Rating: 4/10 Release: 19 December 2011 Label: Seven Kingdoms Last of the line is an album released end last year by the English band Forefather. I’ve heard the record the First time only two days ago, I had just wrote the review on the new Svartby album. At first I … Continue reading →
Rating: 5/10 Release: 12 October 2011 Label: Aurora Australis Records While waiting for the new CD ‘When Ice Crowns the Earth’ from the Belgium band Theudho, they asked us if we could review the previous EP, released in October 2010. 4 songs, with a total length of 20 minutes. This … Continue reading →
Eisheilige Nacht 2011 Ruhrconcress, Bochum (DE) 27 December 2011 Photography: Daemmerung-online.com 27 December, it’s time for “Eisheilige Nacht” in Bochum. A spot in the German ruhrarea which has good access to the Netherlands and which can offer a good possibility for bigger concerts, with a venue like the Ruhrcongress. Eisheilige … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 23 December 2011 Label: Independent Finally, it’s there! The First EP from the Dutch folk-metalband Amorgen! After a demo from 2010, the five of Amorgen come with their first ‘real’ release. Amorgen is a band who plays a form of ‘epic folk-metal’, with a lot of death-metal … Continue reading →
Rating: 5/10 Release: 15 November 2011 Label: Darkened Empire Siluria is a band not many people shall know. But their in the limelight from 2005, and have done shows with Waylander and Battlelore. The band consist after a number of changes in their line-up of only two people nowadays, who … Continue reading →
Score: 8/10 Release: 1 November 2011 Label: Spinefarm Records The guys of Metsatöll don’t sit on their hands. They release their 10th album this year, it’s ‘Ulg’ entitled, (The Howl. But if it’s related to the bands name which is Estonian for Wolf, is not clear. The album is made … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 2011 Label: Independent Sometimes, there are bands which can really confuse you. Take ‘Pint of Stout’ for example. The name sounds Irish, the sound is possibly even more Irish, and even the vocals sound like a half-drunk Irishman. Great was my surprise when I discovered that this … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 7 September 2011 Label: Stygian Crypt Productions In 2008 Folkearth releases an acoustic album ‘Songs of Yore’. A lot of releases later they repeat this in 2011 with the acoustic album ‘Minstrels by the River’. The album begins with the track ‘Viking’s Anthem’ an instrumental track with … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 16 September 2011 Label: Independent Troll Bends Fir signs with Soundage Productions in 2012, a deal from which they hope to make their last album ‘Brothers in Drinks’ more available. This album was released in 2011 already, but this deal is a good reason to lent our … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 25 November 2011 Label: Independent What a treat, the Frysian Vikingsons of Baldrs Draumar produced something again. Just as expected after their demo “Til Horisonten” and the EP “Noardseegermanen”, they now made a full length album “Forfedres Fortellinger”. What catches the eye is the whole package, a … Continue reading →
