Category Archives: Release 2012

Diadema Tristis – ‘Alone with Nature’ (2012)

Posted on 5 mei 2013
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By: Nick Score: 4/10 Release: 12-2012 Label: Independent There are bands that eventually swith carreer. There are even bands which completely switch styles, searching for the right and perfect sound. For everything can be found a reason, but not for what Diadema Tristis does. You can always go too far.

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Kroda – ‘Live Under Hexenhammer: Heil Ragnarok!’ (2012)

Posted on 5 mei 2013
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By: Nick Score: 7/10 Release: 29-11-2012 Label: Independent Live-albums, it’s not really my cup of tea in general. In my opinion, These records only have value when you actually visited the concert. The Ukrainian Kroda, however, released a live-album which could captivate me slightly more. Maybe this is because I didn’t know the band at all, giving me a fresh view on the band’s music.

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Schwarzwald – ‘Welcome to Trolland’ (Demo 2012)

Posted on 3 mei 2013
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By: Michel Score: 7/10 Release: 15-12-2012 Label: Independent When you hear the bandname Schwarzwald you don’t think of a band from Tenerife at once, but they are actually. And despite the fact it’s a nice name and it refers to Germany where they’ve have the biggest folk-metal scene, I always think it’s a bit of a shame when you don’t refer to you something in your own culture of country. Said this we get to the demo itself. And it is a demo, you should expect the same thing as in a normal album.

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Moriquendi – ‘Nivlennus’ (EP 2012)

Posted on 27 maart 2013
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By: Colin Score: 6,5/10 Release: 2012 Label: independent Moriquendi, a Frenchmen who decided to make music on its own, instead of forming a band. In 2006 he made his first EP and now he thinks it’s time for a full-length album. Slow and relax the records sets off with the intro called “Trough the clouds”.

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Ambehr – ‘Бездна’ (2012)

Posted on 19 maart 2013
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By: Michel Score: 7/10 Release: 16-4-2012 Label: Sound Age Productions Folk/power-metalband Ambehr released Бездна (in English Abyss). After a few albums with English titles this one has a Russian title and the songtitles and lyrics are in Russian as well. This album isn’t very loud, there are no screams, no raging guitars nor are their pounding drums on it. It’s all neat power-metal.

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Izmoroz – ‘Зигомёд’ (2012)

Posted on 15 maart 2013
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By: Thijs Score: 6/10 Release: 2-3-2012 Label: Grailight Productions The vocal intro of the album promises one thing: This is going to be one energetic record. No false expectations are being created either; Izmoroz delivers tight uptempo metal with harsh, evil vocals, now and then strengthened clean vocals.

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Firkin – ‘Keep on Firkin’ (DVD 2012)

Posted on 13 maart 2013
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By: Michel Score: 8/10 Release: 20-11-2012 Label: Pump Jump Records Firkin is releasing a CD ‘Keep On Firkin’ soon, but they released a DVD with the same title late 2012. Firkin is the Hungarian equivalent of bands like Flogging Molly and Fiddler’s Green, with their Celtic Folk Punk. At this DVD we find the same songs as on their upcoming CD, but of course we can also witness what their doing.

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Land of Fog – ‘Heathen Tales’ (2012)

Posted on 10 maart 2013
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By: Dorien Score: 7,5/10 Release: 5-9-2012 Label: Höllehammer Propaganda Land of Fog, I had never heard of them before. Which isn’t weird, because they come form far-away in Brazil. So, the chance to see them live once is rather small. With Heathen Tales they released their first full-length. And this one is loaded with no less then 12 songs.

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Lèpoka – ‘Malleus Maleficarum’ (Demo 2012)

Posted on 6 maart 2013
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By: Michel Score: 7/10 Release: 2012 Label: Independent Lèpoka made demo with only two songs. Malleus Maleficarum, is a very nice track with nice authentic instruments like nice whistles and violin. The vocals are in a typical Spanish way, like bands as Saurom and Mago de Oz, but the music has a lot more folk-influences, which makes it very nice. Like in most of the Spanish bands the metal-influences come from melodic metal and we can also get guitar-solo’s, but the whistles are the nicest thing.

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Ogmiös – ‘Demo 2013′ (2012)

Posted on 6 maart 2013

By: Michel Score: 5/10 Release 21-12-2012 Label: Independent Ogmiös is a rather young band which is founded in 2011. They participated in the compilation-album CD Wild Folk, with a lot of folk(-metal) bands with the track La Danse de l’Ours of their demo 2013. The demo starts with the track La Légende de l’Ours, which is a spoken legend, a nice start of an album but not a ‘real song’ of course.

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