Ages of Éireann – Single Release
The first single from our upcoming 2025 album (details coming soon) is now live!
The first single from our upcoming 2025 album (details coming soon) is now live! We’re thrilled to share this track with you, featuring the incredible talents of our long-time friend and folk metal legend John Ryan of Theigns & Thralls on fiddle. This collaboration has truly taken our sound to the next level!
Watch the music video on YouTube or stream the single on your favourite platform:
Single: https://distrokid.com/…/ages-of-ireann-single-version
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuurNfte0nI
Want to experience it live? Catch us at Paganfest 2025 on January 11th and 24th, performing alongside amazing bands like Alestorm, Ensiferum, Týr, Heidevolk, Elvenking, and Einherjer!
Thank you for being part of this journey — this is just the beginning.
Waylander formed in 1993. After their second demo entitled ‘Dawning of a New Age’ (1996) WAYLANDER gained a prominent position in the fledgling Folk Metal scene thanks also to the addition of a full time tin-whistle player in the line up. Such position was cemented when WAYLANDER released their debut album ‘Reawakening Pride Once Lost’ in 1998. After overcoming some line-up changes, the band ’s sophomore album, ‘The Light, the Dark and the Endless Knot’ was released in 2001.
In the last few years notable festivals and tours followed including Summer Breeze, Hammerfest, Hard Rock Hell, Bloodstock, Cernunnos Pagan Fest, Black Trolls Over Europe and Ultima Ratio Festival, as well as gigs all over Europe with some of the biggest names in the industry.
In 2008 WAYLANDER signed to Listenable Records and released their acclaimed third album, ‘Honour Amongst Chaos’, which received a fantastic reaction worldwide. This set the tone for their fourth studio release, “Kindred Spirits” – another distinctive, well-crafted and accomplished album. This was followed in 2019 with the concept album “Ériú’s Wheel” which takes the listener on a journey through the ancient celtic seasonal calendar and solstices. An ambitious project that won praise and delighted fans.
Today the band are currently finishing off their next album to release in 2025 with the title track ready for single release here.
The first single from our upcoming 2025 album (details coming soon) is now live!
We are really excited to be playing Hard Rock Hell Spring Break II in Great Yarmouth 2025. We’re all looking forward to playing some new material which is proper stomping stuff, and seeing all our fantastic friends there, and no doubt making new ones!
See you there!
We are really excited to be playing Hard Rock Hell Spring Break II in Great Yarmouth 2025. We’re all looking forward to playing some new material which is proper stomping stuff, and seeing all our fantastic friends there, and no doubt making new ones!
See you there!
We’re immensely looking forward to headlining Warhorns this April!!
We are delighted to announce that we will be performing at Malpaga Folk & Metal Festival – Bergamot, Italy 2023 for their 10th annual event. Held at the Castello Di Malpaga, the festival runs from 29th July and will be an absolute blast, see you there!
Our guitarist Tor, has an amazing ability of walking into any room, talking to a stranger, and somehow ending up on an adventure…So after randomly travelling to Oman for a laugh, he ended up on national TV talking about folk metal!
Can’t wait!! We will be returning to the fantastic Dark Troll Festival 2023 – in the historical Burg Bornstedt, Germany. This will be our second time playing at the castle and we’re looking forward to seeing our Viking brothers again. Primordial and Saor are also on the bill, shall be epic!
We are delighted to announce that we will be Headlining at Templemore MetalFest 2022 for the 10th Anniversary Event. Really looking forward to seeing you there, and having a total laugh as always!
We are really excited to be playing Hard Rock Hell Spring Break II in Great Yarmouth 2025. We’re all looking forward to playing some new material which is proper stomping stuff, and seeing all our fantastic friends there, and no doubt making new ones!
Tickets and info all available here: https://hardrockhell.com/product-category/hard-rock-hell-spring-break-2/
See you there!
Paganfest 2025 Tour, Germany
NEW SHOWS!
January 11th & 24th (Oberhausen & Geiselwind) we’ll be jumping on the Paganfest tour for a few of their extended shows!
It’ll be great craic playing with our longterm friends Alestorm and sharing the stage with Ensiferum Einherjer Týr Heidevolk and Elvenking
See you there!
We’re immensely looking forward to headlining Warhorns this April.
Warhorns returns to Drax for the Late Winter edition. Bands include…
Friday 12th April:
Hecate Enthroned (Headliners)
Argesk
Arkham Witch
Dal Riata
Misko Boba
Pagan Sword
Sabbat Wolf
Saturday 13th April:
Waylander (Headliners)
Theigns & Thralls
Dark Forest
Concrete Age
Edenfall
Lowen
Earthbound
YYLVA
Tickets and camping are now on sale.
We are delighted to announce that we will be performing at Malpaga Folk & Metal Festival – Bergamot, Italy 2023 for their 10th annual event. Held at the Castello Di Malpaga, the festival runs from 29th July and will be an absolute blast, see you there!
Can’t wait!! We will be returning to the fantastic Dark Troll Festival 2023 – in the historical Burg Bornstedt, Germany. This will be our second time playing at the castle and we’re looking forward to seeing our Viking brothers again. Primordial and Saor are also on the bill, shall be epic!
We are delighted to announce that we will be playing Hard Rock Hell Vikings IV at the O2 in Shefield 2022. We’re all looking forward to being able to properly play live again after the ‘rona has pretty much put everything on its arse regarding live gigs for so long!
Tickets and info all available here: https://hrhvikings.com
Phone: 0207 193 1845
See you there!
We are delighted to announce that we will be Headlining at Templemore MetalFest 2022 for the 10th Anniversary Event. Really looking forward to seeing you there, and having a total laugh as always!
The Distortion Project proudly presents this very special, exclusive Irish show for Pagan Metalers Waylander. In celebration of the Winter Solstice, the band will play their new album ‘Ériú’s Wheel’ in it’s entirety plus a set of old school classics! Full details below
Waylander
**Exclusive Winter Solstice Show**
Plus Support
OVEROTH
Saturday 21st December
Voodoo Belfast
Doors: 6.30pm
Tickets (£8.00) on sale Friday 4th October at 10am from www.ticketmaster.ie and all Ticketmaster outlets province wide.
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We are delighted to announce that we will be playing Folk Fest Zaragoza 2019 in Spain!! This will be the bands first time playing Spain, so we are very excited to be a part of it. Still a lot more shows and festivals to be announced as part of the new album’s UK/European tour, so keep checking the page!
New festival announcement!! We will be playing Dark Troll Festival 2019 in the historical Burg Bornstedt, Germany. This will be our first time playing at a castle and it also has it’s own Viking re-enactment camp, so this will be a special one! Saor are also on the bill, so this is definitely worth a trip over for anyone in the UK or Ireland.
We’re coming back to London on April 6th to headline Retribution Alive: Festival of Dance or Death feat. Waylander! The Lounge and The Dev, Kentish Town road, Camden. 6 Apr at 16:30 – 7 Apr at 03:00
Imminent Annihilation has also been announced with plenty more to come.
See you all there!
This April 5th, we will be hitting the UK mainland as part of our album tour! First stop is in Bristol with support from Call Of Fenrir, so make sure to get down and have a drink with us.More UK dates to follow…
We are delighted to announce that we will be headlining the Friday night at Celtic Transilvania in July 2019! It will be our first time in Romania and the festival looks very special and unique. Our friends Cruachan will be playing the Saturday, so there’ll be some serious drinking that weekend. Hope to see some of you there.
29-31 August, Yorkshire here we come!! We’ve watched Warhorns Festival grow and grow over the years and really put its mark on the UK festival scene. So it’s with great pride that we can announce, we’re on the bill for 2019!! Hope to see some of you there!!
Looking forward to the Urban Assault Festival 2019! We’re going to be playing some new songs of the upcoming album, and probably be clothed.
Prep the bucky, we’re incoming! Tickets for sale via Irish Metal Archive 12 euro presale 15 euro on the door on the day!