Vanvidd will release their new album “Avlivsritualer” today. The amazing front cover artwork is done by Kjell Åge Meland. Here’s the single ‘Paling Lore’.
Continue reading →Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 30 May 2025 Label: Independent “In 2013 Vanvidd was founded with a grand vision of creating a new kind of Norwegian metal. The idea behind the band was to combine the no-nonsense black metal of the 90s with traditional folk music in a synthesis where pleasant, uptempo … Continue reading →
The epic folk-metal band Ilmarinen released their new single “War on the War God”.
This is the first single of their album “Ascension” which we will release later this year.
Dutch folk metal band Solarcycles is set to release their new single Rhythm of the Sun on May 2, 2025. The track will be available on all major streaming platforms and will be accompanied by a striking music video, filmed at an abandoned train station slowly being reclaimed by nature.
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 30 December 2024 Label: Independent Gernotshagen is a six-member German blackened folk metal band, and Mein Trusetal (“My Trusetal”) is their first EP since their 2020 album “Ode Naturae” and is a profound love-letter to their homeland. Since the EP’s release, they’ve released another single, “Von Rauhen … Continue reading →
Following the release of “Kumbl” on Mighty Music in 2022 and a series of shows in support of the album, work commenced on the writing of the next album. It was, however, at this time that long-time drummer and producer of “Kumbl”, Frederik Uglebjerg, announced his departure from Svartsot. Frederik … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 21 March 2025 Label: Fearless Records Bloodywood will release their new album “Nu Delhi” on March 21st for Fearless Records. In this album, composed of 8 tracks you can see the classic approach of the Indian band that mixes powerful riffs with typical Indian folk instruments. All … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 14 March 2025 Label: Napalm Records Manntra started life in 2011 as a relatively straightforward Industrial Metal band, but in the ensuing decade and a half, their sound has slowly but surely evolved to the unique style they have today. By introducing the more melodic elements of Power and Folk … Continue reading →
“I Skovens Rige” translates to “In the Realm of the Forest.” What themes and stories inspired this album, and how does nature influence your songwriting?
The theme is the forest. Every single track on the album has a reference of some sort to the forest. Either the story takes place there, a party there, an escaping troll seeks refuge there, springtime vibes from there, and so on. Nature is more of an imagined feeling when writing the music. We use the nature in the songwriting with audio of flowing water, wind in the trees and birds chirping – all of it to set the stage for the listener. To lead them into the forest so to speak.
Continue reading →Rating: 8/10 Release: 7 February 2025 Label: Four Four Celtic Punk legends The Rumjacks released their sixth studio album on the 7th of February. Recorded in Asbury Park, New Jersey by The Bouncing Souls’ founder Pete Steinkopf and mixed by Kevin Bivona (guitarist for The Interrupters), this new album appears as … Continue reading →
