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British Black Metal band, Skaldic Curse were formed in 2001 and are currently signed to Dark Essence Records. The band consists of five members - Woundz, Astynax, Monolith, Scapula and Vermin and have created several EPs/demos and two full length albums, Pathogen, 2006 (under Forgotten Wisdom Productions) and World Suicide Machine, to be released 23rd February 2009. Releases to date: Funereal Eclipse (demo) - 2001 Hated by Matter Itself (demo) - 2002 Contagious Psychic Misey (EP) - 2004, Forgotten Wisdom Pathogen - 2006, Forgotten Wisdom World Suicide Machine - February 2009, Dark Essence Records .

Iskald represents ice cold and crystal clear black metal from the land of the midnight sun. Hailing from Sortland in northern Norway, Iskald have crafted out what will most likely stand out as a future classic within the genre. Fueled by the devotion to Norse mythology and the inspiration of arctic surroundings, founding members Simon Larsen and Aage Krekling started Iskald in early 2005. After a demo, the first EP Northern Twilight was completed by the end of the year. The EP was self-financed and the pressing was limited to 400 copies. In September 2006, Iskald entered Ballerina Audio (Vintersorg,...

Skaldowie came into existence in the summer of 1965. Officially, the band made their debut on a contest called II Krakowska Gielda Piosenki in October of the same year. They won that year's contest as well as the next two. From this time on a series of successes began for the band. They won some major contests in Poland (in Opole, Gdansk),and participated in two films. In 1967 they released their first, self-titled LP. In the same year they appeared on TV, and finally their lineup was established as follows: Andrzej Zielinski ( org, pno, voc ), his younger brother...

There are (at least) three bands named Skald: 01. A folk metal band from Karlshamn, Sweden 02. A black metal band from Korea 03. An experimental rock band from Stockholm, Sweden 01. The Swedish duo Skald was formed by Henrik and David in Karlshamn, Sweden in October 2005 with the idea to create pure, acoustic folkmusic. The idea was disbanded quite fast sinced they lacked certain instruments. Henrik had written LOTS of lyrics inspired by the Scandinavian nature and it's old folklore, so the folk aspect was still the one to go. They released their very Otyg-inspired demo "Sagor Från...