Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 19 May 2015 Label: Independent Poland’s Jarun have recently unleashed their 2nd album on us all entitled “Pod Niebem Utkanym Z Popiołu”. If you are looking for some folk aspects to this album all I can say is good luck as I would call this an album … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 26 May 2015 Label: Independent Hok-Key from Belarus has returned with a new EP entitled “Just Time”. The EP features a total of 3 songs….One new track (“Onto The Battlefield”) a redo of “Shadow Of The Beast” from their 2009 album “Ad Libitum” and a cover of … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 20 June 2015 Label: Independent There is a popular phrase that I am sure many of us have used…”Bang for your buck”…. if you are unfamiliar with it, it basically means getting more than you thought for your dollar or a high value for not spending a … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 2 June 2015 Label: Mystery Box Abducted by goblins and only released to earth to tell the human society about the fate that awaits us, these guys from Los Angeles made quite some name the last few years. Started only in 2006, this is their third full … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 20 May 2015 Label: Nemeton Records It has been a long time coming, the first full length from Italy’s Kanseil. Formed in 2010, they released a demo back in 2012 (“Tzimbar Bint”) and then it has been quiet on the recording side for Kanseil until the release … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 22 May 2015 Label: Independent Veritamorph have released a 4 song EP entitled “Таверна”(“Tavern”) via their Bandcamp page. Hailing from Russia, I was prepared to start the comparisons to numerous other Russian folk metal acts when I began listening. I really don’t hear a lot of folk … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: May 2015 Label: Sound Age Productions When last we left Equinox was the release of the “Lux Borealis” EP last year which I had hoped would lead to an epic future release which is now here with “Świteź”. If I had thought there were possible connections to … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 14 May 2015 Label: Gateway Music Sometimes here at the site we get so focused on “folk metal” that we get tunnel vision with regards to some other genres but that is just what we have to do. Luckily, from time to time, we get bands that … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 5 May 2015 Label: SoundAge Production Dreven is the name of a pagan/folk metal band from Russia who is offering their first release here with “Под кроной вечного древа” (my translation is “Under The Crown Of The Eternal Tree”). There will definitely be some comparisons to other … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 15 May 2015 Label: Independent Russia’s Gjeldrune have returned after a short hiatus and recorded an EP entitled “V Parusah Cveta Zari” (“The Colors Of The Sails Of Dawn”). The style of the songs are certainly of similar style to their début LP “Shoronili My Svoy Kray”(“We’ve … Continue reading →
