(Viking Metal / Nordic Folk Metal) Kylfingar - Észak Népe EP - 2013, MP3, 256 kbps

"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 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 knew them as 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..."

"Einherjars and Valkyries!
Recently we were relatively silent because we were forging our upcoming full-length album in a deep cave with the help of dwarves. But today we are proud to announce that we – the first Hungarian viking metal band – Kylfingar release our debut material, a digital promo EP entitled Észak Népe!
The EP contains three songs and it is available for free download with front cover, lyrics and song conceptions at the Facebook page of the band and on the link below! Maybe you have already heard the title-track and Helheim, while our early song, Út a Valhallába is a real special feature for everyone! The new versions of all three tracks will be included on our upcoming album, Halhatatlanok which will be released early autumn. The work on the longplayer goes very well and now we are looking for a record label to release it!
Download the EP, spread our fame and visit our gigs – we will publish new details about them soon!"