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”. “Kindred Spirits” is claimed to be the bands strongest work to date and helped push the band’s sound to a much heavier and more distinctive place.
The band will once again enter Stone Circle studio to record the 5th full length album in April. This will be WAYLANDER’s first concept album which will bring the listener on a journey through the wheel of the Pagan year, beginning at Samhain and ending at the Autumn Equinox.The 8 songs will attempt to encapsulate the atmosphere of the changing seasons as well as the celebrationary, yet solemn, vibe of the four fire festivals, solstices and equinoxes.
The new album will be released via Listenable Records during the second part of 2018.
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’re so delighted to announce that we’re playing on the 6th May During the HRH Road Trip in Ibiza. This will be beyond messy, and a hell of a lot of fun for all. Look forward to seeing everyone there. Epic stuff.
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 have a permanent position available for a new bassist to join the clan. If you are a metal bassist local enough to make regular Saturdays for practice and shenannigans, get in touch with us here or on Facebook.
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!
Eriu’s Wheel has taken us all over Europe this year. From the UK and Ireland to Transilvania, Germany, Spain, to name a few. So its about time we brought the album back home! At this special Winter Solstice show, we will be playing the album in its entirety, taking you through the wheel of the pagan year. Along with some classics of course. So please join us and help us finish off a successful year with a bang.
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 🙂
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’re so delighted to announce that we’re playing on the 6th May During the HRH Road Trip in Ibiza. This will be beyond messy, and a hell of a lot of fun for all. Look forward to seeing everyone there. Epic stuff.
Tickets and info all available here: https://hrhroadtrip.com
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!
