Rating: 7/10 Release: 1 May 2012 Label: Shiver Records After four years Myrkvar finally released a follow up of ‘Als een woeste horde’. It’s ‘As en Bloed’ entitled, and I thought this is a very though-through title which created high expectations. Unfortunatelly the album was a little bit of a … Continue reading →
Rating: 4/10 Release: 1 June 2012 Label: Trollzorn Records We’ve received the debutalbum ‘Blindflug’ by Harpyie, a new German Medieval Rockband. And despite of the fact there are a lot of bands in this genre, Harpyie has a unique sound. The intro ‘Gen Siebenbyrgen’ fits nicely to the opening track … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Vogelfrey already surprised me. The First time was when I saw them live, at Hörnerfest. Shortly thereafter, when I was listening to the debut-record of the band, they surprised me again. Therefore, I was really curious what Vogelfrey would deliver with their second album ’12 schritte zum strick’. … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 2011 Label: Independent I’ve been fan of the Argentinean band Skiltron for years now. This was the reason that the review of Triddana was given to me. Skiltron was splitted in two, and the members that left continued together with the name Triddana. Under these members were … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 2011 Label: Independent And another pirate metal band… This was my thought when I got ‘Facing the Tempest’ by The Privateer to review. The genre is totally chewed by a lot of bands, which mainly want to get a ride on the success of Alestorm. But this … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 2012 After the release of the previous album by this ‘Original Scottish Canadian Punk’ band ‘Shine not Burn’, they toured a lot, also through Europe. They brought along a lot of pleasure with their punk, covered with a little folk-sauce. The Real McKenzies are the kind of … Continue reading →
Rating: 2/10 Release: July 2002 Label: Sacral Productions Prejudiced people often think that metal-music is made by hairy, black-dressed people who grabbed the instruments and started to violate these instruments. Of course, most of you know that this is false. There are, however, exceptions, like Belenos. This band from France … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 23 December 2012 Label: Independent It was just a matter of time before a band tried to make the same kind of music as Alestorm. However, here it is! Celtibeerian, a Spanish folkmetalband which just released their debut called ‘Tirikantam’. Musically speaking, Celtibeerian is right between Alestorm … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Live Registration Concert Tilburg 202 Together with ConcertLive, Eluveitie releases one of their concerts recorded during Paganfest on CD. They’ve chosen for their gig in Tilburg, and below you can find a review from this live-registration. An immediate plus is that the design looks really neat. Artwork based … Continue reading →
By: Gur Rating: 7/10 Release: 19 September 2011 Label: Griffin Music A nice quiet and comforting intro is the lead-in for the new Hordak album. “Under the sign of the wilderness” is the third full-length album of these guys from Spain. And the second track suits the title very well. … Continue reading →
