Category Archives: CD Review

Forgotten Tales Brotherhood – ‘And so it Begins’

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Rating: 7.5/10Release: 25 September 2019Label: Independent / Bandcamp I stumbled across the debut EP from Forgotten Tales Brotherhood a few weeks ago on Bandcamp and was wondering if we were going to review it. I guess I must have made it happen as it arrived recently, and I snatched it … Continue reading →

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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Orquilux – ‘The Desire To Vanish Myself’ (2019)

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Rating: 7.5/10Release: 20 September 2019Label: Independent / Bandcamp Earlier this year, I reviewed the debut EP from Italy’s Orquilux (“The Sunset Of My Last Breath”) which actually came out in 2018. I was left scratching my head as to why we received it to begin with since it really didn’t … Continue reading →

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

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Rating: 8.5/10Release: 31 July 2019Label: 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 of the … Continue reading →

Crepuscle – ‘Heavenly Skies’ (2019)

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Rating: 9.3/10Release: 11 October 2019Label: Creator-Destructor Records I don’t know about everyone else, but I’ve been clued into Bandcamp and its utter usefulness only recently so you can imagine what a treat searching “folk metal” for this new camper it was. Discoveries galore; like the millennial dawn and world-wide-web explosion! … Continue reading →

Leah – ‘Ancient Winter’ (2019)

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Rating: 9.6/10Release: 15 November 2019Label: Ex Cathedra Records Winter is coming, and by the looks of things it will be of the ancient variety. Leah’s Ancient Winter issupposedly a departure from her usual celtic-infused Symphonic Metal into the realm of World Music. Firstly, it is important to establish that Ancient … Continue reading →

Motanka – ‘Motanka’ (2019)

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Rating: 9/10Release: 07 June 2019Label: 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 alternative Metal and … Continue reading →

Arkona Pagan Rebellion Tour

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Arkona Pagan Rebellion Tour 2019

The Chapel, San Fransisco
19 September 2019

On one warm Friday evening, I took off work early and headed to the city not to simply escape the heat and indulge in the delectable culinary offerings but to primarily see one of my favorite bands. This particular trip was especially anxious with an interview confirmed with headliners, Arkona, but more on that later.

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