Previously I covered five websites on how people of any music tastes could find new music that they enjoy. With this post, I wanted to introduce one of my highly regarded sites for the folk metal genre: Sword Chant.
http://sword-chant.blogspot.com/
http://swordchant.go-board.com/
I don't know much about the founder of the site other than her name on there is Dragonhead, and I believe she resides in France. How I would love to shake her hand! In any case, Sword Chant is one of the greatest resources for folk metal music, both popular and obscure. The site is made purely to support the music and has so many resources for everyone. There's a section dedicated to folk instruments which helps identify folk metal bands by the instrument you'd like to hear, and it also contains links that redirect to the message boards for people interested in learning to play these instruments. The forums themselves are an invaluable tool to discovering new music, and a particularly useful post details a very thorough list of 2014 CD release dates. There is also a section that links to other crowd funded projects for bands so you can find ways to support new projects and get merchandise. Additionally, it's a great place to find lyric translations, as there are people from around the world who can provide more accurate translations than throwing something into an online translator.
This is definitely a site to bookmark if you are a fan of folk metal or elements of folk music.
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