By: Nick Score: 6/10 Bolero, a band of apparently contradictory a lot. With the début album ‘Voyage from Vinland” entitled, I initially thought it was going to be a Finnish band. Nothing is less true, this quintet is from Canada. The second mistake I made in my interpretations of the … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 2/5 The two members of Vintersorg have once again delivered an album. All Vintersorg features are present again, Swedish lyrics about nature, spirituality, etc., with clean vocals. The cover is understated and beautiful, just the question remains how likely is it that a tree snapped at exactly … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 5/10 Release: 23-9-2013 Label: Independent Always fun, mail from Canada. Yes, of course, Europe is the cradle of folk-metal, but this doesn’t mean they can’t make folk-metal on the other side of the big waters. So, I played it, and again, and again. En in a musical … Continue reading →
Hoernerfest 2011 Location: Brande-Hörnerkirchen (DE) 1 – 2 Juli 2011 By: Nick Photography: darkradiation.de It’s time to travel to the far-away Brande Hörnerkirchen in Germany. In this small village in the middle of nowhere, the annual folk-festival ‘Hörnerfest’ takes place. The festival, which took place for the 6th time, has … Continue reading →
By: Nick Score 8/10 With Saltatio Mortis you know in advance what you can expect; a nice pot typical German folk rock. So that’s also the case with the new album “Sturm aufs Paradies. Saltatio Mortis hold on tight to the style that we like of these seven. As one … Continue reading →
By: Dorien Score: 10/10 What more can you say about such a great album, otherwise then it’s great? With Mare Kampfar rises really above themselves. As Kampfar itself suggests, the new producer Peter Tatgren (which already has produced many famous albums) is a real improvement for the music. Down with … Continue reading →
By: ColinScore: 10/10 Earning a record-deal with Spinefarm Records, by winning a bandbattle, gave Brymir the opportunity some time ago to release the debut album “Breath fire to the sun”. However, for a reason unknown to us, this never reached us, until now! Obviously I have long heard the album … Continue reading →
By: MichelScore: 6/10 After their strong album “Storm Over Scaldis, the Belgian band thought it was time to present the world a new album. The album opens strongly with “Last Flight of the Valkyries,” which both the female and male voice well in painted out, even the guitar parts are … Continue reading →
By: Dorien Score: 8/10 Three albums in three years time. In ‘The Beginning of Times’ Amorphis closes a truly beautiful triptych on the Kalevala. And members also prove that three albums in a short time is not at the expense of quality. The album starts with good Battle for light … Continue reading →
Location: Willemeen, Arnhem 4 juni 2011 By: Colin en Michel Chain of Dogs Ladies and Ugly people, Tonight there’s a super performance in the program booklet of Willemeen in Arnhem. There is no folk-metal concert in Arnhem passed without our presence, and with bands like Chain of Dogs of all. … Continue reading →
