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 and … 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 →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 21 April 2023 Label: Independent Eterknight is a band from Mexico whose music is described on the web as a mixture of epic and symphonic metal with death and folk components. They’ve been active for 12 years and now it’s time for them to present us their … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 28 March 2023 Label: Independent The five horsemen of Karelia are proud to present us their 4th album dedicated to their land! 8 years was the time needed for them to bring us this new work and since we’re talking about Satanakozel, it is certainly been worth … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 18 July 2017 Label: Rock Studio Illdåd is a pretty unknown folk metal project from Sweden with just a person behind it, multi-instrumentalist Anton “Trollmania” Tordås, who also works in other metal projects such as black/folk metal band Bergsvriden, known for macabre themes and lyrics concerning the … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.8/10 Release: 11 Februari 2012 Label: SoundAge Productions A reviewer of this fanzine once used the formula “One of the more famous amongst the unknown” to describe a band and now I’ll just mention it again to describe the Russian band Leshak because I believe no tag fits this … Continue reading →
