Rating: 7/10 Release: 11 December 2015 Label: Art of the Night Productions Judging by the band’s name you might expect a hard rock band or maybe even something jazzy. Don’t worry, no place for such nonsense. A proper folk metal band. Not because of the use of a lot of … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 29 November 2015 Label: Independent Even though 2015 is in the rear view mirror, we still have some releases to review from the last year and we have what I can only assume is the debut EP from Italy’s Blodiga Skàld as I do not think there … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 7 December 2015 Label: Independent I believe I read somewhere that the new album from Bucovina was going to be different than their previous efforts with some sort of direction change, could be either good or bad, you just never know, their Bandcamp page said “most experimental” … Continue reading →
Rating: 5/10 Release: 23 December 2015 Label: Independent Just when you think all folk metal comes from Eastern Europe, five English men and one English woman release their first single. No EP or semi-album, just two songs, ten minutes. Enough to get a taste of what the band is about. … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 20 November 2015 Label: Independent For those of you looking for that authentic folk metal with a touch of medieval/traditional music then look no further than Forja from Spain. While not as medieval as say Ad Plenitatem Lunae from Italy, Forja’s sound is somehow reminiscent of them … Continue reading →
Rating: 3/10 release: 2015 Label: Independent USA based Arcaenium release their first demo. And, to start with the conclusion, that is too soon. Bordering on the line between folk metal, power metal and some kind of epicness, it’s just not good enough yet. The demo contains two songs: Sky hunter … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 12 December 2015 Label: Independent Canada certainly has its share of amazing folk metal acts with many hailing from the eastern part of the country (Vesperia, SIG:AR:TYR, Battlesoul, Trollwar, Distoriam, etc.) and a few from the western reaches. Now, specifically from the province of Alberta (home to … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 4 September 2015 Label: Nail Records Hungarian folk metallers Dalradia had us waiting three years for their newest album ‘Aldas’. A long time for a band that used to release an album almost every year. Has it been worth the wait? Yes, it has. Dalradia treats us … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 12 December 2015 Label: Independent First of all, I have to admit I was a little irritated when I saw the debut album come over from Croatia’s Voloh and saw that it was listed as an album at a total running time of 27 minutes or so….. … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 10 December 2015 Label: Independent Following the release of their first demo “Fatherland” in 2013, we now have a new EP from Italy’s Dyrnwyn entitled “Ad Memoriam” featuring a total of 6 new songs, an intro, an instrumental and 4 new tracks. If you were to combine … Continue reading →
