Rating: 8/10 Release: 24 August 2012 Label: NoiseArt Records Intriguing artwork. The fact that they are present at Heidenfest. They already got my attention with this, but it continued. Reading the accompanied biography of the band, Krampus states that humanity needs to be awakened. That values like Honor, Pride, Freedom … Continue reading →
Not so long ago, Vogelfrey released ‘Zwölf Schritte zum Strick’. About time to ask vocalist Jannik some questions via e-mail. Jannik was a man of many words, as can be read in the extensive interview below. An interview about the new album, outlaws and the great desire to play in Holland.
Continue reading →Rating: 3/10 Release: 8 March 2012 Label: Independent Henderwyd is a Italian folk-metalband which is active for a while as a band, but made the change to pagan folk-metal recently, they changed their name to Henderwyd at the same time. Will their experience bring us something refreshing? The EP begins … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 2012 Label: Independent Circle J, the Dutch representatives of folkpunk have released an EP this year. It’s the fourth disc already of these hardworking folkpunkers. There are a lot of reasons why you should not download Music illegally. A lot of bands on folk-metal.nl put a lot … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 24 August 2012 Label: Independent I had two pleasant surprises last wee. The first one was when I got to hear, I could write reviews for Folk-metal.nl. The second one was when ‘Herbstpfad’ Dämmerfarben was blowing out my speakers. Dämmerfarben plays a mix of lingering, ambient black … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 29 June 2012 Label: Napalm Records Andreas Hendlund is a very busy man. Besides a lot of side-projects he releases another Vintersorg album this year. This album is entitled ‘Orkan’, and an Orkan it is. It overwhelms you like a storm, right from the beginning. The first … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 30 September 2011 Label: Independent The Russian formation Beer Bear released a very good album in 2010. In 2011 we only get an EP. On this EP Folk’n’Roll of course the track Folk’n’Roll, and this sounds rather… Folk’n’Roll. On one hand you get typical elements of rock’n’roll, … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release 15 June 2012 Label: Heritage Records ‘Triunity’ is a conceptual split album of three bands, the Ukraine band Chur, Piarevaracien from Belarus and Oprich from Russia, released in a limited hand-numbered edition. With this project they want to express their historical kinship and cultural roots and at … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 24 August 2012 Label: Noiseart Records As you can read in many reviews and interviews, Trollfest was a joke at first, and they’re very serious about their not being serious. I don’t think this is a good description. Trollfest has fun, the music they make is serious … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 2011 Label: Soundage Productions With the motto ‘Why should you be allways cheerful … ‘ the bassist and singer of Russian humppa band Bear Bear started a side project. Bear Bear, the name says it all, is a party folk-metal band which lets cheerful bears live adventures … Continue reading →
