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Trollfest – ‘Flamingo Overlord’ (2022)

Posted on 30 June 2022 by Michel30 June 2022

Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 27 May 2022 Label: Napalm Records Let’s start by addressing the (pink) elephant in the room… This is not the album I expected Trollfest to make in 2022. After all, they’ve spent the best part of two decades releasing seven albums of high octane, fast and furious … Continue reading →

Helsótt – ‘Will and the Witch’ (2022)

Posted on 22 May 2022 by Michel22 May 2022

Rating: 8/10 Release: 20 May 2022 Label: M-Theory Audio Helsótt’s third album is an ambitious record. Whereas their two previous releases stuck very much to the tried and tested Folk Metal thematic tropes of Norse Mythology and Pagan history, this time around they have thrown their fanbase a real curveball … Continue reading →

Theigns & Thralls – ‘Theigns & Thralls’ (2022)

Posted on 12 March 2022 by Michel12 March 2022

Rating: 7/10 Release: 8 April 2022 Label: Rockshot Records I’ll start with a caveat; I’m a huge Skyclad fan. In fact, they are my favourite Folk Metal band and one of my all-time favourite bands, full stop. With that in mind, given that Theigns & Thralls is a new project … Continue reading →

Verikalpa – ‘Tunturihauta’ (2022)

Posted on 26 February 2022 by Michel26 February 2022

Rating: 9/10 Release: 21 January 2022 Label: Scarlet Records / Bandcamp Verikalpa are the next in a line of great Folk Metal bands from Finland, following in the footsteps of such luminaries as Moonsorrow, Finntroll, Korpiklaani, Ensiferum and Turisas. Lofty company indeed, but with this, their third album, Verikalpa have … Continue reading →

Firn – ‘Frostwärts’ (2022)

Posted on 27 January 2022 by Michel28 January 2022

Rating: 10/10 Release: 25 February 2022 Label: Einheit Produktionen / Schattenpfade Let’s not beat around the bush here, initially Frostwärts sounds like an album which worships at the dark altar of Finnish Pagan Metal kings, Moonsorrow and there is no doubt that said band have been a clear influence on … Continue reading →

Tersivel – ‘To The Orphic Void’ (2022)

Posted on 8 January 2022 by Michel8 January 2022

Rating: 9/10 Release: 11 February 2022 Label: Uprising! Records Originally starting out as a Symphonic Power / Folk Metal act, Tersivel’s sound has morphed in recent years into Progressive Doom Metal and they are now a far more potent and interesting creative force for it. As a quick, if somewhat … Continue reading →

Kanseil – ‘Cant del Corlo’ (2020)

Posted on 9 February 2020 by Michel14 April 2021

Rating: 6/10 Release: 7 February 2020 Label: Rockshots Records I’m going to get straight to the point and say that, other than the rather brilliant Verta, which brought to my mind French Celtic Folksters, Tornaod, the rest of this EP was a bit low energy for my tastes. I couldn’t … Continue reading →

Manntra – ‘Oyka!’ (2019)

Posted on 9 December 2019 by Michel23 February 2022

Rating: 8/10 Release: 26 July 2019 Label: LC Music Listening to Oyka! there is no escaping the obvious fact that Manntra take their influences from the likes of Eluveitie, Morgenstern Alkonost and even System of a Down, but they meld them expertly together and then shine them through the figurative … Continue reading →

Borknagar – ‘True North’ (2019)

Posted on 25 September 2019 by Michel14 April 2021

By: Stu Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 27 September 2019 Label: Century Media Records Where to start with a new Borknagar release? Let’s face it, the band have rarely put a foot wrong in their near 25-year career and are one of the finest examples of the Progressive Folk / Black Metal … Continue reading →

Månegarm out in the Open

Posted on 8 September 2019 by Michel14 April 2021

Månegarm interview

What’s a better opportunity to talk with the guys of Månegarm then when they’re out in the open, wild and free at their own festival in Sweden? I managed to slip into their busy schedule for a nice chat.

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