Rating: 8/10 Release: 31 October 2011 Label: Independent 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 … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 18 November 2011 Label: Independent An Norvys recorded an EP in 2011 entitled One and All. And when you record a demo like this I should call it an EP too. What a nice album by this French six-piece! With nice clear female vocals and violin in … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 2011 Label: Independent Often we hear ‘in Folk-metal it’s all the same, a statement I totally disagree with. There are a lot of different ways to create Folk-metal, but you can add one to the list. We stumbled upon the debut-EP of the Anatolian (Turkey) band Yabgu. … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 2011 Label: Whiterock Records Wow, scary! You put on the new Cumulo Nimbus, and there’s nothing unusual at first. It starts off with a short intro in which al the necessary traditional instrument are accompanied by an electrical guitar. Nothing unexpected so far. But then, a sweet … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 (Deluxe Edition: 10/10) Release: 2011 Label: Deaf Shepherd So, we’re doing speedfolk, punkfolk etc. on Folk-metal.nl for a while now, so had to happen … The first CD review in this category, and not the least one to start with either. Germany’s speedfolk heroes Fiddler’s Green. And the … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 28 October 2011 Label: Einheit Produktionen It seems 14 dark centuries ago since we’ve heard or seen something of these Thuringian warriors. Fortunately they came back with an new album and a new site as well. These Germans are known from songs like ‘Julenzeit’, ‘Skiltfolk’ and the … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 9 October 2011 Label: Independent Winterhymn is a probably not very well known band among a lot of us. This American formation counts six members, and their first full-length is available for free streaming on their facebook. Reason enough to give it a try! In short, the … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Label: Universal Records To kick it right in, the new Subway to Sally is which you expect form this band. A very solid album, without strolling of their, own-made, path of German Medieval folk. For the people who are not familiar with Subway to Sally, it’s a German … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 19 July 2011 Label: Independent We experience more and more there are band form other countries, less traditional folk-metalcountries, meaning all not Northern Europe countries, are give folk-metal a try. Nekrogoblikon is such a band, inhabiting California, USA. Something which began as a side-project, rapidly grew in … Continue reading →
Rating: 6,5/10 Release: 21 October 2011 Label: Nocturnal Empire Fimbulvet is a German four-men piece, making a kind of Pagan-blackmetal. The band is grounded in 2003 and ‘Frostbrand – nach flammen sehnsucht’ is their third full-length album. The songs are sounding very fast and heavy, with strong alternations within the … Continue reading →
