Heol Telwen
| Heol Telwen | |
|---|---|
 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Paris , France |
| Genre (s) | Pagan Metal , Folk Metal , Extreme Metal |
| founding | 1999 |
| Founding members | |
| Yskithyrwynn | |
| Gwadsec'hedik Kraban | |
guitar |
Anaon |
| Current occupation | |
| Gwadsec'hedik Kraban | |
Guitar , backing vocals, bass (2000–2002)
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Ossian (since 2000) |
| Hades (since 2003) | |
| Mylgaon Vibuc'h (since 2003) | |
Drums, vocals (until 2001)
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Yskithyrwynn |
| former members | |
guitar |
Anon (1999-2002) |
Irish flute |
Nehmain (2001-2002) |
Heol Telwen ( Bret. The Dark Sun ) is a French Celtic / Pagan Metal band from Paris .
history
The band was formed in June 1999 by Yskithyrwynn, Gwadsec'hedik Kraban and Anaon in Le Blanc-Mesnil , north of Paris . In autumn 2000 the first line-up was with Ossian as bass player. At the beginning of 2000 Yskithyrwynn switched to drums and Kraban became the singer and flautist, later in the year heol Telwen was joined by a second flautist, Nehmain. Since Anaon and Nehmain left the band in the summer of 2002, Ossian took over the role of guitarist and Mylagon Vibuc'h joined the band as bass player around the turn of the year. With him, the flautist Hades came to Heol Telwen.
When the band had a fixed line-up again, the demo Mor Braz was recorded and produced in-house in 2003. In 2005, Heol Telwen released the debut album An Deiz Ruz through Burning Star Records , which was recorded in December 2004. In the following year numerous concerts were played in Europe, including a. also with Eluveitie or Negura Bunget , which increased the band's popularity, so that An Deiz Ruz was re-released in 2006 .
style
Heol Telwen combines Breton / Norman / Celtic folk music with Black Metal , with elements of Death and Thrash Metal often also being used. The melody-leading instruments are the various flutes and whistles, the guitars, however, only play a subordinate role.
The singing is screaming typical of the genre , and is in French , English or Breton . The lyrics deal with various Breton and Celtic topics.
Discography
- 2003: Mor Braz (demo)
- 2005, [2011]: An Deiz Ruz (album, Burning Star Records)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Heol Telwen - An Deiz Ruz (9/10) - France - 2005 , metal-observer.com, accessed on March 13, 2012
Web links
- Heol Telwen on Myspace
- Official website ( Memento of November 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Heol Telwen at Discogs (English)