In 2001 Torbjorn Sandvik began, at the age of 16 with the onemanproject Glittertind. In 2010 this project was extended and became a full band with Olav Aabø (guitars/vocals), Bjørn Nordstoga (bass), Stefan Theofilakis (flutes/vocals), Geirmund Simonsen (accordion, samples, vocals), Geir Holm (drums) and Torbjorn (Vocals/guitar). Folk-metal.nl spoke with Torbjorn about Glittertind’s start, lessons of life and the new album.
Continue reading →Viatora Viatora had to get on stage as an opener of the festival, but there were only a handful of people. A pity, because they performed very well. Enthusiastic, fanatic, inspired they played their catchy folk-metaltunes. It sounded good. A pity there were only a few people, otherwise this could … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 1 March 2012 Label: Savage Prod Folk-metal.nl received a tip about a French band Fenrir. Of course we immediately added them to the bands on our website, but we also found out, they had just released an debut album “Echoes of the Wolf”. And while we tried … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 20 April 2012 Label: Independent Grimner releaded a ‘mini full lenght’ “Färd” entitled, they were of the opinion the quality of the recorded songs didn’t allow them to drop one of these songs. The first track is Vargamarsch, a nice intro with some choir-like vocals in the … Continue reading →
Amorgen is an epic/death metal band risen from the ashes of Tales of Ale. In 2011, they released their first EP ‘Awake the Iron’ and today they played at Drakkarfest 2012. Folk-metal.nl had a great interview with the men about the bard Amorgen, and future plans and dreams of the band.
Last year you guys released your first album. What did it bring you so far?
We’ve had a lot of positive reactions about our first release! Even people that don’t really like growls and screams tell us that they enjoy the way it’s composed. That gives us the confirmation that we’re heading in the right direction. Beside that we’ve generated some income out of it which is always nice!
With the Elf Fantasy Fair you’ve have a guarantee for good music for quite a while. A couple of years ago there was less musical entertainments, but this has become better over the years and we got bands like Tanzwut the last years. This year there were quite a few … Continue reading →
It’s been a while since we’ve heard something from Equilibrium. The album ‘Rekreatur’ dates back from 2010, but still they’re touring with paganfest. About time to catch up with the whole band, and see what they’re up to!
Continue reading →
When I look out of my window it doesn’t look like it, but it’s true, the summer-season has begun. And that means there are Open Air festivals again, but also all kind of related events. In the Netherlands we have the ‘Elf Fantasy Fair’, but the west of Germany has the MPS or Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum. An big event traveling in the border-area from 21 April until September.
Continue reading →Rating: 7/10 Release: 1 May 2012 Label: Shiver Records After four years Myrkvar finally released a follow up of ‘Als een woeste horde’. It’s ‘As en Bloed’ entitled, and I thought this is a very though-through title which created high expectations. Unfortunatelly the album was a little bit of a … Continue reading →
By: Nick Score: 3/5 What could be nicer on a mondayevening than watching some middle-aged men who make bizarre music in a very proffessional way. A lot of you are immediatelly thinking of a lot of other things. Others, including me, decided to travel to the Patronaat in Haarlem to … Continue reading →
