This weeks Video of the week is Dropkick Murphys’ new single and video “Queen Of Suffolk County,” from their forthcoming album ‘Turn Up That Dial’.
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Zgard – ‘Place of Power’ (2021)
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 21 May 2021 Label: Schwarzdorn Production I had a feeling 2021 was going to be a year of the comeback and another project reappearing after a long layoff is Ukraine’s Zgard. Back a few years ago I would have been completely shocked that they would be in … Continue reading →
Korpiklaani and the evolution of the Wilderness
Jylhä
Today I have the big pleasure to interview the Finnish Folk Metal Pioneers Korpiklaani and first of all I would like to give congrats to your latest release Jylhä. How has this album so far been received by your fan-base?
“Thank you! After the long wait the album is finally released and feedback has been very positive. Though we already got some clue about people’s thoughts through the music videos, which we’ve been releasing since September. Still it’s more important for us to know what they think about the record as a whole than just one song from it. I know, we are pretty old-school with that kind of thinking, but albums have always been a one piece for us.”
Celtian reveals Album-cover
Alvenrad reveals Title new Album
The title of the upcoming Alvenrad album will be: ‘Veluws IJzer’ (iron from the Veluwe). The title refers to both the important early medieval iron industry from the Veluwe – which fed the swords of the Franks, Saxons & (probably even) Vikings… and of course Alvenrad’s music – heavy metal … Continue reading →
New Lyric Video Cernunnos
Cerunnos released a Lyric video for the track ‘The Crowning’.
Nevermind Nessie – ‘Another Sixpack of Drinking Songs’ (EP 2021)
Rating: 8/10 Release: 17 March 2021 Label: Independent Belgian band Nevermind Nessie have released a nice little gem that combines a nice folk feel with a good punk rock backbeat. The music is fast paced and laced with enough great folk instruments to keep your feet moving and your blood … Continue reading →
Teaser new album Burden of Ymir
Now the amazing cover artwork by Christopher Albert Castillo Diaz is shared. This is the third cover he has done for Burden of Ymir and it is absolutely stunning. The new album, From Elivagar, follows major events from the beginning of things in Old Norse cosmology with one of the biggest events shown on the album cover: the brothers Odin, Vili, and Ve appear as young Aesir standing above the corpse of the great giant Ymir… after slaying Ymir the brothers will use his body to create the world and you can see his blood pooling below to become the primordial oceans.
The Feelgood McClouds – ‘Saints & Sinners’ (EP 2021)
Rating: 8/10 Release: 12 March 2021 Label: Wolverine Records The Feelgood McLouds are the very definition of Celtic Punk. They have a singer with a raspy heavy metal voice and the music chops to infuse their songs with great melodies guitar solos and punk crunch. This short album is a … Continue reading →
Bloodshed Walhalla – ‘Second Chapter’ (2021)
Rating: 6/10 Release: 31 March 2021 Label: Hellbone Records Of course the influence of Viking Metal Pioneer Quorthon and his band Bathory is still unbroken within the genre, but sometimes it is a very thin line between beeing influenced by or to copy a band. Bloodshed Walhalla is walking on this very … Continue reading →