Hamferð

In the band's short lifetime of 4 years, Hamferð has achieved a lot. Founded in 2008 for a Global Battle of the Bands event, the band lay dormant for a year before recording their first demo containing two tracks during the fall of 2009, one of which accidentally landed at #1 on the Faroese radio charts for three weeks during the spring of 2010. In February 2010 Hamferð won an annual upcoming band-competition in Tórshavn called Sement, which gave Hamferð a chance to perform at some of the larger events during the festival summer such as G! Festival and Summarfestivalurin. In December 2010, the debut EP “Vilst er síðsta fet” was released and has received great reviews so far.

2011 was a very active year for Hamferð. In January the band toured The Faroe Islands to promote their
debut release, and during the summer Hamferð toured Iceland and The Faroe Islands with Viking-metal band Skálmöld, most notably performing at the cult festival of Eistnaflug and at G! Festival for a second successive year. Hamferð returned to Iceland in October to play Iceland Airwaves, and in November they joined Moonsorrow, Týr and Crimfall on a stretch of the Dead Tyrants Tour through Europe, garnering much praise despite being the odd one out on the tour.

Currently writing material for the first full-length album, Hamferð stride on without mercy. The band won the Faroese edition of Wacken Metal Battle, giving them the opportunity to perform at Wacken Open Air 2012, which is regarded as the biggest metal festival in the world. The band won the international Wacken Metal Battle competition, landing them a gig at the 2013 edition of the festival as well as a record deal offer from Nuclear Blast.

In 2012 Hamferð signed a management deal with Tutl Management, as well as a booking deal with Dragon Productions.