Folkearth

Folkearth is an international music project created in 2003 by musicians playing folk and viking metal. The name (folk + earth) symbolizes musicians from all over the world playing folk music. So far, a total of twelve full-length albums have been released, with the most recent being ''Balder's Lament.

== History == The history of the group began in February 2003 when the idea for creating a project which could unite musicians from different countries who play folk and pagan metal originated from some musicians. A Nordic Poem album was released in 2004. Because of what the band perceived as the poor quality of this record, Folkearth decided to remaster and reissue their debut. On 1 August 2006, shortly after the reissue of A Nordic Poem the second album titled By the Sword of My Father'' was released. Many bands, such as Van Langen, Thiasos Dionysos, Hildr Valkyrie, Death Army, The Soil Bleeds Black joined Folkearth in the production of this album, so the total line-up consisted of 31 musicians from 8 different countries. Folkearth's album Drakkars in the Mist was released on 28 May 2007. with the biggest lineup then to date. More than 30 musicians worked on the fourth album. However, a token performance on a single track will list someone on the booklet as a full-fledged member. The band members also do not make money out of the project, and do not promote it, probably because of the lack of funds.