Rating: 5/10 Release: 15 January 2015 Label: Independent We do not have a lot of information to go on about Yomi other than that they formed in 2013, broke up and reformed in 2014 with 2 original members (Artiom on vox and folk instruments and Nikita on guitar) and 2 … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 23-1-2015 Label: Napalm Records Finsterforst is back! Three years after the fantastic ‘Rastlos’, the band is back with the album ‘Mach Dich Frei’. Since Rastlos is one of my favourite pagan-black albums, my expectations were really high for this album. However, did the band manage to fulfil … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 1 January 2015 Label: SoundAge Productions With a name like Abracadabra, I couldn’t help thinking this was going to be some kind of halfhearted, lame, semi-symphonic hard rock with big hair and spandex… man I couldn’t be more wrong. Abracadabra play killer catchy folk metal, filled with … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 13-1-2015 Label: Independent China’s Nine Treasures have been busy in the last year or so with the release of a self-titled LP back in May of 2014 plus a lot of touring and now have a new EP called “Galloping White Horse”. The EP features 2 new … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Releasedate: 15 February 2015 Label: Sound Age Productions After releasing a quality full length in 2013 (“Paŭstań”), a major ripple occurred in the Wartha camp as some members left for whatever reasons. To re-establish themselves, they have released 3 singles since then (“Źmiej Voziera”, “Kurjan Vuitti” and “Heritage”) … Continue reading →
Rating: 8,5/10 Release: 10-1-2015 Label: Independent For those you who have worn out your copy of the last Niburta “Scream From The East” from 2012 (like me), you can now give it a rest as they have just released a 3 song EP entitled ReSet. If you are unfamiliar with … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 16 February 2015 Label: Scarlet Records I am happy to say that 2015 is going to be another great year for folk metal with tons of releases to look forward to, including the latest by Italy’s Furor Gallico entitled “Songs From The Earth”. Four years ago, they … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 1 January 2015 Label: Independent It has been a long 4 years since the first self-titled album from Spain’s Northland. With plenty of touring and festivals over the last few years, as well as waiting for the recovery of drummer Jose Resendo from a motorcycle accident, we … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 15 November 2014 Label: Independent I first became acquainted with Drakum about a month ago while doing a podcast and we played “Around The Oak” from the EP of the same name from 2011. I found it to be instantly catchy and heavy. This 8 piece from … Continue reading →
