free album of folk metal: Ymyrgar (Tunisia)

Ymyrgar (Tunisia)

The Tale as Far

release date: 2014

Ymyrgar is a Viking-themed folk/extreme metal maverick from Tunisia. Not only do they have a self-released album of snow-covered frozen-tundra metal, they also have made it available for free! The artwork alone threatens to freeze your lungs. The band opens up the way for the fiddle and the tin whistle to shine. The instrumentation sounds like extreme metal, with the guitars and drumming, but they also make sure that the folk melodies are present. The tin whistle livens up the vibe and the fiddle seeks to make you dance the dance of the ancient warriors. The vocals are not one particular style, which makes for an interesting listen; black metal growling, some gruff growling, choirs, melodic singing, and just generally getting down and metal folky ready for Oktoberfest any day of the week that ends in the letter y.

“The Tale as Far” is:

1.Einu sinni var 02:59

2.Dawn of Time 04:42

3.Ode to Mighty Deeds 06:55

4.Hall of the Slain 06:35

5.The Last Sip 02:45

6.Under the Sign of Path 08:35

7.Echoes of a Fallen Era 09:38

total time 42:09

History of the band:

“YMYRGAR is a Tunisian Folk/Pagan Metal band formed in 2011 by a bunch of friends who share their passion for Metal music.

All started with the enlightened idea of “Rami KHEZAMI” and his friend “Ayoub BEN ABDALLAH”. Fond of Folk Metal, they decided to give birth to their own band. So later, Rami contacted a fiddle player that he knows, “Belhassen DAHMEN”, and it was this conspiracy that drew the real start of the band. Because any group needs members, each one of the guys started their research and gathered their friends. The first target was “Habib REKIK” who was trapped in the toilet of their High school where he was peeing as usual and was told to become their Lead Vocalist. At his surprise, his single answer was “But I don’t know how to sing” so the guys told him: «Not a problem! You will learn to!”

Thus, they collaborated with “Malek BEN ROMDHANE”, a guitarist they knew but he quickly dropped out because his interest was for another gender of Metal. He got replaced by another guitarist named “Hakim FEZZANI” who acted like a BASTARD at first when he joined them, and then he got used to the group. When it comes to the drummer, they knew a guy named “Youssef GARSAA” by chance in the street, but he wasn’t that much into metal music so, the holy “Nader” appeared to save the situation. “Nader BEN HADJ SALEM” liked Folk Metal music and enjoyed playing drums. So he started learning with them in the band.

There was a girl that “Belhassen” knew who plays bass guitar known as “Linda YAHYAOUI” who was told to join them. As time passed, the musical need required a new level of skills so the thought of adding a new guitarist was applied. Soon after that, “Mohamed SLEMA” joined the band and proved his genius in playing solo parts and added a new “Power Metal” flavor to the tracks. Then, it seemed that “Linda” wasn’t very interested in their music and was going to bring down the whole project. That’s why; she was kicked out ultimately and was replaced by “Ahmed ZAIER” a skilled bass player who offered his studio engineering knowledge to the band.

Finally, when the crew was completed, they set sails to begin their Folk Metal journey.”

www.ymyrgar.bandcamp.com

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Complete concert - YMYRGAR (Rock for Roots 2015) HD