Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 30 December 2024 Label: Independent Gernotshagen is a six-member German blackened folk metal band, and Mein Trusetal (“My Trusetal”) is their first EP since their 2020 album “Ode Naturae” and is a profound love-letter to their homeland. Since the EP’s release, they’ve released another single, “Von Rauhen … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 21 March 2025 Label: Fearless Records Bloodywood will release their new album “Nu Delhi” on March 21st for Fearless Records. In this album, composed of 8 tracks you can see the classic approach of the Indian band that mixes powerful riffs with typical Indian folk instruments. All … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 7 February 2025 Label: Four Four Celtic Punk legends The Rumjacks released their sixth studio album on the 7th of February. Recorded in Asbury Park, New Jersey by The Bouncing Souls’ founder Pete Steinkopf and mixed by Kevin Bivona (guitarist for The Interrupters), this new album appears as … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 11 April 2025 Label: Reaper Entertainment taly’s premier Folk-influenced Power Metal outfit, Elvenking, are now on their twelfth album and this is the third, and I assume, final part of their Reader of the Runes series. While I’m not and never have been a fan of Power Metal in general, I … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 4 January 2025 Label: Independent Regnum Noricum has always been one of the more fascinating Celtic War Metal groups. There are a few groups that play more brutal veins of blackened folk metal who have largely remained underground or disbanded. Bran Barr from France was one this … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 7 Februari 2025 Label: Season of Mist Scottish band Saor is back with a new album called “Amidst the Ruins” for Season of Mist. In this new album there are four new songs, with one of them, “The Sylvan Embrace”, completely acoustic.In this album Saor combines the … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 20 December 2024 Label: Napalm Records PREMISE: I took a lot of time to better listen to the album and understand the lyrics. This is to prevent the fan of Subway To Sally in me write things that were not so credible. That said, we can go … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 14 November 2024 Label: Trollzorn Records Kromlek is a six-member German band and III-III/Upphaf is technically their third album. “Technically” because it’s a dual-disc tour-de-force (disc 1 is III-III, disc 2 is Upphaf). If you like their sound, there’s so much content here to enjoy. There’s something … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 31 October 2024 Label: Independent Mythbegotten is an American power metal trio and “Tales from the Unseelie Court” is their first full-length album. Like the album’s title, a nod to the Forgotten Realms, the album is chock-full of nerdy references. The whole album is pandering to a … Continue reading →
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 →
