Pagan Knights Tour 2009: Vikings, pirates and warriors!
The metal movement is constantly evolving. Many genres coexist and evolve together, some die and others rise from their ashes…
North America is right now recieving an incredible quantity of metal bands incorporating folkloric elements into their music, would it be instruments like a violin or bagpipes, real or synthetized, and lyrics of myth and legend. It can sound like the dream of any Dungeons and Dragons geek out there, but ”folk metal”, as it has been dubbed, can be as enjoyable to anyone into metal than anything else of the same vein.
Surfing the wave that originated in the genre of power metal such as Manowar, Blind Guardian or Rhapsody of Fire and evolved more and more into folkloric sounds and lore, 2009 will see a new horde of these ancient warriors land on the shores of the New World. The next event which various fans will flock to is the Pagan Knights Tour (Link to the myspace music page of the event), hosted at the Club Soda. Death/Folk German band SuidAkrA, the pirate crew known as Alestorm and the norsemen of Tyr will proudly represent the genre. Three bands, three styles: SuidAkrA allies the brutality and sound of death metal to the folkloric legends of the Round Table, while Alestorm are pure power metal that would make anyone who likes the genre more than happy. They even add the typical accordion of sea shanties thanks to their brilliant use of keyboards. Tyr, originating from the Faroe Islands, is a band strongly influenced by it’s scandinavian origins, honoring the old pagan traditions and songs of the Norse religion, singing them in their original faroese language. Uniting the musicality of heavy metal and traditional music, their works communicate an awesome energy to be found in no other music.
The Pagan Knights Tour 2009 event in 2009 will be held at the Club Soda on March 24, 2009. Tickets are around 22$.