Rating: 9/10 Release: 9 February 2015 Label: Independent Argentina’s Vorgrum have returned to release their first full length with “Last Domain” following their 2011 debut EP “The Awakening” which was a killer initial offering. Self-described as “Pagan Metal”, I would say they sound more like bands such as Finntroll, Trollgasm, … Continue reading →
Release: 13-2-2015 Label: Deaf Shepherd Recordings Twenty-five years and not a single sign of weakness; Fiddler’s Green. With ’25 Blarney Roses’ they give the fans a small present because this year the 25th birthday of the band is celebrated. The present is in the shape of a best-of CD. Well, … Continue reading →
7 Februari 2015, Bibelot, Dordrecht, The Netherlands It’s becoming more or less a tradition nowadays; the Wolfstijd festival in February. That this is not a bad thing is clear; Wolfstijd not only serves us the top bands within the Folk-metal genre, but in the black- and power-metal as well. It’s … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 13 February 2015 Label: AFM Records Teufel is back and brought his bagpiping and rocking soulmates of Tanzwut along. After the Medieval tunes on their last year’s album ‘Eselsmesse’, we get an Mittelalterrock (Medieval-rock) album this time. Just like on ‘Höllenfahrt’ their album of 2013 they kept … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 14 March 2015 Label: MDD Germany’s Thormesis have returned with a new album entitled “Freier Wille Freier Geist” (“Free Will Free Spirit”) following the release of 2012’s “Von Leere und Tod” (“Of Emptiness and Death”). These pagan/black metal warriors are not as pagan or as black metal … Continue reading →
Rating: 9,5/10 Release: 31 January 2015 Label: Independent / Bandcamp I think in most cases, change is a good thing as long as it is towards the better. Such is the case with the new Welicoruss release “Az Esm’”. When I mean change, I mean a change in line-up and … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 27 February 2015 Label: NoiseArt Records The Finnish company of Frosttide has had quite some turbulent years. The relatively young band that was formed in 2009 released its first full-length album ‘Awakening’ in 2013, followed by a massive Heidenfest tour with folk metal giants Ensiferum, Equilibrium, Turisas … Continue reading →
By: Grinning Beggar Rating: 9/10 Release: 6 February 2015 Label: Independent The wait is nearly over! The Rumjacks new album, ‘Sober & Godless’ is set to be released in February. I was graciously allowed an advanced listen and these are my thoughts on the upcoming release. My deepest appreciation for … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 16 January 2015 Label: Limb Music Power folk metal merchants Vexillum are back with their latest full length entitled “Unum”. This 5 piece from Pisa, Italy have entered dangerous waters… the swirling waves of the dreaded concept or theme album. As I have mentioned in previous reviews … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 17 January 2015 Label: MetalGate Records I would like to think that everyone who reads the reviews on this site does not just listen to only folk metal (although not a bad thing for sure) and have a well-rounded history in metal listening of all sub genres … Continue reading →
