Rating: 8/10 Release: March 2015 Label: Independent Somehow this release escaped our attention last year. No matter, Swiss metallers Morgarten deserve their place in our beloved scene. Two months ago I had the pleasure of seeing the band live. And a pleasure it was. The band thoroughly enjoyed playing live … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 23 June 2015 Label: East Grand Records Lexington Field released a first album way back in 2011 already and have been quite productive from the start. I likes their fiddle rock from the start, but they never managed to be added to Folk-metal.nl, because they simple weren’t … Continue reading →
By: Vinicius Rating: 8/10 Release: 2015 Label: Independent LQR has released their debut album “10 pinter”. The Dutch band is a nice mixture of genres, as folkrock, punk and gypsy, with strong influences from bands like Flogging Molly, The Pogues and also Gogol Bordello. The opening track “The Application” is … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 13 December 2015 Label: Cold Woods Productions And now for something completely different. It is not often that bands from the Far East make their appearance on our site. One would think that part of the world is full of myths, stories and folk as well as … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 28 December 2015 Label: Independent The fortification has been covered in mist since 2007, but Festung Nebelburg is back after 8 long years with a new album called ‘Zwischen den Jahren’. Back in those days the sole and only member of Festung Nebelburg, Nattulv played a little … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 8 August 2015 Label: Art of the Night Productions Two months into 2016 and we are still getting some of 2015’s releases into folk-metal.nl headquarters including the latest from Poland’s Radogost. Entitled “Dziedzictwo Gór” (my translation is “Heritage Mountains”) this is the follow up to 2012’s “Dark … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 15 July 2015 Label: Art of the Night Productions And once again something curious popped up in our mailbox. An album by Łysa Góra, well, that’s 1-0 for them, they know us but we didn’t know them. Not able to listen to it at once, I looked … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 5 Oktober 2015 Label: Beverina Productions This year Russian Alkonost celebrate their 20 years of existence. Quite an accomplishment for a folk metal band. One of the reasons the band is still alive and kicking is that they never stop reinventing themselves. Always within the boundaries of … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 11 July 2015 Label: Nail Records Hungarian folk metallers Dalriada surprise us with a best of album. Why? No idea. There are no bonus or live tracks, no dvd with concerts and behind the scenes, eh, scenes. Do I mind? Not at all, because the best of … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 7 November 2015 Label: Nail Records As we continue to sift thru the leftover releases from 2015, we have the debut album from Hungary’s Ankh entitled “New Beginning”. With a title like that I wanted to hear where they had come from before this potential new beginning. … Continue reading →
