Rating: 6.5/10 Release: 24 December 2012 Label: Grailight Production They’ll always be a little bit strange, those Russians. I got ‘Emerald night’ for a review, and apparently there’s close to nothing to be found about this band. Except for maybe the ugliest band-website I’ve ever seen though. However, on this … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 16 March 2012 Label: Independent The Italian folk-rock band Folkstone had two releases for us in 2012. At the end of the year there was this beautiful DVD. And in spring there was a new album ‘Il Confine’. The album starts with a very nice track Il … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 9 November 2012 Label: Independent Kolo Pravi is a Folk Pagan Metalband from Belarus. The first album of Kolo Pravi ever, they released a demo in 2009, but now there’s this real album. This is self released album and that’s no shame. But when you do a … Continue reading →
Rating: 8,5 Release: 1 June 2012 Label: Black Death Production Sventoyar has released a rather short full length with a total time of a little over 42 minutes, which contains 7 tracks. The album starts with a long track in which the nice female vocals can be noticed. They’re a … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 21 December 2012 Label: Sound Age Productions The Belarus formation Lutavierje has released their first full length album. The band released a split in 2010, but in 2012 it was time for the real thing. And here it is.When I look at their line-up, I get a … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 15 September 2012 Label: Sound Age Productions Veda is a Russian folk-metalband in which the guitarist of Smuta sings and plays flute. And this is nice, because he has a good metal-voice. But he’s not the only vocalist in Veda, there’s also a female singer in this … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 14 December 2012 Label: Der Schwarze Tod The Russian Pagan Black Metal band Nebokraj released an EP last December. This album is their second release. This EP is entitled Morovaja Jazva (Black Death). The skills of these musicians are obvious, the first three tracks sound very nice. … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 2 November 2012 Label: Independent Taniec ognia (Dance of the Fire) is Krukgard’s first album and is supposed to be available as a free download on the internet. I couldn’t find it there. The album contains 5 rather merry songs. A rather rough Russian male voice, and … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 21 December 2012 Label: Independent It took about seven years before Percival Schuttenbach released a second full length, the EP Postrzyżyny was a quick one, it took only three years. Their previous album was a really nice one, with al lot of Slavic influences, mainly caused by … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 20 December 2012 Label: Folkstone Productions Some bands like to do it all. Folkstone has made four albums one of them is an acoustic album. They have over 15.000 fans on facebook. Their popularity in Italy is huge. What’s missing… a DVD. Making a DVD nowadays isn’t … Continue reading →
