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FOLKEARTH is made up of members from Sweden, Austria, USA, Germany, Lithuania, England and several other countries. This unique worldwide collaboration also features members from bands like Yggdrasil, Forefather, Uruk Hai and The Soil Bleeds Black. All of the musicians involved offer up traditional instrument recordings which are then edited and mixed with heavy metal sonorities, hence offering the most unique and concise folk metal atmospheres ever recorded. Summer 2006.News!!! After a long delay,the second FOLKEARTH album,entitled "By the sword of my fater"will finally be released in summer 2006!!! More than 70 minutes of melodic folk/viking metal ,feauturing a cover song of FALKENBACH's "Heathenpride"!This time sound quallity surprases by far that of the previous album!Diverse real instruments used-tin whistle,bagpipe,violin,etc... Many a new musician has joined FOLKEARTH for the completion of the second album,rising thee total line-up to 31 musicians from 8 countries.