Pagan Festival
The Paganfest was a music festival organized by Rock the Nation , at which primarily pagan , viking and folk metal artists are represented. It was first held in Glauchau on December 2, 2007 and was held annually as a festival tour until 2015.
trip
The tour led through around 20 cities in Europe (in 2010 there were 24 cities). The focus is on Germany and Austria , but there are also individual shows in England , France , the Benelux countries and Eastern Europe . The events are each designed for around 1000–2000 visitors. In selected cities there are so-called "extended shows" where the line-up is expanded to include a few bands. In addition to the European tour, there is also an occasional tour of North America .
From 2008 to 2015, the Heidenfest with a thematically similar focus was also organized by Rock the Nation.
history
The first Paganfest worldwide started in December 2007, with the Finnish Viking folk metal band Ensiferum being the focus of the tour. It took further Korpiklaani and Moonsorrow and Turisas , Finntroll , Týr and Eluveitie part. The first appearance took place on December 2nd in the "Alte Spinnerei" in Glauchau and continued the tour through Germany, Finland and Hungary . There were also other shows in the Netherlands , France and Austria. The European Paganfest ended on April 22nd and was continued three days later in Canada and the USA until May 22nd, 2008 under the name "Paganfest North America".
In 2008 the Pagan Festival was suspended. Instead, Rock the Nation hosted the Heidenfest with bands like Primordial , Equilibrium and Månegarm .
The second Pagan Festival took place on April 28, 2009. The main attraction this time was the folk metal band Korpiklaani. Bands like Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Alestorm and Unleashed also took part. This time the Pagan Festival started in North America. After a half-year break, the tour then led, as in the previous year, through many European countries such as Germany, France and Italy . It ended on October 3rd in Linz .
The third Paganfest was opened on February 19, 2010 in Pratteln . The tour led through a total of 24 European cities, where 15 normal concerts and 9 extended shows were played. The concerts were opened alternately by the Russian band Arkona and the German band Varg . Then the stage was released for the rest of the bands. The tour ended on March 14 in the Belgian Antwerp and distinguished himself as a clear success from. A total of five of the 24 concerts were sold out. In addition, media interest in the festival increased and several metal magazines reported live on site about the Paganfest 2010, for example the German Metal Hammer .
The fourth Pagan Festival took place in March 2011. The tour included the bands Korpiklaani, Unleashed, Kivimetsän Druidi , Moonsorrow, Varg and Arafel . Eluveitie, Heidevolk and Obscurity also played on the extended shows .
From March 16 to April 1, 2012 the fifth edition of the Pagan Festival took place. Eluveitie, Primordial, Negură Bunget , Heidevolk and Sólstafir were booked as bands, while Korpiklaani and Equilibrium also appeared on the “Extended” shows. At the show in Tilburg on March 18, 2012, Alestorm took the place of the opening act for Korpiklaani. For the first time this year, an opening act competition was held for the extended shows, in which six bands were able to win the place of an opening act for one show each . The winners were Obscurity ( Oberhausen ), Legio Mortis ( Stuttgart ), Cruadalach ( Vienna ), Knaat ( Munich ), Aktarum ( Gießen ) and Sintech (Geiselwind).
The Paganfest belonged, next to the Heidenfest, to the biggest tour of the Pagan, Viking and Folk Metal scene. The concerts will be played in rented clubs and halls in European and North American cities. Depending on the size of these venues, up to 1000 to 2000 fans can be accommodated there. A concert ticket costs between € 25 and € 35, depending on the venue and type of show. The concerts were sold out for the first time since 2010.
Line ups
This list includes a listing of the bands that took part in the Paganfest.
| date | Line up |
|---|---|
| Paganfest 2008 (Europe)
April 2, 2008 - April 22, 2008 |
Ensiferum , Korpiklaani , Moonsorrow , Turisas , Finntroll , Týr , Eluveitie
Guests: Equilibrium , Heathen Foray , Helrunar , Adorned Brood , Suidakra |
| Paganfest 2008 (North America)
April 25 - May 22, 2008 |
Ensiferum, Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow, Turisas, Finntroll, Týr, Eluveitie, |
| Paganfest 2009 (North America)
April 28 - May 18, 2009 |
Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow , Blackguard , Swashbuckle , Primordial |
| Paganfest 2009 (Europe)
September 11 - October 3, 2009 |
Korpiklaani, The Apocalyptic Riders , Unleashed , Alestorm, Ex Deo , Swashbuckle
Guests: Moonsorrow , Einherjer |
| Pagan Festival 2010
February 19 - March 14, 2010 |
Finntroll, Eluveitie, Dornenreich , Varg , Arkona
Guests: Equilibrium, Alestorm, Svartsot |
| Pagan Festival 2011
March 3 - March 27, 2011 |
Korpiklaani, Unleashed, Moonsorrow, Varg, Arafel , Kivimetsän Druidi |
| Pagan Festival 2012
March 16 - April 1, 2012 |
Eluveitie, Primordial, Negură Bunget , Heidevolk, Sólstafir
Guests: Korpiklaani (or Alestorm), Equilibrium |
| Pagan Festival 2013
February 28 - March 10, 2013 |
Alestorm, Arkona, Thyrfing , Ex Deo, Wolfchant , Bornholm
Guests: Varg, Kalmah |
| Pagan Festival 2015
March 19 - March 29, 2015 |
Wintersun , turisas , heather folk , obscurity , frost tide
Guests: Korpiklaani , Grailknights, Finsterforst |
criticism
During the Pagan Festival 2007, the two Berlin organizations against fascism BIFFF and apabiz mobilized against a planned concert in the Kreuzberg club SO36 . They accused the bands of right-wing extremism and labeled the band members as Nazis . They justified this among other things with the use of runes in band logos as well as the representation of violence in some song texts. In a later press release, apabiz distanced itself from these allegations.
The accused bands then published counter statements; Heri Joensen from Týr and Ville Sorvali from Moonsorrow , for example, put a video on the Internet in which they made it clear that they were neither Nazis nor have any contacts in the right-wing scene and that their texts were based on stories and legends of Nordic mythology .
Paganfest as a brand
The Paganfest operated an online shop until 2011, where merchandising items related to the Paganfest were sold.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ paganfest.eu: Dates - Paganfest 2010 ( Memento from August 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 26, 2013
- ↑ festivalhopper.de: Paganfest 2009 - Dates , accessed on March 18, 2010
- ↑ myspace.com: Official Myspace page of Paganfest America
- ↑ Tour-Dates from Paganfest 2007 ( Memento of the original from December 9th, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 26, 2010
- ↑ Tour-Dates from Pagan Fest America on roadrunnerrecords.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 27, 2010
- ↑ Tour dates of the Paganfest 2009 on stormbringer.at , accessed on August 27, 2010
- ↑ Tour dates from Paganfest 2010 on paganfest.eu ( Memento from August 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 27, 2010
- ↑ Live report from Paganfest 2010 on metal.de , accessed on August 27, 2010
- ↑ Live report from Paganfest 2010 on stormbringer.at , accessed on August 27, 2010
- ↑ Kivimetsän Druidi: playing PAGANFEST tour 2011 & new songs online! on centurymedia.com , accessed November 4, 2010
- ↑ Helvetions Headline Tour 2012 - Europe Part I ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , eluveitie.ch, accessed on December 5, 2011
- ↑ Paganfest (Tilburg, NL) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , metal-exposure.com, accessed March 27, 2012
- ↑ Paganfest 2012: Support slots for extended shows are available , the-pit.de, accessed on March 27, 2012
- ↑ Live report on Stormbringer.at , accessed on August 27, 2010
- ↑ Tour dates SOLD OUT! on paganfest.eu ( memento of August 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 27, 2010
- ↑ Tour dates from Paganfest 2015 on nuclearblast.de ( memento of the original from February 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 12, 2015
- ↑ Nazi Festival in SO 36 on bifff-berlin.de , accessed on August 27, 2010
- ↑ Press release about the Paganfest , accessed on August 27, 2010
- ^ Statement by Heri and Ville on youtube.com , accessed on August 27, 2010
- ↑ Paganfest online shop ( memento from August 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 26, 2013
