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Heathen people
Heidevolk logo.jpg
Heidevolk at the Metal Frenzy Festival 2017 in Gardelegen
Heidevolk at the Metal Frenzy Festival 2017 in Gardelegen
General information
Genre (s) Folk Metal , Pagan Metal
founding 2002
Website heidevolk.com
Current occupation
Lars "Nachtbraecker" Vogel (since 2013)
singing
 Jacco "Bühnebeest" de Wijs (since 2016)
Mat van Baest (since 2019)
Joost "den Vellenknotscher" Westdijk
Rowan "Roodbaert" Middelwijk (since 2006)
former members
Vocals, flute
Jesse "Vuerbaert" Middelwijk (2002-2005)
guitar
 Niels "Beenkerver" Riethorst (2002–2005)
bass
 Paul "Braadvraat" Staring (2002-2006)
Stefanie "Speervrouw" Achatz (2007-2008)
violin
 Irma "Vedelaer" Vos
guitar
 Sebas "Bloeddorst" van Eldik (2002–2011)
Singing, midwinter horn
Joris "Boghtdrincker" van Gelre (2002–2013)
singing
 Mark "Splintervuyscht" Bockting (2005-2015)
Guitar , vocals
 Reamon "Bomenbreker" Bloem (2005-2015)
guitar
 Kevin "Vruchtbaard" Olinga (2012-2015)
guitar
 Koen "Vuurdichter" Romeijn (2015-2016)
guitar
 Kevin Storm (2015-2018)
Rowan Roodbaert (right) at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2016.
Lars Nachtbraecker and Jacco de Wijs at the Metal Frenzy Festival 2017.

Heidevolk is a Dutch metal band, which is characterized above all by their clear, two-part male vocals. The band was founded in 2002 and is assigned to pagan and folk metal .

Band history

After the band was founded in 2002, they recorded their first demo tape Het Gelders Volkslied . This was followed in 2005 by the debut album De Strijdlust Is Born under Napalm Records .

In 2007 Heidevolk was on the road together with the German pagan metal band Gernotshagen on the Through The Dark Forest Metal Tour 2007 . The second album Walhalla Wacht followed a year later , from which the single Wodan Heerst and two other songs had already been extracted a few months earlier . In addition, the album De Strijdlust Is Born was re-released together with Wodan Heerst under Napalm Records.

In June 2008 the band separated from the violinist Stefanie Speervrouw due to musical differences.

In 2010 Heidevolk released the third album Uit Oude Grond , for which a music video for the song Nehalennia was shot for the first time . Between September and October 2010 the band played together with Twilight of the Gods , Ensiferum , Equilibrium and Swashbuckle at the Heidenfest .

For March 2011, the band announced that they would perform at several extended shows at the Paganfest . In May 2011, Sebas announced that they would leave the band in autumn.

In 2012 the concept album Batavi was released , which deals with the Roman history of the Netherlands. It was produced by Peter Tägegren .

style

music

Characteristic of Heidevolk's music are the two-part singing, the melodic guitar runs and the occasional use of flute and jaw harp .

Texts

With the exception of the English-speaking Vinland and the bilingual A Wolf In My Heart ( Een Wolf in mijn Hart ), her lyrics are exclusively in Dutch and deal with the history, culture and mythology of Germanic tribes - such as the Saxons, Anglo-Saxons and Batavians. Particular attention is paid to the religion, naming the Germanic gods. The Dutch province of Gelderland is given special consideration due to the origin of the band.

  • Heidevolk live at the Rockblock Festival 2005

  • Heidevolk live at the Ragnarök Festival 2007

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Velua
  NL 93 03/28/2015 (1 week)

Studio albums

  • 2005: De Strijdlust Is Geboren (CD; self-distribution) Re-release in 2008 via Napalm Records and Russia distribution by Irond.
  • 2008: Walhalla Wacht (CD / LP; Napalm Records) Published in 6 versions; LP released through Bloodred Horizon Records, 2009.
  • 2010: Uit Oude Grond (CD / CDR / LP; Napalm Records) Published in 5 versions.
  • 2012: Batavi (CD / CDR; Napalm Records) Brazil distribution through Mutilation Productions, Russia distribution through Mazzar Records.
  • 2015: Velua (CD; Napalm Records) Argentina distribution through Icarus Music.
  • 2018: Vuur Van Verzet (CD / LP; Napalm Records)

Singles & EPs

  • 2004: Het Gelders Volkslied (CDR; EP / demo , self-distribution)
  • 2007: Wodan Heerst (CD; single, self-distribution)

Split CDs

  • 2009: Black Sails over Europe (with Týr and Alestorm ) (CD / CDR; Napalm Records)

Music videos

  • 2010: Nehalennia
  • 2012: As De Dood Weer Naar Ons Lacht (Director / Production: Awik Balaian)
  • 2015: Winter Woede (Director / Production: Kevin Theodoor Kok)
  • 2015: Urth (Director / Production: Kevin Theodoor Kok)
  • 2017: Ontwaakt (Director / Production: Awik Balaian)
  • 2019: Een Wolf in Mijn Hart / A wolf in my heart (Direction / Production: Awik Balaian, Maurice Swinkels)

swell

  1. ↑ Sebas Bloeddorst leaves Heidevolk ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , www.heidevolk.com, accessed on May 31, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heidevolk.com
  2. ^ Interview Burgfolk 2011 , www.youtube.com, accessed on November 5, 2011
  3. ^ Heidevolk in the Dutch album charts

Web links

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