Location: 013 Tilburg We have a fixed value in the folk-metalscene for over a couple of years now, it’s called Paganfest. This years also the whole company travels through Europe, and also this time they have a varied line-up. Unfortunately due to some interviews we had with Eluveitie and Equilibrium … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 8 May 2012 ‘Going out in Style’ from Dropkick Murphy’s has been released in 2011, but was re-released this year as a special edition. In this edition, a live-disc is included where the band plays in front of 20.000 fans. And a download link of the filmed … Continue reading →
To promote Oriental Metal Kobi Farhi, the singer of Orphaned Land put together a compilation CD. We received it to write a review about it, something we’re doing with pleasure of course. This is not a usual one for our reviewers, we’re not reviewing all metal, and this is like … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 26 Marc 2012 Label: Century Media Records Borknagar. Up until recently I’d never heard of them. Still, this band is already founded in 1995, and with Urd they release their 9th studio album. Time to listen thoroughly to this record! Borknagar brings us ‘Avant-garde black metal’, a … Continue reading →
By: Gur Rating: 6/10 Release: 01 March 2012 Release: Independent The Viking band raised in 2007 in the USA has just released their new album ‘Vinlander’. Their début-album got a warm welcome and was compared to bands like Dark Tranquility and In flames. The first that strikes me when I … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 24 February 2012 Label: Independent This time I get to discuss the new album of a group Frenchmen. Most of you probably don’t know the Nightcreepers at all, or not much, but I’m fan of these group for quite a while now. In the 6 years this … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 12 March 2012 Label: Svarga Music Thunderkraft’s will release a new album ‘Totentanz’. The music I’ve heard from this band in the past, had a noticable amount of folk in it. But the promotor warns me, Thunderkraft is not pure folk-metal. The band is capable of one … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 2 March 2012 Label: Napalm Records “Dwars door de stromen Moordend voor Rome Dood uit het oosten, Wapenbroeders!” This piece of the lyrics above can only mean one thing! The new record of Heidevolk is released! This time, these men from Gelderland don’t bring an ordinary release. … Continue reading →
Rating: 4/10 Release: 1 January 2012 Label: Independent At the Lake, symphonic folk-metal band from Poland, released a new CD. It seems all bands are referring to the end of the Maya calendar this days. The Polish sextet named their new album simply after this great ancient race “Maya”. The … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 10 February 2012 Label: Nuclear Blast Eluveitie, who doesn’t know them by now? After their strong debut ‘Spirit’ and the possibly even better ‘Slania’, the breakthrough of Eluveitie was a fact. Due to extensive touring with big tours like the ‘Heidenfest’ and ‘Paganfest’, this band is one … Continue reading →
