Yesterday in 2000 Månegarm released the album Havets vargar Norrtälje,Sweden Viking/Black/Folk Metal Status:Active Years active: 1995 (as Antikrist), 1995-present It all started in Norrtälje, Sweden, 1995. Three old friends began to talk about starting a band. They had all played or growled in different constellations before. The main direction with this project, was to play as fast and primitive metal as possible, and the lyrics had to be in Swedish. No question about that. To get the massive and raw sound they wanted, they only had to find a second guitarist and of course a drummer. Against all odds they soon found Mårten Matsson, who played guitar in a local metal madness called Scab. He thought the idea sounded interesting and joined up. Mårten also knew a guy who had been playing drums for some months so he brought him along too. And so the first line-up was complete. It was Svenne (Duva) Rosendal on vocals, Jonas (Rune) Almquist and Mårten (Karbylundssvingen) Matsson guitars, Pierre (skägget) Wilhelmsson playing bass and Erik (Jurken) Grawsiö on drums. With the temporary band name, Antikrist (Antichrist), they started to rehearse their very first song Månljus in November ´95. A month later they changed their name to Månegarm. In May ´96 they felt ready to put some of the material on tape. After three days in Underground Studio a four-track demo called Vargaresa was created. It was an over average demo with good sound and material. It was sad that so few labels and ´zines received it. In the middle of the summer, a line-up change was done. Some of the members had become tired and didnt care so much anymore. A new guitarist and vocalist got involved. The Guitarist, Markus Andé, was an old friend to Grawsiö and suited well in the band. Same thing with Jonny Wranning, who had been vocalist in earlier bands with both Wilhelmsson and Almquist. With some fresh blood and new ideas, Månegarm entered the second chapter of their development as a band. After several months of rehearsing and work with new material, a date was set for the recording of the second demo. Everyone was excited to enter the studio cause the new stuff was the best they´ve done this far. Suddenly a day Wranning calls and quit the band. The only thing to do was to cancel the studio and try to find a new vocalist. They tried a guy from the same town a while after, but it didnt work at all. After talking to Wranning again it was decided that he would do the vocals on the demo anyway. A date was set and the hunt for a vocalist continued. Two weeks before the recording Månegarm got in contact with a vocalist called Gogge, sadly the time wasnt enough to let him participate on the demo. At last in February 1997 the long awaited demo; Ur nattvindar was brought out of Studio Sunlight. It contained three tracks and intro/outro. This was also the first time the violin and female vocals were used. It gave the whole thing a nordic feeling and was a perfect complement to Månegarms music. Compared to the first demo, Ur nattvindar reached out to more labels and magazines. The response couldnt have been better. Some months later Månegarm decided to sign for Displeased Records. After the release of the demo, Goggan took the place as vocalist. It lasted some month but in the end it didnt work out, so once again the hunt began. It ended late the same year when Viktor Hemgren took the role as a firm vocalist. The work with the first album started and ended up as Nordstjärnans Tidsålder, recorded in Studio Sunlight and released in June 1998. They were very satisfied with the result at that time and the response from the listeners was very good. Janne Liljequist´s violin filled the music along with the voice of Ymer Mossige-Norheim. After the release they all took some months off before the work with the second album started. In the summer ´99 the recording of Havets vargar began. The studio belonged to a friend of them and all went quite good at first, until the studio owner and Displeased couldnt get along. It all ended with a five-month break in the recording. In December they went to Underground studio and finished the album. During the break Hemgren got fired because his lack of interest and Grawsiö took care of the vocals. The five-piece band became a quartet, which turned out to be the best that had ever happened to Månegarm. They finished Havets vargar at Underground and released it in late 2000. After the release of Havets Vargar the band decided to take a short break, just to find some motivation and some new ideas. After several months off, the urge for playing Rock N Roll got to strong and the band decided that it was time to start rehearsing for their next full-length album. With 11 great songs and with some new, fresh ideas for how Viking/Folk metal really should be played, M?anegarm once again went to Studio Underground to record their third full-length album. The album, Dodsfard, was released in August 2003 and it luckily meant a huge increase of the bands popularity. In 2004 both demos; Vargaresa and Ur Nattvindar, were released on the album Vargaresa - The Beginning. Almost ten years had past since the start and this album; with re-mastered songs and with a new great cover art by Kris Verwimp, was released for all and everyone who were interested in hearing how Manegarm sounded like back in the days. In the same period as the release of Vargaresa - the beginning, Manegarm returned to Studio Underground to record their fourth studio album Vredens Tid. The Viking/Folk metal that Manegarm had performed the last couple of years was present of course; they had only spiced it with some more heavy metal. The album had the same catchiness as the previous album Dodsfard but yet with its own identity. Vredens Tid was released in 28th of September 2005 and the album received really great reviews from press and fans all over the world. Vredens Tid has been described as Manegarms best album..so far that is!! Besides the release of Vredens Tid, 2005 also included several live gigs in Europe for Manegarm. After ten years of hard work; composing, arranging and rehearsing songs, they finally got the chance to perform on some great European metal festivals, and metal heads in Germany, Belgium, Scotland and Austria got their share of some pure Swedish Viking metal. In January 2006 it was time to record the next album; the fifth and last Manegarm album for Displeased Records. The album, an acoustic mini-album called Urminnes Havd - the forest session, was released in 28th of June and it has received great reviews so far. This special acoustic album was something that the band had wanted to do for many, many years and finally this dream was realized. The music that can be heard on Urminnes Havd is nothing like the regular Manegarm stuff. This time the music only contained traditional ingredients like cow drums, djembe, Jews harp, flute, violins, acoustic guitars, choirs and clean male & female vocals. This folk album is a tribute to our ancestors, our Swedish mythology and to the heathen flame that burn inside every man, but just as much a try to wake up that heathen flame in those who havent found it just yet............. 2006 can be seen as the most important year so far in Manegarms history with a lot of important and memorable moments. After a great two week European tour together with Skyforger and Goddess of Desire and after the release of Urminnes Havd - the forest sessions, Manegarm ends their collaboration with Displeased Records and enters a new era... From 2006-2008 Manegarm was signed on to the Swedish metallabel Black Lodge and in October 2006 Manegarm entered the recording studio to record our first album for Black Lodge. This sixth studio album Vargstenen was released in 2007. In 2008 Manegarm signed to Swedish label Regain Records that released the seventh studio album Nattvasen: in November 2009. Displeased Records Pierre Wilhelmsson Bass, Jews Harp Markus Andé Guitars Jonas Almquist Guitars Erik Grawsiö Vocals, Drums Guest/Session Ymer Vocals (female) Ola Ulla Lustig Keyboards Janne Liljequist Violin, Flute 1. Havets vargar (3:31) 2. Trädatanke (fader Tids död) (3:06) 3. I gryningstimma (3:27) 4. En del av allt som blivit glömt... (3:25) 5. Fädernes jord (1:38) 6. Vargtörne (4:37) 7. Vanvett (2:51) 8. Spjutsång (3:06) 9. Ett gammalt bergtroll (2:57) 10. Fylgians dans (2:51) 11. Den sista striden (2:28) 12. Vinternattskväde (6:05) Total Time: 40:08 Cover art by Kris Verwimp. The release title means Wolves of the Sea. Havets Vargar is the second studio album released by Viking metal band Månegarm. It was released in 2000. Havets vargar means wolves of the sea in Swedish, which is another name for pirates. youtube/watch?v=ZwVg-IW25sM
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:55:35 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015