Founded and based in New York City, Gwynbleidd is a band whose four
members all hail originally from Poland. It is this experience --
leaving one’s homeland and relocating halfway across the world -- that
served as the original inspiration for the band's debut album,
Nostalgia (out October 27, 2009 on BlackCurrant Music.) Gwynbleidd
guitarist/vocalist Maciej Kupiszewski explains:
“The concept for the album started with the theme of nostalgia --
memories of childhood and places left behind, influenced mainly by the
fact that the members of the band all moved from Poland to the States
in their early teens. Although the band is based in Brooklyn, New
York, in the heart of the biggest city in the US, the music conveys a
yearning toward primeval and pristine wilderness landscapes. We took
this theme of nostalgia and developed a whole story around it -- a
paradoxical tale of yearning, deceit, and treason.”
Nostalgia showcases Gwynbleidd’s signature style, blending elements of
progressive metal, black metal, death metal, and traditional European
folk music.
Gwynbleidd will be touring throughout 2009 and 2010. In the past four
years, the band has shared the stage with the likes of Orphaned Land, Entombed, Turisas, Kalmah, Bal-Sagoth, Novembers Doom and Slough Feg among others, including slots on festivals such
as Chicago Powerfest, Heathen Crusade, and the Pagan Fest tour.
Gwynbleidd has also performed with the Ballet Deviare dance company
(which counts Opeth, My Dying Bride, and Arsis amongst its other
musical collaborators.)
Nostalgia (2009)
Order now!
Six years in the making, the first full length album is arriving on October 27th 2009 through BlackCurrant Records, released as a digipack and including a 20 page booklet.
Amaranthine EP (2006)
The debut EP is currently available through our web site and sites listed below. At the moment there are about 300 copies remaining as Amaranthine will never be re-printed again. Use the PayPal buttons below if you'd like to get a copy!
Get "Amaranthine EP" here:
US & Canada:
($10)
Outside of US & Canada:
($12)
Available at Gwynbleidd.com
Gwynbleidd CD's are also available at:
The End Records
CM Distro
CD Baby
Amazon.com
Awakening live in Montreal, 2008 (Paganfest)
Stormcalling live in Brooklyn, 2006
