Rating: 8/10 Release: 2014 Label: Independent Hailing from the Buffalo/Rochester area of NY USA, Throne Of Wilderness have just completed work on their first self-titled demo feature 2 original tracks. This 6 piece formed in 2013 and will definitely fulfill your need for upbeat and catchy folk metal and probably … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 27 December 2014 Label: Independent Russia’s Eldiarn are back with a new EP featuring 7 songs entitled Зима (“Winter”). Their last effort, a full length entitled Кабаньей тропой (“Hog Trail”) shows that Eldiarn are nothing if not efficient as this was just released in the fall of … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 11 November 2014 Label: Independent Australia’s Stormtide have finally released something new after the killer “A Skalds Tale” EP back in 2013 with a single called “As Two Worlds Collide”. Self-described as “symphonic folk metal” this Melbourne six piece would probably sound closest in comparison to an … Continue reading →
Photography; Ton Dekkers29-12-2014 013, Tilburg, The Netherlands In honor of the 20th anniversary of the legendary album Tales of the Thousand Lakes Amorphis has decided to do a special tour this year. The appetizer of tonight is the Swedish doom formation Avatarium. Musically it’s closest to bands like Candlemass, only … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 11 December 2014 Label: SoundAge Productions Auringon Hauta of Finland was formed out of the disbanding of Solgrav back in 2009 (both names mean “Sun Grave” in Finnish and Swedish respectively). They released their debut LP in 2010 entitled “Muinaisia muisteloita, noita syntyjä syviä”. Now we have … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 15 November 2014 Label: Independent In 2013, Myrkgrav released the stellar EP “Sjuguttmyra” with 4 blackened and Viking tinged folk metal tracks with hopes of a proper full length hopefully looming on the horizon. We do not have a full length yet but a new single entitled … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 20 December 2014 Label: Independent In a recent review, I eluded to the trend that Eastern Europe seemed to a hotbed of up and coming folk metal with recent releases by Equinox, Omut and Brezno leading the charge. Add to that list the first full length from … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 11 December 2014 Label: Indepent Equinox-Lux Borealis (7.5) Hopefully, the name Equinox will resonate with some of you as the reformed version of what used to be Beer Bear. If you are not familiar with them, they were a folk metal band from Russia who put out two great albums … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 25 December 2014 Label: Independent Omut from Belarus has finally released a full length album entitled Dziesiać šliachoŭ praz dryhvu (“Ten Paths Through The Swamp”). I am not sure why that a band that has been in existence for 10+ years have waited so long to actually … Continue reading →
Rating: 6.5/10 Release: 1 November 2014 Label: Independent Duir have issued their first EP with a total of 6 songs called Tribe. This Italian 6 piece play a blend of straightforward folk metal with a heavy leaning towards Celtic influenced tracks with bagpipe being a featured instrument here. The obvious … Continue reading →
