TUESDAY, 6th July 2010 "Engla Tocyme" and "Ours is the Kingdom" are now officially available for download via www.metalhit.com. Increased availability via itunes and other stores will follow soon. Both albums have undergone subtle remastering. All other FOREFATHER albums and "Summer's Flame" single are still available for download through MetalHit, itunes, etc. MONDAY, 12th April 2010 Short interview with OccultBlackMetalZine available here. Also, we are at work on a new album. There is a lot of material in rough form that we are in the process of finalising before starting to record properly. THURSDAY, 26th November 2009 New Forefather logo/symbol patch available. Visit the shop at Seven-Kingdoms. It's free with all Forefather CD/t-shirt orders. TUESDAY, 25th August 2009 New "Wolfhead's Tree" t-shirt available now. Art by Martin Hanford. Visit www.seven-kingdoms.com. THURSDAY, 30th July 2009 The English summer had arrived and the sun was in full strength (didn't last long!) and Wulfstan had an old melody lying around that he fancied having a fiddle with. Athelstan joined in and the result is new MP3 single "Summer's Flame", available now here! THURSDAY, 2nd July 2009 The Steadfast t-shirt is now available again from the Seven Kingdoms online store. The "Deep Into Time" and "The Fighting Man" albums are now available for download via www.metalhit.com ("Steadfast" still also available). Availability through other online retailers will follow in the coming weeks. We have recorded a new one-off song which is now in the final stages of mastering. This song will be made available via download soon, so watch out for news. TUESDAY, 12th May 2009 New Forefather interview available here. Scroll down for English version. MONDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY 2009 "Steadfast" has been declared Album of the Year in Sargon's Best of 2008 over at www.metalcrypt.com. See here. "Steadfast" has also been nominated in the "Best Pagan/Viking/Folk Metal" album category of the www.metalstorm.ee awards 2008. Readers are able to vote for their favourite album. If you are not already a member of the community, just register here and submit your vote. Voting ends March 1st. WEDNESDAY, 7th JANUARY 2009 "Steadfast" has been made one of Friedhof magazine's albums of 2008. See here. THURSDAY, 9th OCTOBER 2008 "Steadfast" is currently the featured review at Metal Fanatix (93/100). MONDAY, 11th AUGUST 2008 A new interview with Masterful Mag is online here. MONDAY, 7th JULY 2008 A new interview with Metal Zone is online here. TUESDAY, 29th APRIL 2008 A new interview with Vampire magazine is online here. FRIDAY, 29th FEBRUARY 2008 The official Forefather Forum is back. Discuss the new album and any other topics you see fit here. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11th 2008 The new "Steadfast" CD and t-shirt are now officially in stock and shipping over at Seven Kingdoms. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7th 2008 A new interview with Athelstan is available to read here. Scroll to bottom of page for English translation. TUESDAY, JANUARY 15th 2008 The "Steadfast" CD and t-shirt are now available worldwide for pre-order over at Seven Kingdoms. They can be purchased singularly, or together for the special price of 20.99 GBP p&p inc (small surcharge applies to international orders). MONDAY, DECEMBER 24th 2007 The new album "Steadfast" is finally finished (see cover here). It will now go into manufacture and will be exclusively available through Seven Kingdoms, hopefully by the end of January. We will also produce a new t-shirt (see preview here). Look out for a Forefather feature in the next Zero Tolerance magazine. For now we wish you all a merry yule and happy new year! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15th 2007 Still working on the album. Improving a few things here and there. Christian Andersson, who did all our previous covers and layouts, has completed most of the layout for the album. It looks fantastic! Of course, this time round the cover art itself was created by Martin Hanford (see below). WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7th 2007 The new Metal Message compilation (vol.4) is available for purchase right here. Click here. On the album front it's been more of the same, improving bits here and there. The layout of the CD is being arranged. We should have a finished music master by the time that's ready, which should be in around a week. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31st 2007 Over the last week we have been re-recording a few parts on the album that we felt could be improved, and also adding some things. Over the next week we hope to have a mixdown to approve. We will keep the album and track names secret for the moment but we can say there will be 11 tracks at a running time of approx 58 minutes. The new Metal Message compilation CD is now available featuring Forefather track "Engla Tocyme". TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23rd 2007 Sorry for the lack of any updates for so long. Let's cut to the chase. The new album is recorded. The new abum is mixed. We are now in the process of approving this mix: listening through it and tweaking things here and there. We want everything to be as perfect as possible. I will now make an effort to post an update every week on progress. THURSDAY, JUNE 21st 2007 The recording of our new album is in the final stages. All that's left to finish is the vocals. Then the laborious task of mixing can begin. We should have a first mix to evaluate around mid-July. Both the album title and all song titles are confirmed but we won't announce them till we get closer to the release. The artwork for the album is already done. This time we worked with Martin Hanford (Bal-Sagoth). Check out the preview below! MARCH 2007 The Anti-Geldof compilation is now available featuring brand new Forefather track "Loyalty Bound". Read more about our contribution here and listen to the song at our MySpace page. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th 2006 New Forefather shirt A new Forefather t-shirt is now available through UREUROPA. Here's the direct link to the shirt: http://www.ureuropa.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=921 Don't be fooled by the image of a long-sleeved shirt. It is in fact a short sleeve. Forum update After a period of maintenance, the Forefather forum is now operational. Spout forth your venom here. Thanks to Andre @ Trolleve.com Folkearth news The new Folkearth CD "By the Sword of My Father" (featuring Forefather penned track "The Lady's Gift" and contributions to 2 other tracks) is now available. The first album "A Nordic Poem" has also been re-released. There are some mistakes in the booklet of "By the Sword of My Father". Firstly, our names are the wrong way round on the photo in the middle (the keen eyed amongst you will notice that). Secondly, Athelstan is wrongly credited for performing all the guitars on "The Lady's Gift". In fact, Wulfstan played all the guitar parts except the lead melody. Small things, but important nonetheless ;-) www.folkearth.cjb.net  MONDAY, DECEMBER 19th 2005 The Falkenbach tribute CD featuring Wulfstan's vocals on "Heathenpride" will be released on 31st December. The Anti-Live-8 CD has been delayed. Release date unknown. Check Supernal Music updates for details. Work on recording the 5th Forefather album has been delayed by various jobs/tasks/problems. Songwriting/arranging is almost complete and recording will begin as soon as possible. A new Forefather Long-sleeved t-shirt has been designed and will be printed as soon as possible. Check this site and www.seven-kingdoms.com for news. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4th 2005 A new song has been recorded for the up-coming Supernal Music Anti-Live 8 compilation CD. Entitled "Loyalty Bound", it is a raw styled, epic heathen black metal track, and the guys are extremely pleased with it. The compilation is scheduled for a December release. The final mix has been completed on the second Forefather "Folkearth" track entitled "The Lady's Gift". The release date for the second Folkearth CD entitled "By the Sword of my Father" is not yet known, but asap is the order of the day. The new track is a highly melodic, highly catchy, folk styled metal attack, with lyrics delving into ancient English mythology. Look out! Also on the subject of Folkearth, Athelstan has contributed the clean vocals to a second Magnus Wohlfart penned track entitled "Scaldic Art". Final recording is not yet complete, but the outcome will be interesting. In other news, the cover of Falkenbach's "Heathenpride" featuring Wulfstan's vocals has been completed. Release date (on the Falkenbach tribute CD) is unknown). TUESDAY, JUNE 28th 2005 The new limited edition (500 copies) "Deep Into Time" LP has been released by EISENWALD TONSCHMIEDE. The LP features a brand new bonus track "A Hearth-Companions Pride", a fold out poster, some new artwork and inlay/lyrics sheet. Copies are currently available at SEVEN KINGDOMS. TUESDAY, MARCH 22ND 2005 Perverted Taste have finally released the new Burzum tribute album of which Forefather is a part. There are two versions available - digipack CD and double-LP. Both are limited to 600 copies. Check PERVERTED TASTE for details. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH 2005 The new Forefather t-shirt is now in stock. Visit SEVEN KINGDOMS to order! STYGIAN CRYPT have now released "A Nordic Poem", the first album of FOLKEARTH, which features various musicians from around Europe. Athelstan and Wulfstan contributed the music to (and performed) "Rhyming With Thunder". Check it out! WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND 2005 A new Forefather t-shirt will be available in the next few weeks. See the design here! It will be available for purchase through SEVEN KINGDOMS. Look out for the forth-coming vinyl release of "Deep Into Time" through Eisenwald Tonschmiede! It will feature a brand new bonus track "A Hearth-Companion's Pride", written in 2004 and recorded January 2005. A guitar tab section has been added in the "downloads" section. It will build up over time. Send in your requests for riffs! SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH 2004 Attention UK Forefather fans! Be sure to get hold of the current issues of Powerplay and Zero Tolerance magazines! Both feature interviews with Forefather (double-page ZT, triple-page PP). SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH 2004 Along with many other people from the metal/rock world Wulfstan recently added his thoughts to the "Anti-American?" article for Imhotep (rather ironic date to post this news). You can read all the comments here. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH 2004 A Forefather forum is now running at The Realm of the Dark Angel. Follow this link to go straight to the forum. SATURDAY, JULY 24TH 2004 Reaction to "Ours is the Kingdom" has been really positive including a 9/10 review in Terrorizer. Go to the reviews section for lots more great opinions! Also keep an eye out in the coming months for the FOLKEARTH album "A Nordic Poem" for which we have contributed the music to one track, "Rhyming With Thunder"! We have also contributed a cover of Burzum's "Beholding the Daughters of the Firmament" (a re-recording of our 1999 cover) for a Burzum covers album to be released by Perverted Taste. Finally we are in the early stages of writing new material for a 5th Forefather album. THURSDAY, JUNE 3RD 2004 Our new album "Ours is the Kingdom" is now available. Make sure you buy your copy! Look out also for the re-releases of the old albums over the next weeks! FRIDAY, APRIL 16th 2004 Our new album "Ours is the Kingdom" has been given a 31st May release date. Click here for a reduced quality MP3 preview of opening track "The Shield-Wall". FRIDAY, MARCH 12th 2004 Our new album "Ours is the Kingdom" is now finished. The tracklisting is as follows: The Shield-Wall, Ours is the Kingdom, Proud to be Proud, The Golden Dragon, Smashed by Fate, The Sea-Kings, To The Mountains They Fled, The Folk That Time Forgot, Threads of Time, Keep Marching On, Rebel of the Marshlands & Wudugast. Hopefully a release date will be scheduled by Karmageddon soon. Remember also that they will be re-releasing all our previous albums too, each with two bonus tracks and updated artwork.