Mae govannen my friends,
The project Minhyriath was founded by me in March 2007. I am also a founding member of the helvetic folk powermetal band EXCELSIS. In a time when there was no music which connected folk and metal we released our first album ANDUIN THE RIVER in 1996 which dealt with the stories of the writer of LORD OF THE RINGS J.R.R. Tolkien.

I kept dealing with the whole story of Middle-Earth and decided to write my own songs at home. The Middle Age has always had a fascinating eff...

Mae govannen my friends,
The project Minhyriath was founded by me in March 2007. I am also a founding member of the helvetic folk powermetal band EXCELSIS. In a time when there was no music which connected folk and metal we released our first album ANDUIN THE RIVER in 1996 which dealt with the stories of the writer of LORD OF THE RINGS J.R.R. Tolkien.

I kept dealing with the whole story of Middle-Earth and decided to write my own songs at home. The Middle Age has always had a fascinating effect on me and I wanted to play the flute and the bagpipes and introduce other old instruments, which we actually already did with EXCELSIS in 1996!

When I put all these songs on myspace in order to find out what other meatlheads say, I was extremely surprised of the positive reactions!

I was accepted by a label and the first album GONDOLYN will be released in early 2008! The songs were not re-recorded, but only newly mixed, since we wanted to preserve the spirit and the vibe of the first take!

A second album after GONDOLYN is already in the planning stage. Otherwise I wouldn’t know what to do with the time which I spend in front of the computerJ. However, the instruments like bagpipes and flutes will be recorded by friends who actually know how these instruments have to be played! It won’t be last you hear of meJ!

There were also many gig requests and since I have already had many concerts with EXCELSIS with bands such as In Extremo, Skyclad, Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow, Schandmaul, Subway to Sally, Accept, Rage and many others and since I am a big fan of live concerts, I will, when I have some spare time, gather a detachment of OrcsJ in order to play these songs live!

Till then, thanks for your support and I wish you a good metal future!

"May our paths cross in Valynor!"

Namarje

Amrod of MINHYRIATH