By: Gur Rating: 6/10 Release: 1 February 2014 Label: Pesttanz Klangschmiede There are some bands who don’t know in which direction they should go. They simply don’t make a plan of how things should sound in the end. It seemed for a while the Swedish Feskarn was one of them, … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 7 March 2014 Label: Independent Conorach is back! We needed to wait for a while, but it’s finally there; Through the Ages, the second full-length of a band which made mixing Folk and Powermetal into an art. Let’s be honest from the start; Through the Ages is … Continue reading →
Rating: 4,5/10 Release: 10 February 2014 Label: Independent ‘Prehispanic black/folk metal’ is what Amocualli produces, and ‘Nu Kontavi Ña Tzi’ is the second full length this band releases. This is basically the only information I could find, since their whole website is in Spanish. Great, just great. But let’s talk … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: February 2014 Label: Independent The debut EP of Skarn, a French folkloristic metalband contains four tracks. These four tracks are dripping of Breton folklore. These guys don’t make the regular folk-metal with screaming voices and fierce guitars. No, their music is more like bands like Folkstone, In … Continue reading →
By: Astrid Rating: 8/10 Release: 19 February 2014 Label: Independent Spellblast started out in 1990 and evolved to what they are now, with an extra gitarist since 2006 and the use of folk elements since 2003. Not exactly the most original band out there, but that doesn’t mean they’re not … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 4 April 2014 Label: Trollmusic The Dutch language is a sensitive subject. Most of the times, music that’s sang in Dutch isn’t really my cup of tea. There are just a few bands out there which can convert our strange, terrible-sounding language into something that’s beautiful or … Continue reading →
Ratinge: 7.5/10 Release: 1 March 2014 Label: Independent Time of Tales have released their debut-album after many years of difficulties with their line-up. The band is stable now and so they’re ready to Enter the Gates! When you start listening to these Polish Folk-metallers, you notice the influence of Eluveitie … Continue reading →
Rating: 6,5/10 Release: 8 March 2014 Label: Sound Age Productions The Russian Folk-metallers of Kalevala don’t keep us waiting for ever. A year ago they released a full length and now they’re back with an EP ‘Dokhu ya Kupila’. An EP with four tracks, starting with ‘Ty Prosti Menya Rodnaya’, … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 7 February 2014 Label: Independent Grimtotem released a demo earlier, but that one was more a sample of what their were up to. It had poor quality of sound. But luckily they have managed to record something decent this time. It’s still a demo, and the quality … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 7 March 2014 Label: Trollzorn Ignis Fatuu is in my top 3 list of worst live performances EVER. After terrible shows performed at several German metal festivals I was completely fed up with this band. There is, however, one ‘problem’; the albums of these Germans are always … Continue reading →
