Kylfingar - Biography
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Biography
Kylfingar is the very first Hungarian band performing Nordic folk & viking metal. We would like to show you the life, the era, the faith, the heroic deeds of the Vikings, the beautiful Northern lands? Firstly our set contained only covers (Ensiferum, Finntroll) but nowadays we play much more own songs than covers. Most of our lyrics are in Hungarian.
When we started the band our name was Asgard but then we chose Kylfingar because it is unique and has Hungarian connection. What does it mean? Kylfings - original plural Kylfingar - was a group of Scandinavian origin, their name means "macemen" (mace, war cudgel=kylfa in Old Norse). They wandered and raided Eastern Europe with the Eastern Vikings or Varangians in the 9-11th centuries and a part of them was hired as auxiliary warriors by Kiev, Byzantium and Hungary. Hungarians called them Kölpények. According to the chronicles, the legendary Hungarian chief in the 10th century, Botond (his name means "maceman" in Old Hungarian) was of Kylfing origin - he beat the champion of the Byzantines, the "Greek giant" and smashed in the gate of Constantinople with his weapon...
The band was founded in the spring of 2012 by Viktor Váczi, Viktor Grócz and Gábor Kállai. The original name, Asgard was changed in early 2013 with the help of Tamás Péderi, our manager.
Our topics are mostly connected with Scandinavian mythology, history and culture. Our biggest influences are such Nordic and folkish bands as Ensiferum; the good old Finntroll; the masters of excellent melodies, Equilibrium and the veteran Amon Amarth but we can add many more... So we have started learning covers, mostly by our mentioned two favourites, Ensiferum and Finntroll. In parallel with this we have also started writing our own songs, because we do not want to be a tribute band. Krisztián Tőzsér on bass and Gergő Lakatos on guitar have joined us, so the line-up became complete. The five of us have been smashing in the rehearsal room and the covers were really good. We also composed our first song, "Út a Valhallába" ("Road to Valhalla") and then we have been visiting the studio more and more frequently and the songs of Kylfingar were born one after the other.
Our first gig was on September 8th, 2012 in Boldog at Magyar Dal Napja festival. The successful introduction and many congratulations made us more eager. Our next shows were held in the capital, Budapest and gave us more success. We played with bands like Niburta, Akela, Kill With Hate or An Theos (ROU). We have got dozens of positive criticism; comments and mails both from abroad and from Hungary and therefore we know that we are going on the good path. In the summer of 2014 we are going to share the stage with Ensiferum (FI), Behemoth (PL) and Heidevolk (NL) on different Hungarian festivals.
Our first album, "Halhatatlanok" ("Immortals") was released via the sub-label of the Hungarian Hammer Records, Nail Record on June 10th and is available for international shipping and digital download (Deezer, Itunes, Spotify, etc.), too. Beyond the general concept, the album is based on the topic of heroic death and Valhalla and we also sing a chant about a Hungarian saga, the story of Botond because of its connection with the eponymous Kylfings. The forerunner of this LP was a promo mini-disc with three songs called Észak Népe EP which was available for free download.
In December, 2013 Gábor Kállai left the band with common consensus and an old friend of the band, Szilárd Oláh helped out the group between this time and April, 2014. Then our recent member, Bence Horváth arrived to play the drums.
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When we started the band our name was Asgard but then we chose Kylfingar because it is unique and has Hungarian connection. What does it mean? Kylfings - original plural Kylfingar - was a group of Scandinavian origin, their name means "macemen" (mace, war cudgel=kylfa in Old Norse). They wandered and raided Eastern Europe with the Eastern Vikings or Varangians in the 9-11th centuries and a part of them was hired as auxiliary warriors by Kiev, Byzantium and Hungary. Hungarians called them Kölpények. According to the chronicles, the legendary Hungarian chief in the 10th century, Botond (his name means "maceman" in Old Hungarian) was of Kylfing origin - he beat the champion of the Byzantines, the "Greek giant" and smashed in the gate of Constantinople with his weapon...
The band was founded in the spring of 2012 by Viktor Váczi, Viktor Grócz and Gábor Kállai. The original name, Asgard was changed in early 2013 with the help of Tamás Péderi, our manager.
Our topics are mostly connected with Scandinavian mythology, history and culture. Our biggest influences are such Nordic and folkish bands as Ensiferum; the good old Finntroll; the masters of excellent melodies, Equilibrium and the veteran Amon Amarth but we can add many more... So we have started learning covers, mostly by our mentioned two favourites, Ensiferum and Finntroll. In parallel with this we have also started writing our own songs, because we do not want to be a tribute band. Krisztián Tőzsér on bass and Gergő Lakatos on guitar have joined us, so the line-up became complete. The five of us have been smashing in the rehearsal room and the covers were really good. We also composed our first song, "Út a Valhallába" ("Road to Valhalla") and then we have been visiting the studio more and more frequently and the songs of Kylfingar were born one after the other.
Our first gig was on September 8th, 2012 in Boldog at Magyar Dal Napja festival. The successful introduction and many congratulations made us more eager. Our next shows were held in the capital, Budapest and gave us more success. We played with bands like Niburta, Akela, Kill With Hate or An Theos (ROU). We have got dozens of positive criticism; comments and mails both from abroad and from Hungary and therefore we know that we are going on the good path. In the summer of 2014 we are going to share the stage with Ensiferum (FI), Behemoth (PL) and Heidevolk (NL) on different Hungarian festivals.
Our first album, "Halhatatlanok" ("Immortals") was released via the sub-label of the Hungarian Hammer Records, Nail Record on June 10th and is available for international shipping and digital download (Deezer, Itunes, Spotify, etc.), too. Beyond the general concept, the album is based on the topic of heroic death and Valhalla and we also sing a chant about a Hungarian saga, the story of Botond because of its connection with the eponymous Kylfings. The forerunner of this LP was a promo mini-disc with three songs called Észak Népe EP which was available for free download.
In December, 2013 Gábor Kállai left the band with common consensus and an old friend of the band, Szilárd Oláh helped out the group between this time and April, 2014. Then our recent member, Bence Horváth arrived to play the drums.
https://www.facebook.com/KylfingarHungary/info?tab=page_info