfortunately, as it happens with such things, these stories are changed all the way through the centuries, some things are forgotten and other things are imagined anew by the tellers themselves. But the very core of those tales still is the same and mainly it is a legend about Dragonslayer, which has almost every Indo-European nation - the man who fights against some mythic evil force and becomes a legend.
I believe that the tale about "KURBADS" is interesting enough as it discovers many things from the past of Latvian people - not historical facts of course, but things from daily life and way of thinking of people who lived in ancient times. Baltic cultural heritage is mostly unknown for the rest of the Europe (even as it is a part of it!) and world, so we want to uncover it a bit as best as we can and show that there, in Baltic (Latvian and Lithuanian) literature is as great legends and tales as those about Cuchulainn, Nibelungs, Kalevala, King Arthur and the knights of the round table and such! More news about album will be posted, as they happens.
Interview in Forgotten Path Magazine #2
06|05|2009
Tired of flash websites & commercial pop-metal news? Here is your chance to support true and honest underground zine from Lithuania - Forgotten Path Magazine!
In second edition (out just now!) you will find 132 pages of pure black metal, professional layout and superb quality, 25 interviews, more than 300 reviews & reports.
Also Skyforger frontman Peter has contributed interview on 6 pages, among others bands, which include Impiety, Besatt, 1349, Abigor, Black Messiah and many more.
For ordering info / prices have a look HERE (Europe) or HERE (for USA customers).
The lost days are coming back, support underground!
