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Surrey, United Kingdom (1997 – present)

Forefather is an Anglo-Saxon metal band from Surrey, England. The band was formed in September 1997 by two brothers, who adopted the stage names Athelstan and Wulfstan. They recorded their first album Deep into Time at their home studio (known as ‘The Croft’) in August 1998 and eventually released it in March 1999 on their own label Angelisc Enterprises to reasonable critical acclaim. Their follow-up The Fighting Man was released in October 2000, and owing to improved equipment purchased in part from the sales of their first album was of markedly better sound quality, and was positively received by the underground metal press.

At this time the band chose to release a collection of demo recordings entitled Legends Untold on the German Millennium Metal label. Engla Tocyme (The Coming of the English) was recorded in late 2001 and released in March 2002 along with a re-issue of their first album Deep Into Time, with improved artwork and a bonus track. Ours is the Kingdom was released in June 2004, marking the bands move to the respected Karmageddon Media label, and the subsequent improvement in the general quality of artwork and packaging this afforded.

After taking some time out to work with the Folk metal supergroup Folkearth, Forefather released their fifth album Steadfast on the Seven Kingdoms label in 2008, which received very good reviews in the metal media.

Most of the bands songs are impossible to perform live with just two people. They use a drum-machine in the studio, and have revealed in interviews that they do not like the idea of guest musicians working on the project, preferring to keep it ‘In the family’, as it were.
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  • bjornoW12

    wonderfully gay

    10 Jun 5:36am Reply

  • Alice_North

    awesome band

    23 May 1:46pm Reply

  • metaltroll87

    Pure Awesomeness!!!

    13 May 8:28pm Reply

  • grantosjones

    wish people would stop referring to forefather as 'viking metal', it's uniquely Englisc! [2] Also the term 'Viking metal' is horrendously gay.

    9 Apr 9:07pm Reply

  • MystoDysto

    Brilliance!

    14 Mar 11:17am Reply

  • metalinvader34

    Last of the Line!

    10 Mar 9:09pm Reply

  • SaxonKiwi

    wish people would stop referring to forefather as 'viking metal', it's uniquely Englisc!

    11 Feb 9:34pm Reply

  • steal_briefcase

    'Anglo-Saxon' is not a language. Old English is, and 'primitive' seems a strange word to use to describe it, given that you seem to be using it in a derogatory manner. It's no more silly than something like Latin anyway. So far as genre names or tags go, 'Viking metal' and 'Anglo-Saxon metal' are both equally ridiculous.

    5 Dec 2012 Reply

  • The_Mercian

    Drostanxxx... There's no such thing as Vikings these days either but that still doesn't stop people writing songs about their history and heritage, nor does it make the 'viking metal' tag any less fitting. Forefather play a brand of metal obviously inspired by a lot of the 'viking' metal bands but like a lot of up and coming English bands they choose to sing about the race of people that made England and gave it much of its character and history (much of which is, sadly, barely remembered). I point you to The Steadfast Trust if you think that few people care about the culture, heritage and language of pre-Conquest England.

    30 Nov 2012 Reply

  • unkldrtnp

    metalpsalter.com reviewed "last of the line" http://www.metalpsalter.com/review_forefather_last_of_the_line.html

    25 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Fabeldyr

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKZ_K2Llyfs

    29 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Drostanxxx

    anglo-saxon? lol there's no such thing unless you're talking about a dead, primitive language that very few people understand or care less about

    25 Oct 2012 Reply

  • LadyElvina

    i can't help but feel ecstatic any time anywhere when i hear Miri It Is ^^

    15 Sep 2012 Reply

  • kaballmo

    Try listening to "Miri It Is" on a bright summer's day in a countryside setting. You can't help but feel ecstatic.

    21 Aug 2012 Reply

  • HighDescendant

    It´s good that you can put on a Forefather record after a long time and you know that there are tracks like "Brunanburh", "Steadtfast" and so on, that will blow you away in any mood. I like the new album as well.

    21 Aug 2012 Reply

  • kaballmo

    These guys are in a league of their own when it comes to making downright epic and uplifting metal.

    9 Aug 2012 Reply

  • juliocesarmaia

    ...makes me jolly

    16 Jul 2012 Reply

  • Horns_of_Gondor

    Would gladly give up my testicles to see just one Forefather song performed live.

    23 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Riskkapital

    One of the best bands in England. So underrated. [2]

    15 Jun 2012 Reply

  • YanquiOfYpres

    One of the best bands in England. So underrated.

    11 Jun 2012 Reply
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