Rating: 6/10 Release: 2013/2015 Label: Independent Zaedyus is a self-tagged “folk progressive metal” group from Argentina and was formed by Ale Brukman who wears many hats here (songwriter, producer, percussion and backing vox). There are a total of 6 tracks on “Santos Vega”, based on a poem by Rafael Obligado. … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 6 December 2013 Label: Sound Age Productions In a recent review, I had eluded to times in the past that I had gotten “used to” a certain band’s sound (however extreme they may be) and then pondered if there was something or someone to replace them in … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 31 August 2013 Label: Independent If any of you know about Germany’s Skjaldborg, you may say “Why are you reviewing an album that has been out for over a year now?” Unfortunately, more of you are probably asking “Who is Skjaldborg?” It is understandable that you may … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 25 December 2013 Label: Haarbn Productions The fun part of writing for a website is that sometimes you get to review bands, you can’t even pronounce, let alone having heard of it before. And sometimes these bands seem to come from nations you’ve never heard any metal … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 2014 is a special year. 20 years ago, the bands Windir and Ulcus were founded. Windir was the solo-project of Valfar, later the other members joined thim, and so ended Ulcus. When Valfar died the heirs decided not to go on with Windir and Vreid came to live. … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 25 December 2013 Label: independent My Darling Horse seems to be an unusual title for an album made by Ukrainians residing in Portugal, but Yar seems to focus on a broad scene around the world. They describe the music as progressive folk-metal. This album consists of 7 … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 22 December 2013 Label: Independent Zrymgöll signs with PRV, this will probably mean there will be physical copies of their latest album ‘Mighty Tavern’, which was released last December. But this isn’t the only remarkable fact. We know half of the songs of this album already. When … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 29 December 2013 Label: Independent The Chinese band The Samans are rather productive. They released an EP almost every year since 2009. And they call this ones EP’s in quite a humble way, but amongst these releases are pieces of work which would be called an full … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: March 2013 Label: Independent Almost a year ago Zaria released their first album, this EP is called Sij obzorja. They like to make something different. Does the band achieve their goal? Yes and no, of course there aren’t a lot of folk-metal bands in Slovenia, so they’re … Continue reading →
Rating: 7,5/10 Release: 13 December 2013 Label: Independent Before I started working for folk-metal.nl, of course I was a huge fan of folk metal, but I never imagined myself listening to Mongolian folk metal. I used to be one of those people thinking that folk metal could only come from … Continue reading →
