Nydvind - Biography
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Biography
Nydvind play Nordic heathen metal in praise of Mother Nature. The band was formed in November 2000 by Richard Loudin, aka Yoltar from the Celtic metal band Bran Barr.
Richard Loudin was joined in a first place by Eric Tabourier (aka Herr Rikk from Temple Of Baal) on drums. Then Nydvind started rehearsing under this duo-form. A few months later, Nicolas Favard joined as the second guitarist. Nicolas used to play in Richard Loudin's doom metal band Despond. He didn't stay a long time and quickly left the band.
In mid-2001, Richard Loudin found a new guitar player in the name of Loïc Cellier, also front man of Celtic black metal band Belenos. And the band line-up was finally completed in late 2001 when Olivier Sans joined Nydvind on bass. Olivier Sans also plays in Bran Barr with Richard Loudin.
Due to his occupation in Belenos and his distance from Paris which is Nydvind's location, Loïc Cellier decided to leave the band and was replaced by Loïc Courtete (Heol Telwen, Bran Barr, Inborn Suffering) in March 2002.
Nydvind signed with french label Sacral Productions and the debut album, Eternal Winter Domain, was released in September 2003.
In June 2004 Eric Tabourier left Nydvind and was replaced in August 2004 by Aes Dana's drummer, JuanJo Esquivel.
Then the band started working on new songs and entered in Autumn 2005 the CCR Studio (Belgium) to record their second album, entitled Sworn To The Elders.
In April 2006, Nydvind toured supporting Kampfar for a European Tour named Heathen Over Europe. This tour crossed numerous countries such as Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Portugal and France.
In 2008 drummer JuanJo moved back to Spain, his fatherland. Henceforth, Nydvind called back Eric, the original drummer.
After some troubles with unreliable underground labels, the band finally signed with German label Trollzorn in October 2009. And after a long period of silence, Nydvind is now back on the tracks...
The long-awaited second album, Sworn To The Elders, was finally released in February 2010 on Trollzorn Records.
(Source: official website)
Richard Loudin was joined in a first place by Eric Tabourier (aka Herr Rikk from Temple Of Baal) on drums. Then Nydvind started rehearsing under this duo-form. A few months later, Nicolas Favard joined as the second guitarist. Nicolas used to play in Richard Loudin's doom metal band Despond. He didn't stay a long time and quickly left the band.
In mid-2001, Richard Loudin found a new guitar player in the name of Loïc Cellier, also front man of Celtic black metal band Belenos. And the band line-up was finally completed in late 2001 when Olivier Sans joined Nydvind on bass. Olivier Sans also plays in Bran Barr with Richard Loudin.
Due to his occupation in Belenos and his distance from Paris which is Nydvind's location, Loïc Cellier decided to leave the band and was replaced by Loïc Courtete (Heol Telwen, Bran Barr, Inborn Suffering) in March 2002.
Nydvind signed with french label Sacral Productions and the debut album, Eternal Winter Domain, was released in September 2003.
In June 2004 Eric Tabourier left Nydvind and was replaced in August 2004 by Aes Dana's drummer, JuanJo Esquivel.
Then the band started working on new songs and entered in Autumn 2005 the CCR Studio (Belgium) to record their second album, entitled Sworn To The Elders.
In April 2006, Nydvind toured supporting Kampfar for a European Tour named Heathen Over Europe. This tour crossed numerous countries such as Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Portugal and France.
In 2008 drummer JuanJo moved back to Spain, his fatherland. Henceforth, Nydvind called back Eric, the original drummer.
After some troubles with unreliable underground labels, the band finally signed with German label Trollzorn in October 2009. And after a long period of silence, Nydvind is now back on the tracks...
The long-awaited second album, Sworn To The Elders, was finally released in February 2010 on Trollzorn Records.
(Source: official website)