By: Jeff Rating: 8.5/10 Release: May 2017 Label: Godreah Records I have been addicted to the last Forefather album (2015’s “Curse Of The Cwelled”) since its release and have been anxiously awaiting a new epic from one of England’s finest exports. It has arrived in the form of what I … Continue reading →
By: Michel Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 5 May 2012 / Re-release: 2017 Label: Einheit Produktionen Einheit Produktionen is re-releasing the first two albums of Nine Treasures. The band won the Wacken Battle in China a few years ago and ended up second in the overall Wacken Battle, since this was at … Continue reading →
By: Yvette Score: 9,5/10 Release: 29-8-2012 Label: Napalm Records Those familiar with the name Maurizio Iacono will undoubtedly think of the death metal band Kataklysm. What many people know now is that the five members of Kataklysm, together with François Mongrain and Jonathan LeDuc, have released their debut album Romulus … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 7/10 Release: 13-11-2012 Label: Haarbn Productions Sand Aura is a Middle Eastern Progressive Folk-Metalband from Egypt. They believe in the unification of cultures, religions and historical backgrounds. They were founded in 2007, but it took until November last year for them to release their debut-album. This album … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 8,5/10 Release: 15-11-2012 Label: Stygian Crypt Productions We know Folkearth from their epic guitarwork and the closely related project Folkodia released the best album we reviewed in 2012. What will the Folkearth album Valhalla Ascendant bring us. Well, they bring us musicians from Greece, Monaco, USA, Switzerland, … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 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) … Continue reading →
By: NickScore: 9,5/10Release: 28-9-2012Label: Prophecy Productions There are times that you feel that the musical direction of your band isn’t the right one anymore. Many bands turn towards a different direction, denying their trusted sound. DorDeDuh, however, is a different case. Edmond Karban (Huppogrammos) and Jimmy Popescu (Sol Faur) started … Continue reading →
By: NickScore: 4/10Release: 12-2012Label: Independent There are bands that eventually switch career. There are even bands which completely switch styles, searching for the right and perfect sound. For everything can be found a reason, but not for what Diadema Tristis does. You can always go too far. Diadema Tristes has … Continue reading →
By: Nick Score: 7/10 Release: 29-11-2012 Label: Independent Live-albums, it’s not really my cup of tea in general. In my opinion, These records only have value when you actually visited the concert. The Ukrainian Kroda, however, released a live-album which could captivate me slightly more. Maybe this is because I … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 7/10 Release: 15-12-2012 Label: Independent When you hear the band-name Schwarzwald you don’t think of a band from Tenerife at once, but they are actually. And despite the fact it’s a nice name and it refers to Germany where they’ve have the biggest folk-metal scene, I always … Continue reading →
