Heidevolk

Heidevolk
Heidevolk performing at the 2007 Ragnarök Festival
Background information
Origin	Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
Genres	Folk metal, Viking metal, Pagen metal
Years active	since 2002
Labels	Napalm Records
Members	Reamon Bomenbreker Rowan Roodbaert Mark Splintervuyscht Joost den Vellenknotscher
Past members	/>Joris Boghtdrincker<br Jesse Vuerbaert Niels Beenkerver Paul Braadvraat Stefanie Speervrouw

Heidevolk is a Folk/Viking Metal band from the Netherlands. The lyrical themes of their music are inspired by nature, the history of Gelderland, and the history of Germanic mythology. All of their lyrics are in Dutch.

History

Heidevolk was founded under the name Hymir in 2002 by six men. The name was changed to Heidevolk (Dutch for "heath-folk") inspired by the Veluwe landscape. Interestingly, in German their name can be translated to 'Pagen Folk', which is relative to the theme of their music. The band started performing live in 2003. Since then the band has released one demo, four full-length studio albums, and one EP.

Their third album, Uit oude Grond, (Dutch for "From old soil"), was released to generally positive critical acclaim, with one writer calling the album "A hugely enjoyable release combining aggressive metallic riffage with tastefully-entwined traditional folk instrumentation and melody".

Discography

• Het Gelders Volkslied (demo, 2004)
• De strijdlust is geboren (full-length, 2005)
• Wodan Heerst (EP, 2007)
• Walhalla Wacht (full-length, 2008)
• Uit oude grond (full-length, 2010)
• Batavi (full-length, 2012)

Line-up

Current members

• Mark Bockting (Mark Splintervuyscht) – vocals (2005–present)
• Reamon Bloem (Reamon Bomenbreker) – guitar (2005–present)
• Rowan Middelwijk (Rowan Roodbaert) – bass guitar (2006–present)
• Joost Westdijk (Joost den Vellenknotscher) – drums (2002–present)
• Kevin Vruchtbaert - guitar (2011- present)

Former members

• Jesse Vuerbaert (Ohtar) – vocals (2002–2005)
• Niels Beenkerver – guitar (2002–2005)
• Joris Boghtdrincker – vocals (2002–2013)
• Paul Braadvraat – bass (2002–2006)
• Sebas van Eldik (Sebas Bloeddorst) – guitar (2002–2011)
• Stefanie Speervrouw – violin (2007–2008)