Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 22 November 2024 Label: Independent / Bandcamp A new album was finally released some weeks ago from the Goblin Hovel after two years – and trust me, none of their work’s similar to the new one. More than 20 minutes out of 52 are in the form … Continue reading →
Ratïng: 8/10 Release: 15 November 2023 Label: Independent The fifth chapter of the Swedish dirty swamp was released right before the end of 2023 by the speakers of the haunted, scary house of Bergsvriden. Musically, it configures as a pleasant surprise to black metal fans of all lands, while a … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.3/10 Release: 1 December 2023 Label: Trollzorn Records There’s no need to start with the band’s lore: the name Skiltron has rightly been amongst the greatest names in the field of folk metal, for the good and relevant contribution the members have been giving to the genre since their … Continue reading →
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 →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 1 July 2023 Label: Independent Yarga is a young folk pagan metal band that combines elements of popular Russian folklore and a heavy, powerful sound. With their songs, the band brings the forgotten epoch in the life of Ancient Russia, using both historical facts and folk tales … Continue reading →
Rating: 6.5/10 Release: 6 June 2023 Label: Independent Amongst all Slavic folk/pagan metal bands worth being included in the genre’s history, the name Znich cannot be forgotten. It is 27 years they’ve been active in the scene, with 5 full-lengths, a bunch of EPs and solos and gigs amongst Belarus … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 2 June 2023 Label: Independent This review took me longer than I expected for multiple reasons. Firstly because it’s Trollwald and at times I still can’t believe to have this very very long-awaited album in front of me. Secondly, the sound of this album is very different … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.3/10 Release: 28 August 2009 Label: Trollzorn Records Don’t forget Svartby just because the project was closed the last year! I sadly discovered the true core of their music in the summer of 2022, when it was too late and they were already split. After this sad news, I … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 1 February 2023 Label: Mors Lucerna Records Imagine a mixture of Korpiklaani, telling us about the American gold rush migration in the 19th century, all sung in Russian, French and English, mixed and mastered in Finland in 50th minutes of folk metal. If you got this far … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 2010 Label: Independent One of my main interests in the musical field is made by all those albums I would define “godforsaken”, and lots of good releases slowly become included in this class as time goes by. Us Auter Zyt, the only full-length from a one-man band … Continue reading →
