Gwydion's journey started in 1995, a project founded by a group of friends that shared the same passion for metal and interest in Celtic culture. During these first stages of the band, three demos were presented to the Portuguese metal scene and dozens of gigs were performed throughout Portugal.
In 2007, Gwydion prepared to record their first full-length album "Ynys Mön". Their originality and effort triggered the interest of the German label TROLLZORN, which offered a contract to release the album. With Ynys Mön, Gwydion finally started to draw some international attention and ultimately received an invitation to make an European tour in October 2008 with top bands TYR, HOLLENTHON, ALESTORM, and SVARTSOT: the RAGNAROK AASKEREIA'S TOUR.
During 2009, Gwydion played in nearly all major metal Portuguese metal festivals, delivering a distinct sound and attitude, and received continuously great feedback. At the end of the year, Gwydion finished the recordings and production of their second album "Horn Triskelion". "Horn Triskelion" truly represented fifteen years of accumulated experience and ideas. The readers of Portugal's biggest metal magazine LOUD magazine have chosen GWYDION to be the 2nd best band over 2010 + their album "Horn Triskelion" was considered the 3rd best album of 2010!
In 2013, Gwydion presented "VETERAN". Fans experienced a slightly different musical-style, as the music was much more epic and "metal" than folk compared to the previous release. Since the beginning of the band, they had a very influential epic component in their songs, so naturally when they created "VETERAN", they decided to have a strong mixture of heavy metal riffs and epic/folk songs. "VETERAN" is a story of a warrior since it's birth through his training, conquests and defeats with relevance to the History of Portugal. VETERAN was nominated by Metal Storm website for best Folk Metal album of 2013.
After a band hiatus Gwydion returned I n 2018 with a new Album “Thirteen” which was divided in two parts, one talks about known Viking
personalities and the other part about the Viking invasion in Portugal! The name “Thirteen” is related to this last part!
Now the band completes 25 years of history and it was time to release a self-titled album to honor the god Gwydion and the band itself! It
will be released through AGR Records on 13 of November 2020 and it will be the most epic, dramatic, folk and strong album from
Gwydion up to date!!!
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01 |
Stand Alone |
| 02 |
The Bards |
| 03 |
The Chair of the Sovereign |
| 04 |
Hostile Alliance |
| 05 |
Battle of Alclud Ford |
| 06 |
Cad Goddeu |
| 07 |
Gwydion |
| 08 |
Dead Song |
| 09 |
Steed Song |
| 10 |
Ale, Mead and Wine |
| 11 |
A Battle |
| 12 |
Plaeu Yr Reifft |
| 13 |
Hammer of the Gods |
| 14 |
A Roda |
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01 |
Heathen |
| 02 |
793 |
| 03 |
Bålverk Warfare |
| 04 |
Strenght Remains |
| 05 |
King Last Breath |
| 06 |
Revenge |
| 07 |
Under Siege |
| 08 |
Shield Maiden's Cry |
| 09 |
Thirteen Days |
| 10 |
Oh Land of Ours - Al Andalus |
| 11 |
Voyage |
| 12 |
Alláh Tágides |
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01 |
Timeless Conception |
| 02 |
Womb Of Fire |
| 03 |
Endurance Of The Mind |
| 04 |
Math Of War |
| 05 |
Trail To A New Land |
| 06 |
Brewed To Taste Like Glory |
| 07 |
Years Of Peace |
| 08 |
Lured To Comfort |
| 09 |
Fighting To The End |
| 10 |
Path Of Shadows |
| 11 |
Veteran |
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01 |
The Departure |
| 02 |
Fara I Viking |
| 03 |
From Hel To Asgard |
| 04 |
Ofiússa (A Terra Des Serpentes) |
| 05 |
Mead Of Poetry |
| 06 |
Triskelion Horde Is Nigh |
| 07 |
Odhinn's Cult |
| 08 |
At The Sumbel |
| 09 |
Cold Tempered |
| 10 |
The Terror Of The Northern |
| 11 |
Six Trials To Become A Beerzerker |
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01 |
...Arrival (Intro) |
| 02 |
Rebirth |
| 03 |
Viking's Horned Parody |
| 04 |
Spirals |
| 05 |
Inquisition Queries |
| 06 |
Descendent Of Don |
| 07 |
The Trickster Of Ragnarök |
| 08 |
Turning Of The Wheel |
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• Augmentation (2001)
• First Channelling (2000)
• Debt To Morrighan (1998)
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