Deeply rooted in melodic death metal with lyrics centred around Viking history and Norse mythology, Amon Amarth (formerly known as Scum) formed in 1992 in Tumba, Sweden, a southern suburb of Stockholm. They began writing material with lots of melodies, harmonies and lyrics about Vikings and the n...

The Absence is an American melodic death metal band.

In fall 2001, with ease of forming due to previous bands that founding members Patrick Pintavalle and Jamie Stewart felt were lacking. Within a year they had found a drummer, Justin Grant. Through this practice they had met Christopher ...

Ensiferum is a Viking / Folk Metal band from Helsinki, Finland.

Story of Ensiferum

1995
Markus Toivonen played guitar with some friends in a band called ”Dark Reflections” which played mainly covers of certain heavy metal bands including Megadeth, Pantera and many others. Later on Markus ...