Rating: 9/10 Release: 1 October 2024 Label: Napalm Records Wind Rose hardly needs an introduction, but in case you haven’t heard, they’re a five-member Italian, Tolkien-inspired power metal band, and Trollslayer is their sixth album, It’s a good one. There were a few early-release singles that bode well for the … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 27 September 2024 Label: Rockshots Records Theigns & Thralls is a five-member international collaboration with members in The Netherlands, England, and northern and independent Ireland. “The Keep and The Spire” is their very first album. The vocals are clean and great, the use of violins and bagpipes … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 30 August 2024 Label: Independent Ravn is a four-member Norwegian folk metal band and Svartedans is only their second album. I say “only” here because it’s polished, stylish, well-written, and mature. There’s a lot of talent here, and despite only clocking in at just over half an … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 11 October 2024 Label: Echozone After 23 years from the first release, the five dark rock band Thanateros is back with their new album “Trance forming”. This new album contains 12 new songs that sounds like a more impressive continuation of the first album. Even the title … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 16 August 2024 Label: Independent Finnish folk metal band Rietas published a new album with 10 new tracks this year called“Routajuuret” on tne 16th of August. “Routajuuret” come out three years after the good debutalbum “Ikiaikainen”.This new album starts with “Etiäinen”, an instrumental track that sets the … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 30 August 2024. Label: Nuclear Blast Wintersun was formed by Jari Mäenpää as a side project when he was in Ensiferum. Jari saw Wintersun as an opportunity to play the music he wanted to hear, write, and play. After obtaining a record deal, Mäenpää intended on keeping … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 10 May 2024 Label: Independent Yasru is a three-member Turkish folk/doom-metal band and “Bilinmeze” is their sixth full-length album. The album’s only five tracks, but it’s still 33 minutes of music. Heavy, Turkish guttural vocals are joined by some wailing guitars, some unique folk instruments, thick atmosphere, … Continue reading →
Paganfest returns after 10 years with the strongest line-up (Alestorm, Ensiferum, Týr, Heidevolk & Elvenking) and the most and biggest shows ever! Created by RTN-Touring (Rock The Nation) between 2008-2015 with seven editions in Europe and two more in the USA, Paganfest was the most successful festival tour of the … Continue reading →
Velesar is working on a new album called ‘Pogorzelisko’. Here’s a first track of this album ‘Strzyga’.
Rating: 8.9/10 Release: 30 August 2024 Label: Inverse Records As advertised, Wolfhorde’s Bloodmoon Symphonies is a melodic and sometimes heavy release that plays with various ambient orchestrations and delivers a competent, rich product sometimes at the expense of aggression. Bloodmoon Symphonies, Wolfhorde’s latest effort, has several compelling songs throughout it, … Continue reading →
