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Lineup #cernunnos2025
BELORE
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France
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Epic/Atmo Black Metal
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Sunday 22nd
Let your soul be intoxicated by the deep melodies of Belore.
This French atmospheric epic black metal band is particularly promising, their signature style taking us to poetic epics with epic grace. Through the symbiosis of their mythical tales sung and choral, flute melodies, dramatic riffs, all supported by striking drums, Belore creates a unique atmosphere.
Their latest work, “Eastern Tales,” released in 2024, has established itself among the greatest names in atmospheric black metal of our generation; following in the footsteps of Summoning and Caladan Brood.
CISSY
CISSY
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France
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Accoustic Folk
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Saturday 21st
Cissy is a member of the bards and skalds.
She writes songs about people, love, loss, and death. In a duo with a percussionist, she plays banjo, harmonium, or piano to create healing, soothing, and timeless sounds that transport us to a state of human, emotional, and timeless connection.
DANA
DE L’ABIME NAIT L’AUBE
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Switzerland
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Chamanic Post Metal
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Saturday 21st
“De l’Abîme Naît l’Aube” (From the Abyss, Dawn Is Born) (NADA) draws on diverse influences. The songs are progressive, often marked by several variations in tempo. If the guitar is strongly inspired by post rock, the vocals are on the contrary marked by the alternation between a voice very characteristic of black metal and diphonic chants borrowed from shamanic techniques. NADA’s sound universe quickly draws us into an initiatory journey that is both dark and captivating.
ELDERWIND
ELDERWIND
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Urals
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Black Atmospheric
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Sunday 22nd
Cissy is a member of the bards and skalds.
She writes songs about people, love, loss, and death. In a duo with a percussionist, she plays banjo, harmonium, or piano to create healing, soothing, and timeless sounds that transport us to a state of human, emotional, and timeless connection.
EPHEMERAL
EPHEMERAL
Germany
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Dark / Prog Folk
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Sunday 22nd
Ephemeral is a poignant immersion in a sonic universe delivering a melancholic folk, sometimes mixed with elements borrowed from prog or black. The sung parts with an ethereal voice contrast with the spoken passages on a background of soft and atmospheric guitar, accompanied by the cello and a guest violinist, specially placed for the Cernunnos Pagan fest.
EREB ALTOR
EREB ALTOR
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SWEDEN
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Viking/Black Metal
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Sunday 22nd
Hailing from Sweden, Ereb Altor delivers Viking metal inspired by Bathory and Enslaved. We’ve seen worse references.
Clean vocals, choirs, black metal riffs sometimes bordering on epic doom (the musicians also play in Isole) and always imbued with a distinctly Scandinavian melancholy.
IN THE WOODS
IN THE WOODS
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Norway
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Doom Metal
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Saturday 21st
Cult figures of the Norwegian scene, In The Woods… have made their mark since the 90s with their unique approach mixing doom, progressive metal and forest atmospheres. Exploring dark and mystical musical territories, between haunting melancholy and psychedelic flights, the group has always cultivated a unique aura, inherited from its black metal origins but transcended by an extraordinary artistic quest.
Their latest album, Otra (2025), confirms this ability to create a dense, timeless sound world, where Nordic spleen and telluric power coexist.
Very rare in France, their visit to Cernunnos is an exceptional opportunity to dive into the hypnotic depths of their universe.
ITINERA
ITINERA
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Hungary
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Electro Folk
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Saturday 21st
This Hungarian duo will captivate you with their folk music inspired by Scandinavian and Nordic chants with an electro twist.
They’ll take you to a world that’s both shamanic and mystical, where the rhythmic percussion will inevitably make you dance.
Perfect for releasing all that buried energy that’s just waiting to fly away.
KALLOMÄKI
KALLOMÄKI
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Finland
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Pagan Metal
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Saturday 21st
A small, unique Finnish pagan-folk band, Kallomaki, sets the tone with its visuals featuring an obscure tribal reindeer skull.
The themes explore Finnish famine and cultural sacrifices linked to their traditional past.
Paradoxically, there are no big guitars or drums, just a beautiful mix of acoustic instruments: a lyre, the jouhikko, a jaw harp, a cello… Some are even handmade by the band members.
Kallomaki will take us on a unique experience: the band combines spells, rituals, dances, and improvisations while retaining existing pieces to complete and perform a complete show.
LABORATORIUM PIESNI
LABORATORIUM PIESNI
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Poland
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Folk
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Saturday 21st
Welcome, come in! Enter this singing laboratory from Poland. Twelve years old, this acoustic group blends polyphony, a cappella singing, and Eastern European ethnic instruments.
These captivating female voices will be your ticket to a mental and musical journey into traditional songs, transporting you from the Danube to the Volga.
MUHURTA
MUHURTA
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France
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Indian Folk Metal
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Saturday 21st
MUHŪRTA merges traditional Indian music with metal, and that’s rare. The band draws inspiration from ancient Raagas, highlighting the mystical sound of the sitar, and evokes Indian mythology and spirituality by drawing inspiration from sacred texts such as the Vedas and the Upanishads. They participated in the springboard organized for the Cernunnos Pagan Fest 2025 and finished 2nd. Their excellent performance earned them the right to play this year without going through this box. You won’t regret this captivating and mystical journey that takes you beyond the borders of Europe.
OBSIDYEN
OBSIDYEN
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France
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Black Metal
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Sunday 22nd
Guided by the theory of the Ancient Astronauts, Obsidyen unveils a black metal that is both powerful and cold, where chilling riffs and liturgical melodies express the despair of abandoning our past beliefs. A pure black metal that grabs you in the gut and will undoubtedly resonate within you for a long time.
PRIMORDIAL
PRIMORDIAL
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Ireland
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Pagan Black Metal
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Saturday 21st
For 30 years, Primordial, pioneers of Irish Pagan metal, have been offering us a powerful musical journey.
Sometimes tinged with melancholy but always with a visceral rage, their devastating black metal, mixed with resolutely folk tunes and the storytelling of Nemtheanga, reveals the history of the country’s traditions and their roots.
Having first appeared in 2014, they return with their latest album, How it Ends, released in 2023.
SALNA
SALNA’S TALES
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France
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Pagan/Folk Metal
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Sunday 22nd
Salna’s Tales, winner of the springboard competition held in January, is a French pagan folk band at the crossroads between classical music, metal, and shamanic practices.
With an atmosphere oscillating between the ethereal and the tangible, each sound is an offering to our world and the cosmos.
SKYFORGER
SKYFORGER
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Latvia
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Pagan/Folk Black Metal
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Sunday 22nd
30 Years of Latvian Folk Metal Heritage
Dive into the soul of Latvia through Skyforger’s iconic riffs…
Their epic signature will take you on a Baltic journey, bringing to life the epic tales of forgotten creatures of the night and the folk wisdom of their ancestors through rich Latvian mythology.
After a ten-year wait, the band returns with a new gem; their highly anticipated eighth studio album, “Teikas” (Folk Tales), at the heart of this new folk, heavy black metal album.
SONGLEIKR
SONGLEIKR
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DENMARK / NORWAY / UK
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Folk
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Sunday 22nd
A project initiated by pioneering Danish folk stars Maria Franz, Christopher Juul (Heilung) and Ingrid Aune Falch, this acoustic band takes us on a journey through Nordic folk music, with covers of popular songs as well as original compositions. Using numerous traditional instruments, Songleikr offers us compositions that are sometimes solemn, sometimes playful and danceable. Definitely a stay in the land of long nights and northern lights!
Photo: Violetta Ellisdottir
STILLE VOLK
STILLE VOLK
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France
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Folk
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Saturday 21st
There are love stories that begin like the first time Stille Volk performed in 2007.
While the band continues to draw inspiration from the myths and legends of Occitania, to tell stories of witchcraft, living stone, cursed men, bewitched mountains, against a backdrop of acoustic folk and medieval music, they will honor us with an expanded lineup to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album Satyre Cornu. Their last appearance at Cernunnos was in 2015, it was high time to invite them again as their appearances on stage in France are rare.
TEMPUS
TEMPUS
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Czech Republic
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Medieval Folk Metal
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Saturday 21st
This band from the Czech Republic draws inspiration from medieval European melodies and manages the feat of recreating them in a metal way. The challenge of blending medieval and modern instruments, combined with the voice of their singer Linda Ravenna, is completely met and will draw you into their pagan universe. A festival favorite.
TROBAR DE MORTE
TROBAR DE MORTE
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Spain
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Dark Folkl
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Sunday 22nd
The masters of Spanish dark folk will lead fans of witchcraft, mythology, and ancient traditions into a captivating ritual steeped in mysticism.
With 10 albums under their belt, the talented musicians accompanying Lady Morte will celebrate their 25th anniversary of exploring death with a show worthy of the best stage performances known at the festival.
WOLFCHANT
WOLFCHANT
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Germany
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Black Pagan
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Sunday 22nd
Wolfchant has been roaming the roads for over 20 years, sharing tales and legends from the north. From their early days inspired by melodic death metal to more recent folk influences, Wolfchant delivers epic and energetic pagan metal, alternating between growled and clean vocals, capable of rocking the Ferme du Buisson stage.
