Rating: 9/10 Release: 18 July 2017 Label: Rock Studio Illdåd is a pretty unknown folk metal project from Sweden with just a person behind it, multi-instrumentalist Anton “Trollmania” Tordås, who also works in other metal projects such as black/folk metal band Bergsvriden, known for macabre themes and lyrics concerning the … Continue reading →
Rating: 6.5/10 Release: 13 October 2017 Label: Independent / Bandcamp You should already know two things based on the name of the band and the title of the album……there are no named members of the band (anonymous get it?) and the tracks are full of booze laced lyrics and style. … Continue reading →
By: Jake Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 2 February 2018 Label: DarkTunes Music Group Cernunnos, an ancient Celtic deity whose powers embody fertility, wealth, animals, the underworld, and life in general is a god you probably shouldn’t fuck with. However, a band from the region of none other than Buenos Aires, Argentina … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 22 December 2017 Label: Arachnophobia Records Just when you think you have a pretty good grasp on what a band may be all about, they can change direction on a dime. Need an example? Poland’s Jarun is one of the best. Formed in 2008, this 5 piece … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 23 November 2017 Label: SoundAge Productions We don’t see a lot of music from Turkey come in for the site but when we do, they are some pretty stellar releases. The latest albums from Sabhankra and Khepra were both solid and the new album from Yasru joins … Continue reading →
Rating: 6.5/10 Release: 10 November 2017 Label: Independent Folk metal warriors Wolfstavar hail from Leipzig, Germany and their debut album “Gesang der Meere” (Song of the Seas) will bring about visions of viking ships sailing the vast sea, dark forests teeming with goblins and feral beasts, and drinking in old … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 19 October 2017 Label: GrimmDistribution Темнолесье ‘Сказания’Yes that is Russian you see there and it is roughly pronounced in English as Temnoleyse with their debut album entitled “Legends”. So obviously I gave away that Temnoleyse is a Russian band already and they hail from Kaluga (SW of … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 22 December 2017 Label: Independent There are few records that in the second you press Play for the first time you fall in love with its sound and style, and in my case, Ethnix, the 4th full release from Sventoyar is one of those. From the slow, … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 20 November 2017 Label: Independent What the world needs is more bands like Ferocious dog. Throughout history music has been used to bring light to the darkest chapters of our lives. Protest songs and thought provoking lyrics have been used to bring social consciousness to the masses … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 12 November / 1 December 2017 Label: Independent / Bandcamp Studies may be necessary to establish why so many metal acts come from Finland. Is it the long and cold winters? The lakes, the forest and the mosquitoes? It’s a fact though, that Finland is the home … Continue reading →
