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WarTroll – ‘Frozen Hordes’ (2019)

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By: AssiaRating: 9/10Release: 14 August 2019Label: Independent Among many firsts of writing reviews for Folk-Metal.nl, this marks my first local band! WarTroll is a quartet outfit from practically my backyard of East Foothills in the San Francisco Bay Area, beautiful, sunny California and Frozen Hordes is their sophomore independent effort. … Continue reading →

Kultasiipi – ‘Mahtaja’ (2019)

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By: JanoRating: 8.2/10Release: 30 August 2019Label: Independent Kultasiipi are marketed as Germany’s most Finnish Folk Metal band, but, in all honesty, while they certainly channel the musical egregore of all the big names from Finland there remains something fundamentally German about their music. Or to put it another way, at … Continue reading →

Live Album Eluveitie

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Euluveitie proudly announces “Live at Masters Of Rock”!The band will release a live album from itheir ongoing Ategnatos World Tour! It will contain many songs from their current album and will be out November 1st, 2019! “Live at Masters Of Rock” will be available for pre-orders on September 13 2019. … Continue reading →

Wolcensmen – ‘Fire In The White Stone’ (2019)

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By: JeffRating: 9.5/10Release: 20 September 2019Label: Indierecordings I had a short list of top contenders for albums of the year in advance of their respective releases and there is no question that the sophomore effort from Wolcensmen was on it. The project from guitarist Dan Capp of the mighty Winterfylleth … Continue reading →

Månegarm Open Air 2019

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From the moment I woke up on Saturday 24th August, the omens were good for the inaugural Månegarm Open Air festival, held in the headliner’s hometown of Norrtälje in Sweden and with a lineup featuring a veritable who’s who of Swedish Folk Metal. The sun was shining on an unseasonably warm day and … Continue reading →

New Single Bersvriden

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From the swampy wilderness Bergsvriden proudly present to you ‘Uti Vredesmod’. The first single from the upcoming album ‘Skogens Trolska Fasa’. This will be Bergsvriden second full length album that will be release to the world in the near future. … Continue reading →