By: Colin Score: 4/10 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 thought this was the cause … Continue reading →
By: Nick Score: 5/10 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 EP presents a kind of folk-metal … Continue reading →
By: NickScore: 8/10 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 influences. The first thing that … Continue reading →
By: Nick Score: 2/5 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 are very busy writing songs … Continue reading →
By: Dorien Score: 8/10 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 at very … Continue reading →
By: Nick Score: 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 … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 7/10 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 acoustic guitar, violin and percussion, sounds … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 10/10 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 ears to this album … Continue reading →
By: MichelScore: 10/10 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 beautiful simple picture of a … Continue reading →
By: Nick Score: 8/10 We at Folk-metal.nl receive a lot of request from band who like us to review their work. This also goes for the Belgian band Ithilien,. They’ve put their latest song online as a free download. Ithilien is a Belgian band which was grounded in 2005. Musically … Continue reading →
