Rating: 8,5/10 Release: 22 September 2015 Label: Independent If the second album of Windfaerer is anything, it’s heavy. In your face, pounding riffs, fast. I like it! From New Jersey, the band is on the ultimate black side of folk metal. Mastermind Michael Goncalves is the backbone of the band, … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 24 July 2015 Label: Independent It has been 3 years since we heard from Midvinterblot after the release of their début single, the epic “Rise Of The Forest King”. They have returned from the forests of Sweden boasting 8 members now and offer a new 5 song … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 9 May 2015 Label: Independent It is well-known that folk metal comes in many flavors. This is something that the band Open Access emphasizes like no other. This young band from Cracow Poland releases its debut EP album ‘Over a Mountain Peak’, and delivers a fine combination … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 3 May 2015 Label: Sound Age Productions There are more and more Russian folk metal bands around. Emerald Night was one of the first ones, releasing their First single in 1996. Per Umbras is only their third full length album and it is quite enjoyable. It’s folky … Continue reading →
Rating: 8,5/10 Release: 17 July 2015 Label: Trollzorn Records Usually when I review a new album I will go back and listen to the band’s previous release, which I did in the case of Germany’s Ragnaröek by listening to 2011’s “Eiskalt” (“Freezing” or “Cold as Ice”) and remember this being … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 29 June 2015 Label: Independent We have what I would call a little bit of an unusual release…., a release from a solo artist as opposed to a full band/project. Adam Helliwell is a solo artist from New Zealand who has just released and EP entitled “Made … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 10 July 2015 Label: Independent It seems that Vesperia have been around forever….at least since the fact that their last release “An Olden Tale” came out in 2013 but seems like it was lifetimes ago. I guess when you listen to it 1000 times it seems like … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 2015 Label: Independent Impius Mundi has released their newest album entitled “Decem” following the release of the full length “Diese Nacht” back in 2013. Although they tout themselves as “medieval rock”, I tend to think they have a more straightforward rock sound with a Celtic influence more … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 22 May 2015 Label: Independent Straight on the heels of reviewing another single by Ad Plenitatem Lunae, I now have a single from Poland’s Black Velvet Band to check out. I still do not understand why bands feel compelled to release a single other than to get … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 1 June 2015 Label: Independent I have to admit I am getting a little annoyed with Ad Plenitatem Lunae. After releasing the killer debut “Tempus Non Est Jocundum” in 2012, they finally released a new single which I reviewed recently entitled “Acuile Uarbe” in hopes that the … Continue reading →
