Symbel

Symbel

Symbel and sumbl are Germanic terms for "feast, banquet".Paul C. Bauschatz in 1976 suggested that the term reflects a pagan ritual which had a "great religious significance in the culture of the early Germanic people"....

is an English Heathen Metal band created in 2001 by Sceot Acwealde fusing lyrical elements of the English neopagan, anti-capitalist and esoteric anarchist circles with folkish

Folkish

Folkish may refer to:*Folk culture, in the sense "of the common people; traditional, sophisticated, yet unconventional"*Völkisch movement of German ethnic nationalism*Neo-völkisch, an ethnocentric current in Germanic neopaganism-See also:...

 and romanticist nationalist beliefs, drawing from the philosophies suggested in the Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

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Releases

The debut CD was released by Angelisc, the label run by Forefather

Forefather

Forefather are a folk metal band from Surrey, England.-History:The Forefather project was born in September 1997 in Surrey, England by founding members and brothers Athelstan and Wulfstan...

, now called Seven Kingdoms

Seven Kingdoms

The phrase Seven Kingdoms can refer to:*Seven Kingdoms *Seven Warring States, the combatants from a turbulent period of Chinese history*Heptarchy, the precursors to the Kingdom of England in English history...

.Subsequent work has been released by King Penda Productions and Midhir Records

Midhir Records

Midhir Records is an independent record label based in Whiteabbey, Northern Ireland.The label is named after an elusive figure of Irish myth...

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• 'Heathen Drinking Metal' 27 Mins 4 track Demos 2001 / 02
• 'We Drink -Hymns and Counsel of Anglo-Saxon Heathenry' CD 2003 36 Mins
• 'Wet English Forests' 10" vinyl 45rpm 2004 - rerelease of selected demo material.
• 'Ale Whores of Mercia' CD May 2007

King Penda Productions has made available these releases as digital downloads at Bandcamp

Interviews

• METAL COVEN - MAY 2004
• FROM BELOW - MAR 2004
• EXPLOSION CEREBRAL - OCT 2003
• METALIRELAND - JUNE 2003
• LORDSOFMETAL - MAR 2003