Garmenhord

Somewhere in late 1998 a few warlords hailing from the same region in Flanders ("Meetjesland") decided to form a pagan metalband: Haat (guitars), Plaegh (drums), Vraeck (vocals) and Kaiser (bass).

Since 2000 however the band consists of the Knights Vraeck, Plaegh, Fenrir (bass) and Kwelle (guitars).

A name for the band was found in a local legend telling about the horde of Garm, a pagan spirit which roamed the surrounding woods slaying all that was holy. The four called themselves: GARMENHORD.

In october 2000 a first demotape was recorded in Garmenhord's rehearsal place, called "Chronicles of Arcane Wastelands". Influences from Primordial, Kampfar, Burzum, Arckanum are clearly there, leading to a melodic blend of mostly mid-tempo pagan metal. After the first recording, Garmenhord developed an even more medieval pagan style, which was almost natural to the band.

The lyrics evolved into heathen hymns, in a self-constructed medieval Flemish tongue, mostly dealing with local Meetjesland subjects: local landmarks, forests and myths. This resulted in a new mini-CD recorded in August 2002, a concept album packed with Meetjesland history and Flemish subjects.

GARMENHORD now rides from "Meetjeslant" to "'t Soete lant van Waes" as opener of this fifth Lugbúrz Festival. "Slaat groot alarm, vreest de Horde van Garm!"