Rating: 10/10 Release: 5 April 2011 Label: Spinefarm Records Earning a record-deal with Spinefarm Records, by winning a band-battle, 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 … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 3 June 2011 Label: CCP Records 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 … Continue reading →
Location: Willemeen, Arnhem 4 juni 2011 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. The Limburgians started to … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 3 June 2011 Label: Napalm Records The Pirates of Alestorm have been in the studio again and managed to release a new album: Back Through Time. It is clear that there has been a lot of alcohol involved during the recording.Back through time is a fun sequel … Continue reading →
Willemeen, Arnhem 29 Mei 2011 Photography: Metalshots.com Not really knowing what to expect, I looked forward to this concert. Yes, Kampfar is awesome, I’d already seen them live and I thought it was really great. Yes, Vreid is very fat, although it’s not entirely my piece of cake. The rest, … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 27 May 2011 Label: Nuclear Blast Three albums in three years. 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 … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 27-5-2011 Label: Napalm Records Ask me who has the best folk-metal appearance of all folk-metal artists, and I will answer immediately Heri Joenson, he’s just a cool Viking telling us metalheads of the modern ages how it was back in those days. A man with an unique … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 30 September 2011 Label: Trollzorn Records A band which was unknown for me until now. But thankfully, the record label sent something which I wouldn’t have found by myself. And this is not a bad find. For lovers of the German Middle Ages, this rock band and … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 26 August 2011 Label: Napalm Records On the previous album “Stenka after Stenku” I wrote, not so long ago: “Aren’t you quite satisfied with this album, it is just an EP and probably the next real album is again wonderful folk-metal as ever?”. And I was right. … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 12 March 2011 Label: Stygian Crypt Productions In 2011 Folkearth releases two albums. Folkearth is an international project in which a large number of musicians from all kind of folk-metal and vikingbands participate. Recently we found both albums on our mailbox so we spent a few hours … Continue reading →
