Rating: 7/10 Release: 16 February 2024 Label: Mighty Music Vanir is a six-member melodic death metal band out of Denmark and “Epitome” is their seventh album. They’ve got the standard folk metal lineup with vocals, bass, guitars, drums, and a keyboard. I was only familiar with their older work, and … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 12 January 2024 Label: Napalm Records Ryujin, a Japanese band formed in 2011, will release their debut album via Napalm Records on January 12, 2024. Over the years, after releasing four albums and participating in several festivals around the world, Ryujin have created their sound, expressing through … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 23 November 2023 Label: Independent Celtibeerian’s latest effort “Nertos” comes in the wake of a single released a year back, entitled “Rise”. What is noteworthy here, is their single was not a teaser for this album, it was a message the band had they wanted to convey, … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 29 December 2023 Label: Deaf Shepherd Records Fiddler’s Green, the German band formed in 1990 in Bavaria, are back with a new album. “The Green Machine” will be released on December 29 and will contain 12 tracks that are a mixture of punk and Irish folk music, … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 8 December 2023Label: Independent Nemoreus is a six-member Austrian folk-metal band and Orcunadoras is their highly-anticipated second full-length album, originally released as four EPs. The band has a great sound: moody, atmospheric metal with folky additions of a flute, fiddle, and bouzouki. Fabian Zechmeister’s mostly-English vocals are … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.7/10 Release: 27 January 2024 Label: Independent Avalon’s new effort boasts well rounded influences from rock, decent folk melodies, and very poetic songwriting across the board. Like their name suggests, their specific themes involve the British Celtic legacy, but very much in that romanticized Arthurian vein. It takes that … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 9 Febrary 2024 Label: Hammerheart Records Romuvos are about to make a masterpiece. The Lithuanian band will in fact release the new album “Spirits” on the 9th of February 2024 and will consist of 8 tracks that are an excellent mix between metal and folk music played with … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 26 November 2023 Label: Independent I have to admit I lost BoB’s tracks a bit since their 2016 album ‘My Drinkin’ ain’t Done’. The vocals didn’t really work for me. But listening to their new full length ‘Drink, Holler and Dance’ made me realise this influenced their music … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 3 October 2023 Label: Independent / Bandcamp The Celtic Punk band Manky Melters released an first EP called ‘One More Round’. What can you expect? Well, Manky Melters is high energetic Celtic Punk in the style of Irish Moutarde and Jolly Jackers. Giada takes care of the … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 24 November 2023 Label: At Dawn Records From North is a five-member Swedish folk metal band, and “Raven Banner” is their second full-length album, and what do you mean I have to stop listening to it and write a review? The line-up lists only the standard tools … Continue reading →
