“Pārķiuņa Uomurs” (Thunder’s Hammer) is the fourth studio album! It will be released today. As with previous albums, it still combines harsh death metal riffs with epic accordion chants, creating a unique blend of northern pagan/folk metal, but for the first time in band’s history, all the lyrics are written … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 23 Febrary 2021 Label: Sliptrick Records The opening sounds of an battle in a thunderstorm, the signal of the war horns underlined by an epic symphonic melody can only mean that the Latvian Viking Folk Metal band Varang Nord is back after 4 years with a brand … Continue reading →
Accursed Years released a new single at Bandcamp.
Sylvatica’s second album ‘Ashes and Snow’ is scheduled for a release 20th April. It will be released at Satanath Records.
One project that has been overlooked in my opinion is Germany’s Skjaldborg but in some regards it does make sense. The debut album (“Todgeweiht”) was released way back in 2014 and it has been quiet since then…. until now. “Krieg Liegt Mir Im Blut” was released in January and picks up where “Todgeweiht” left off with some new tangents while keeping to the original sound. Main member Virus answered some questions for us regarding the album, the writing process, the struggle to get the album completed and some other items of note….check it out….
Continue reading →Here is the very first episode of Heartfelt featuring Tuomas Rounakari – Shamanviolin in which you will find our interview and his performance at the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival in 2020.
The Rumjacks will release their new album ‘Hestia’ in march.
Here’s a lyric video of the last track of the album ‘Goodnight & Make Mends’.
Hailing from the grim, wintery western coast of Finland, Folkrim have brought you all another sonic trophy from their musical travels! “Drunkover” is the second song to be released from Folkrim’s debut album “Tales of Tumult”. It is a song of life and death, rise and fall, of being hungover, sober and drunk all at the same time. The burden of having a good time may weigh some down, but we live to ale another day!
‘Tales of Tumult is released today.
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 10 february 2021 Label: Independent Hailing from France, this all girl punk/celtic band is a high energy group with a unique sound.This recording is only really 5 songs and 16 minutes long but the group packs a lot into that short time. Featuring two violin players the … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 2020Label: Independent McScallywag is a dutch band with an nontraditional approach to folk and celtic music.. Using a wide range of instruments and sounds that range from bluegrass to punk rock they mix their songs to keep things interesting. The music is a little accordion heavy for … Continue reading →
