NOVEMBER 2008 - working on new album to be recorded this winter. Hear sample at Myspace page.

The Bretwaldas of Heathen Doom formed in 2001, originally under the project title 'Icelord'. The music was an extension of the pagan / heathen activities and interests of the two members - Wartooth ( Bass / Vocals ), and Sceot Acwealde ( Guitars / Drums ), and early songs were about ancient monuments, battle magic in dark woods, Woden cults, and burial mound hauntings, with pagan metal leanings. Later work is harder, clearer, and more consistent. Bretwaldas ( often abbreviated to ) play English Heathen Doom, with fast riffs and trebly guitars.

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Three releases are available - 'The Sleeping Trees Have Eyes' demo cassette from 2001 / 02 which was all recorded on a dusty Fostex X-15 Four track ( and is none the worse for it ), 2003's 'Droner' which has a lot of Pagan and doom metal tones, and 2006's storming 'Battle Staffs in the Mushroom Woods', which sees a rallying 'call to arms' metal approach.

Bretwaldas are children of the English hardcore punk / metal days, and have a staunch link with that dark past, both ethically and in musical spirit. The third album is to be recorded this winter of 2008/09.