Rating: 8/10 Release: 29 May 2015 Label: Independent While 2014 saw a multitude of American acts in my top 10 list for the year (Agalloch, The Flight Of Sleipnir, Duskmourn, Yonder Realm and Helsott) I was concerned about the lack of American folk metal this far into the year…. luckily … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 22 May 2015 Label: Independent You will have to give me some latitude on this review as I have to give you a quick background story. Recently, they have been playing a documentary on TV about the rock group Kansas (American group famous for songs like “Carry … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 29 March 2015 Label: Independent From the lands that brought you such acts as Skiltron and Vorgrum, South America’s Ulkan Newen have released their first album entitled “La Fuerza del Canto” (my translation is “The Strength Of The Song”) While sharing a general location of the previously … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 11 May 2015 Label: Independent Just when you have maybe become fully immersed in Munarheim’s epic 2014 release “Nacht Und Sturme Werden Licht” (“Night And Storms Will Light”) they enter 2015 with another entirely new album with “Stolzes Wesen Mensch” (I am translating as “Nature of Human … Continue reading →
Rating: 6,5/10 Release: 1-5-2015 Label: Nuclear Blast It has been awfully quiet around the Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani the last couple of years. For a band that has released an album almost yearly it was a surprise to see that ‘Noita’ was scheduled to be released three years after … Continue reading →
By: Grinning Beggar Rating: 9/10 Release: 8 May 2015 Label: Reedo Records Mr. Irish Bastard hail from Munster, Germany and have been active in the international Celtic Punk scene since mid-2006. The band cites some pretty far ranging musical influences from Sepultura to Social Distortion, and most notably The Pogues. … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 23 April 2015 Label: Seven Kingdoms They say there are only a few guarantees in life….death and taxes. I would probably say that whoever came up with never heard Forefather or they would add them to that list as well. They are as “automatic” as the tides, … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 19 May 2015 Label: Bakerteam Records Artaius is back with an album ‘Torn Banners’, the sequel of their début-album ‘The Fifth Season’. And in this seventh season of their existence, the band takes off, where they left us two years ago with their debut. ‘Seven Months’ could … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 6 April 2015 Label: Thunderforge Records Skyforger is known in the folkmetal-scene for many years and with Senprusija they are up for their seventh album already. Skyforger usually has a great mix between blackmetal, heavy-metal and traditional Latvian folk music. Frontman Peter tells us about their new … Continue reading →
Rating: 8,5/10 Release: 4 May 2015 Label: Independent Hearing that Trollfest had a live release coming out was both a time to reflect on the past and to ponder the upcoming future. The past comes back to me because of seeing them on this tour (Paganfest USA) 2 days after … Continue reading →
