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1996: Valkus created Valkiria, after having played in numerous bands, he decided that Valkiria should be a solo project, with the occasional addition of sessions.

1997: the first demotape "The narrow bed". Valkus played all the instruments except drum machine performed by Walter Basile and backing vocals by Cabal dark moon. However, shortly after this release Valkiria suspended all activities. The main problem was the lack of a drummer. Walter had lost interest in playing extreme Metal, ceased all cooperation with all the bands including Valkiria.

Valkiria - The Narrow Bed

The Narrow bed (demo tape 1997)

 

Black paternoster
The narrow bed
Death until sleep
My blind moon

2000: Valkus founded 41Chains. Under this moniker were realized three demotapes. This experience had some significant implications for the future sound of Valkiria. Also at that time, Valkus started to learned the basic techniques of digital recording. The first step in order to create his own home studio.

2001: the realization of an official website was the first sign of recovery activities for the Valkiria project.  The four songs on the demo were downloadable, a window was opening around the wall that surrounded the project five years after its creation.

2002: Valkiria home recording studio, only a computer with a dgstomp, but is just the beginning, later in the years the studio has been enhanced with a new and more professional equipment.

2003: Valkus began to write Velmhar. Velmhar is an imaginary world where people of different races are often in conflict, because of religious issues. The Velmhar's tales has never been completed but were an inspiration to compose new music.

2004: "Thur kuarankharn sthorn" is the second demo released after eight years the starting point were the numerous riffs recorded at the time of the first demo. The sound is much more elaborate and refined, and the primordial riffs were often only a starting point for a new song.. The Black Metal of the origin is still listenable in this new compositions but there's much more keyboards and epic pathos. The language used in the lyrics is "dekalurian", Dekalur is one of the most important lands of Velmhar.

2005: Quirino (sinth) joined the band to record "Epika", the first full lenght, a continuation of the previous work. The first three songs are still feeling strongly recalls of the earlier work but the subsequent tracks introduce a new and personal sound. Epika is the first album even though it has never been printed in material cd as the others, but was the first work wich had a significant spread on the internet, thanks to Emule software has been downloaded and shared by thousands of fans.

2006: time of  collaborations: Mancan joins the band as a singer while Valkus as guitarrist joined  Ecnephias (mancan's band). At this point and after the unexpected success of epika Valkus went back to work immediately on the new album, the intention was to finish it before moving from his hometown and to avoid getting a thousand kilometers away from valkiria studio, the company was difficult but succeeded. The new line up was: Mancan as clean and growl vocals and Valkus all the instruments and screaming vocals.

2007: July: the "Of dreams and pain"album. at that time Valkus decides to stop singing, the decision was due to the fact that he believed his voice had become no longer suitable, due to lack of training, so screaming vocals were performed by Cabal, already backing vocals in the first demo.

2008: Valkus started working on "Upon this earth". In december were realized a promo version with four songs.

2009: Upon this earth album in a complete version, was out in May 2009, with the same cover, but with a new logo. At this point, Mancan decided to leave Valkiria, to focus mostly on his music projects. Part of the new songs were ready, the new sound allow the use of screaming again, the melodic voice does not fit into it so Mancan was not replaced.

2010: Mike as guitarist and Giuseppe Orlando (Novembre) as guest drummer joined the band, in order to record the 5th full lenght "Here the day comes".

2011: Here the day comes, recorded at Outersound studio and mastered at Fascination Street, at the end of the year, Valkiria signed a deal with Bakerteam record, the album came out in april 2012.

2013: At the end of the year Valkiria signed a contract with the Russian record company Gs music, which involves the re-recording of all the albums from Epika until Upon this earth.

2014: after the re recording of Epika at the end of 2013, it was the turn of "blood on blood", and "Of dreams and pain".

2015: "Upon this earth" re-recorded and released via GS prod.

2017: double cd 20TH anniversary Kelthanir+Visions of lost souls.

2019: No darkness no light seventh full lenght album

2021: SONGS FROM THE DARKNESS compilation

 

 

 

NO DARKNESS NO LIGHT

Recorded mixed and mastered at Valkiria studio. Valkus Valkiria: all instruments and vocals. released September 20, 2019.

20th anniversary

Visions of lost souls + kelthanir double cd 20th anniversary 1996-2016. Released December 12, 2016 via GS production
Valkus Valkiria all instruments and vocals

 

HERE THE DAY COMES

Recorded at Destroyed studios, Vicenza, april-may 2011. drum recorded at Outer Sound Studios March 2011. Mixed at Outer Sound Studios by Giuseppe Orlando Rome June 2011, mastered by jens bogren at fascination street, örebro, july 201. Drum recorded at Outer Sound Studios March 2011. Guitar bass and vocals recorded at Destroyed studios, Vicenza, april-may 2011.Mixed at Outer Sound Studios by Giuseppe Orlando Rome June 2011, mastered by jens bogren at fascination street, örebro, july 2011. Released April 19, 2012

 

UPON THIS EARTH

Valkus:all instruments and vocals
In December 2008 was released a four tracks Ep edition, one year later was released the complete album with the original Ep cover, the only difference was the new logo. In 2009 the French label "Wildness" released a free download Valkiria compilation titled Break the silence. In 2010 the entire album was re-recorded. In 2015 the album was re-recorded again and new songs added to the tracklist. Upon this earth re-recorded, released on september 21 2014, via GS Production. All the tracks of the original version, which dates back to 2009, have been re-recorded and 7 unreleased songs have been added to the tracklist. The album press is limited to 100 copies.

 

EPIKA

Valkus: all instruments and vocals
Lyrics are taken from Velmhar, second book, language used: Dekalurian.
originally recorded 2005, re-recorded 2013
The new album version contains three new songs that replace the previous Imharad, Ilkendarth and Madaka.
mixed and mastered january 2019.

 

OF DREAMS AND PAIN

Valkus:all instruments and vocals
released 2007 re-recorded 2014
recorded, mixed and mastered at Valkiria studio.
Released on december 13 2014, via GS Production. All the tracks of the original version, which dates back to 2007, have been re-recorded and 8 unreleased songs have been added to the tracklist. The album press is limited to 100 copies.

 

BLOOD ON BLOOD

released 2006 re-recorded 2014
Valkus:all instruments and vocals
Mancan:vocals on "I've refused you"
Norsum: bass on "life"

Blood on blood album released on may 21 2014, via GS Production. All the tracks of the original version, which dates back to 2006, have been re-recorded and 10 unreleased songs have been added to the tracklist. The album press is limited to 100 copies.

 

THUR KUARANKHARN STHORN

Valkus: all instruments and vocals
Lyrics are taken from Velmhar's first book, language used: Dekalurian. Released November 11, 2004, exactly seven years after "The narrow bed" demo 97, represents a turning point.
Those who know the theory of seven-year cycles know exactly that this is not a case, and after two seven-year cycles I decided to realize this new version, but I only realized it now.
Black metal is something absolutely intimate, unfortunately alone in the 90s, it was still difficult to record even a demo. However, thanks to the technology of the new millennium, Valkus finally won his battle against low budget and mediocre and presumptuous drummers; elements that were the cause of a long and suffered creative standstill.
In 2004 I considered this work more a full length than a demo, cause the effort and time to make it, but then I remembered when a voice had predicted me many years before I would have made two demos before coming to the publication of a real full length.