New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The Canadian folk metal warriors of Scythia have posted new video from their recent travels on the Western Canadian Summer Siege Tour. The video chronicles the bands recent stop at Meow Records in
Prince George, BC, an acoustic porch jam, and being rescued by West of Hell & Zimmer's Hole vocalist Chris "The Heathen" Valagao's handy grinder saw during a tour van lock out incident.
Scythia will be releasing their upcoming album "...Of Exile" on
September 23rd, again produced by Shaun Thingvold who has engineered on projects with SYL, Fear Factory, Darkest Hour and is the follow up to last year's debut release "..Of War".
Free Download - For The King - https://scythia.bandcamp.com/track/for-the-king-free-download
"... Of
Exile Teaser Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yKgWHAv4E8
Tracklisting:
1. Prelude
2.
Spirit of the Quest
3. Sleeping Village
4. Forgotten Forest
5. Fallen King
6. Voice of the Sword
7. For the King
8. Fortress
9. Dies Irae II
10. Hobarth's Inn
About: Formed in the latter half of 2008, Scythia is a five piece band that combines haunting folk melodies (emphasized by keyboards and oboe) with the driving force of modern progressive metal to form a raw and powerful sound that is their own. Scythia is not your older brother's metal band. Unless that band had an oboe of death, echoes of thunder, and a knack for writing folk metal tunes.
Taking its name from vocalist/guitarist Dave Khan's infatuation with a painting of Nordic/Russian warriors riding bears while brandishing swords, Scythia not only "gives the painting musical significance," but it is also "the name of an ancient empire spanning from the Caucasus through Russia, and even into eastern Scandinavia. The melodies used in our music have a very ancient, sometimes medieval sound, so I wanted to attribute them to an ancient civilization," says Khan.
Summer Siege Dates:
Facebook Event - https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191496110905310
July 27, 2011 - Red Room - Vancouver, BC
August 5, 2011 - TBA - Chilliwack, BC (venue change from The OAP Hall)
August 6, 2011 - Knights of Columbus Hall - Kelowna, BC (All Ages)
August 7, 2011 - Third -
Prince George, BC
August 8, 2011 - Better Than Fred's - Grande Prairie, AB
August 12, 2011 - Hinton, AB - Metal Mountain Fest
August 13, 2011 - Amigos Cantina - Saskatoon, SK
August 14, 2011 - DV8 Tavern - Edmonton, AB
August 15, 2011 - TBA - Lloydminister, AB
August 16, 2011 - Oly's Pub - Medicine Hat, AB
August 18, 2011 - The Distillery - Calgary, AB
August 20, 2011 - Grand Forks Hotel - Grand Forks, AB
