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Event Review Volk Metal Jacket 2019 Vienna

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Alphayn / Interregnum / Knaat / Dystersol 12.10.2019, Viper Room Vienna

On the 12.10.2019 the Event – Management Team of Volk Metal Jacket invited us to a headliner show of Alphayn with the supports of underground sizes like Interregnum, Knaat and Dystersol. The show took place in the holy halls of the Viper Room, one of the most established Metal locations in Vienna and finally the doors opened at 19:00. To describe the Viper Room in few words, it is offering two floors, while the concert hall is located in the lower floor of the venue, offering you enough space for around 250-300 people, space for offering merchandize, a nice bar and of course a stage equipped with all light and tone technics you need.

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Alphayn brings Old Tales to the Audience

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Interview with Alphayn

Dear Folk Metal community my name is Juergen and it is my pleasure to introduce myself to you as a new interviewer for Folk-Metal.nl. I am based in the city of Vienna in Austria and will focus in the future on the Folk Metal scene in Central and Central Eastern Europe and hope that I can introduce to you some interesting news and interviews of bands which are active in our area.
Today I would like to introduce to you to one of the most well known Folk Metal band of Austria, namely Alphayn. Please find the interview below:

It is my pleasure to meet you and thanks a lot for your time. First of all I would kindly like to ask you to introduce yourself to our readers.
Cari: “Hi to everybody, we are Alphayn, a Folk/Viking Metal band from Vienna and we are active as band since 2012. We already released two full studio albums namely “Heimkehr” in 2014 and “Wanderschaft” in 2018.”

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Sworn to the Sword – ‘The Calling’ (2019)

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Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 31 July 2019 Label: Independent To be honest I found this band coincidentally via an online platform and never heard of them before. After listining to their album it was just confirming my general attitute that there is so much good bands out there, which need to receive more attention. Sworn … Continue reading →

Motanka – ‘Motanka’ (2019)

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Rating: 9/10 Release: 07 June 2019 Label: Napalm Records Sometimes it is hard to say if a band fits into the genre folk-metal and especially with Motanka you will find it quite hard to make this decision. The Ukrainian band Motanka is presenting us on their debut a mix of traditional folk and mystic music elements combined with … Continue reading →