Skyforger
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Skyforger is a Fowk metal baund frae Latvie. As weel as their ain sangs that's for ordinar anent pagan gods, Latvian history an war; the baund aften kivers tradeetional Latvian fowk sangs as weel as kiverin metal staundarts.
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[edit] History
Skyforger begoud in 1995 wi the umwhile members o a spleet baund cried Grindmaster's Death, an pit oot their first demo twa year efter. The demo won thaim a record contract, an the follaein year they pit oot their first fou-lenth album, Kauja pie Saules (Sco: The Battle o the Saule). In 1999, for tae merk the aichtiet year efter the Latvian War o Unthirldom, they pit oot Latviešu Strēlnieki (Sco: Latvie Riflemen) that wis anent an dedicate tae the Latvie Riflemen that teuk a muckle pairt in that war. The maist diferent soondin o their albums wis Zobena Dziesma (Sco: Swuirdsang) in 2003 that wis aw fowk muisic wi nae metal in it ava.
Tho the baund haed aye taen a wheen o tift frae Black metal, their album Semigalls' Warchant (2005, maistlins a re-release o their 1997 demo, but wi fower new sangs) haed a wheen mair tift frae Thrash metal, tho the leerics wis aye anent Lativan history an paganism as aye.
[edit] Controversy
Due tae their uiss o auncient pagan seembols, the baund wis inrowed in a scaudnal. Tho the baund haes aye gane oot their gate tae pynt oot that they arna poleetical in ony wey, their uiss o seembols sic as the swastika, or sunwheel, wis misread bi some fowk as a Neo-Nazi statment. The producer o the Pērkonkalve (Sco:Thunnerforge) album jaloused they war allee'd wi Neo-Nazism an quat warkin wi thaim. Sinsyne, the baund haes chynged their logo sae that the sunwheel isna pairt o it ony langer, forby pittin a statement on the back o their first twa albums sayin "No Nazi stuff here!". The baund sees thaimsels as patriotic, but no poleetical ava.
[edit] Line-up
[edit] Members
- Pēteris Kvetkovskis - vocals, guitar an Latvian fowk instruments
- Edgars Grabovskis - bass guitar, backgrund vocals, Latvian fowk instruments
- Edgars Krūmiņš - drums, [[percussion
- Kaspars Bārbals - Latvian fowk instruments, backgrund vocals
- Rihards Skudrîtis - guitar
[edit] Umwhile Members
- Mārtiņš Pētersons - guitar
- Viesturs Grīnbergs - guitar
- Konstantīns Švedovs - vocals
- Linda Bēce - fluit
- Imants Vovers - drums
- Girts "Motors" Kļaviņš - guitar
[edit] Discography
[edit] Demos
- Semigall's Warchant (1997) (demo)
[edit] Albums
- Kauja pie Saules (Sco: Battle o the Saule) (1998)
- Latviešu Strēlnieki]] (Sco: Latvian Riflemen) (1999)
- Pērkonkalve (Sco: Thunnerforge) (2003)
- Zobena Dziesma (Sco: Swuird Sang) (2003)
- Semigalls' Warchant (2005) (re-release o the 1997 demo wi fower new sangs eikit)
