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Ragnarök Festival
Ragnarök Festival is a pagan metal festival held annually in Germany since 2004 founded by Ivo Raab. It started out as a small, one-night festival with only regional bands in the town hall of Hollfeld. In 2005 it was decided to go for a festival featuring mostly Viking and pagan metal with the booking of bands like Månegarm, Menhir, Eisregen and Equilibrium. From 2006 on the festival took place in the significantly bigger town hall of Lichtenfels, Bavaria. History The Ragnarök Metal Festival was founded by Ivo Raab in 2004. The festival's first edition featured seven bands, mostly death metal, and about 120 visitors. It did not pay off, but Raab decided to give it another try and organized it again in 2005. That year the line-up was specialized on Viking and pagan metal, and better-known bands were signed. Especially the headliners Eisregen attracted a lot of people as their rare live gigs are usually censored unless played to an adult audience. On Ragnarök the visitors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichtenfels, Bavaria
Lichtenfels is a town in the Upper Franconian region of Bavaria, Germany, the administrative seat of Lichtenfels district. It is chiefly known as the German "Basket City". Geography It is situated on the upper course of the river Main, about southeast of Coburg, and northeast of Bamberg. The hilly landscape is called ''Gottesgarten am Obermain'' ("God's garden on the upper Main"), referring to the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and Banz Abbey. The Maintal (valley of the Main) goes from East to West. The most important cities of the district are Burgkunstadt, Bad Staffelstein and the district city of Lichtenfels. The Rodach river, a tributary of the Main, runs through the area and reaches its greatest width in the northern part between Hochstadt am Main and Lichtenfels. The district of Lichtenfels lies in the western part of the government region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Oberfranken (Upper Franconia). It is surrounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Of America
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1992. History In late 1990, the band originally started under the name Enthrone by Nattefrost (then bearing the pseudonym Lord Nosferatu) and Nordavind (who used the pseudonym Lord Karnstein). Together they produced a self-released demo tape, ''Black Winds'', in 1991. In 1992, Enthrone changed its name to "Carpathian Forest", and Lord Blackmangler and Damnatus joined their line-up. As a quartet they self-released three demo tapes: ''Rehearsal Outtake'', ''Bloodlust and Perversion'' (both in 1992) and ''Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern'' (in 1993). However, Damnatus and Lord Blackmangler left afterwards, and Carpathian Forest became once more a duo. Carpathian Forest would release their first studio work in 1995: the extended play ''Through Chasm, Caves and Titan Woods'', via Avantgarde Music. It would be their first of many releases via Avantgarde. In 1998 the band release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ava Inferi
Ava Inferi was a musical group formed in Almada, Portugal, by Norwegian guitarist and songwriter Rune Eriksen (a.k.a. Blasphemer, Mayhem). Their debut album, '' Burdens'', was released in January 2006. In the spring of 2007, vocalist Carmen Simões laid vocals on the re-recording of '' Under Satanæ'' by Moonspell. In October 2007, the band released their second studio album, called '' The Silhouette''. In May 2009, the band released their third album, '' Blood of Bacchus''. In February 2011, the band released their fourth studio album, entitled ''Onyx''. Rune Eriksen announced the end of Ava Inferi on 23 May 2013. Band members * Carmen Susana Simões – vocals * Rune Eriksen – guitars * Joana Messias – bass * André Sobral - guitar Session members * Daniel Cardoso (piano) Discography * '' Burdens'' (2006) * '' The Silhouette'' (2007) * '' Blood of Bacchus'' (2009) * ''Onyx'' (2011) Music videos References External links Ava Inferiat Season of Mist Season of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XIV Dark Centuries
14 (fourteen) is a natural number following 13 and preceding 15. In relation to the word "four" ( 4), 14 is spelled "fourteen". In mathematics * 14 is a composite number. * 14 is a square pyramidal number. * 14 is a stella octangula number. * In hexadecimal, fourteen is represented as E * Fourteen is the lowest even ''n'' for which the equation φ(''x'') = ''n'' has no solution, making it the first even nontotient (see Euler's totient function). * Take a set of real numbers and apply the closure and complement operations to it in any possible sequence. At most 14 distinct sets can be generated in this way. ** This holds even if the reals are replaced by a more general topological space. See Kuratowski's closure-complement problem * 14 is a Catalan number. * Fourteen is a Companion Pell number. * According to the Shapiro inequality 14 is the least number ''n'' such that there exist ''x'', ''x'', ..., ''x'' such that :\sum_^ \frac < \frac where ''x'' = ''x'', ''x'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minas Morgul (band)
Minas or MINAS may refer to: People with the given name Minas * Menas of Ethiopia (died 1563) * Saint Menas (Minas, 285–309) * Minias of Florence (Minas, Miniato, died 250) * Minas Alozidis (born 1984), Greek hurdler * Minas Avetisyan (1928–1975) * Minas Hantzidis (born 1966), Greek footballer * Minas Hadjimichael (born 1956), Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Cyprus * Minas Hatzisavvas (1948–2015), Greek actor * Minas of Aksum, 6th-century bishop People with the surname Minas * Iskouhi Minas (1884–1951), French poet and writer of Armenian descent. Places * Minas Gerais, Brazil * Minas, Uruguay * Minas Department, Córdoba, Argentina * Minas Department, Neuquén, Argentina * Minas, Cuba, a municipality in Cuba * Minas, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Minas Basin in Nova Scotia * Les Mines, a former Acadian community on the shores of the Minas Basin (called Minas or Mines in English) Other uses * Mina (unit), an ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperium Dekadenz
Imperium Dekadenz is a German black metal band formed in 2004. The band name is inspired by the 1979 film Caligula. The band members were fascinated by the violence and decadence portrayed in the film, as well as the pride in the Roman Empire it portrayed. History Pascal "Vespasian" Vannier and Christian "Horaz" Jakob met in 2004 when Vespasian was looking for a ride to Wacken and Horaz offered him a seat in his car. During the car ride, Horaz played Vespasian from his demo tape Ax and the idea of making music together came up. In Winter 2005, they recorded their first work Promo 2005 together and sent it to different labels. Perverted Taste then offered them a record deal. In 2006, they released their first album ''...und die Welt ward kalt und leer'' on the label. This was followed in 2007 by their second albmum ''Dämmerung der Szenarien''. In 2010, the band expressly distanced themselves from their old label, Perverted Taste, after finding out it included bands with right-win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkona (band)
Arkona (russian: Аркона) is a Russian folk metal band. Their lyrics are heavily influenced by Russian folklore and Slavic mythology, and their music incorporates several traditional Russian musical instruments. The name of the band "Arkona" refers to the last Pre-Christianized Slavic city-castle. History The band was founded in February 2002 by two members of Dolgoprudny Slavic Neopaganism Society: Masha "Scream" Arkhipova and Alexander "Warlock" Korolyov, originally as Giperboreya (Гиперборея – Hyperborea). At the end of 2002 the group (featuring also Evgeny Knyazev on guitar, Evgeny Borzov on bass and Olga Loginova on keyboards, and now as Arkona) entered the Moscow CDM Studios. Having recorded the ''Rus'' demo (its three tracks re-surfaced in 2006 as bonuses for the live set ''Zhizn vo Slavu''), the band started playing live, performing with fellow Russian folk metal bands, like Butterfly Temple, Pagan Reign, Svarga, and Rossomahaar. In September 2003 Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adorned Brood
Adorned Brood is a German folk black metal band from Neuss, Germany. History (1993–2006) After the foundation in 1993, Adorned Brood recorded two demo tapes. They signed a contract to German music label Folter Records. They recorded their first studio album '' Hiltia'' in 1996. They recorded a new album, called '' Wigand'', in 1998. Only 1,000 copies of each album were released. They signed a contract with Moonstorm Records. Their third album, ''Asgard'', was released in 2000. Lead singer Erik Hecht from the band Subway to Sally joined Adorned Brood for their fourth album, '' Erdenkraft'', in 2000. They toured with Subway to Sally, and played at the music festivals Summer Breeze Open Air, Partysan, Wave Gotik Treffen and Feuertanz Festival. Line-up Current line-up * Markus 'Teutobot' Frost - vocals, bass guitar (1993–present) * Thorsten Derks - guitar (2004–present) * Jan Jansohn - guitars (2009-) * Niklas Enns - keyboards (2008-) * Anne - flute (2009-) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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