Elvenking released a new single ‘Prime Evil’, (Venom cover).
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Fortíð – ‘Narkissos’ (2023)
Rating: 9.5/10 Release:13 October 2023 Label: Lupus Lounge The Icelandic band Fortið are back with their seventh album titled “Narkissos”. With this seventh album, while not denying their purely Nordic lyrics, the Icelanders face in this seventh album the Greek myth of Narcissus, renewing the concept describing the obsession for … Continue reading →
Idaslet – ‘Nu Skrider Dagen Under’ (2023)
Rating: 9/10 Release: 1 December 2023 Label: Independent Idaslet is a six-member Danish folk-metal band and Nu Skrider Dagen Under (“Now the Day Slips By”) is their debut full-length album. Their sound is power metal with harsh but understandable Danish vocals supported and folk-ified by some lovely accordion work. Some … Continue reading →
Dvalin – ‘Ravenous Dreams’ (EP 2023)
Rating: 8.7/10 Release: 3 November 2023 Label: Independent Unlike a lot of the more progressive influence Folk Metal bands out there, Germany’s Dvalin has returned after a hiatus of several years to bring out a new EP entitled, “Ravenous Dreams”. In reality, the album is really only three tracks, as … Continue reading →
New Single Lyriel
Lyriek released a new single.
Moriquendi – ‘From depths to the stars’ (EP 2023)
Rating: 7/10 Release: 18 September 2023 Label: Independent Moriquendi, a small group from France, has recently released a new acoustic EP, thus marking their return after a seven-year hiatus, with their last work being a blackened folk metal album called “Kanopëa”. Now they have left their metal roots and officially … Continue reading →
New Album Vanir released
Vanir is one of Denmark’s most prominent melodic death metal bands and has, since the band’s inception, released six full-length albums. And now, they’re ready to unleash their seventh beast, titled “Epitome”. The theme of this new opus is the Danish middle-ages, with two songs branching into the Renaissance (“Wood … Continue reading →
Odraedir – ‘Vengeance’ (2023)
Rating: 9/10 Release: 27 October 2023 Label: Independent Odraedir is a five-member epic folk metal band from the Czech Republic, and “Vengeance” is their second album– the first one of this decade. It’s a banger, and it’s far more polished and professional than 2017’s Legends of the Dark Times. It … Continue reading →
Vansind released Debut Album
After a very promising EP released back in 2021 and a handful of singles that sparked folk metal fans’ enthusiasm – especially the Scandinavian strain – Vansind is finally ready to release its debut album, “Mørket”. Her’s their latest single. And the single ‘Grib Til Våben’. With their feet planted firmly … Continue reading →
Cabrakaän released ‘Aztlán’
Cabrakaän will release their new albu ‘Aztlán‘ today. Cabrakaän is a Mexican-Canadian folk metal band that relocated from Mexico to Canada, shortly before the global pandemic, after a moving performance in Calgary and friendships made as a result. Formed back in 2010 in Mexico by composer, drummer/percussionist, black/death metal shouter … Continue reading →