By: DougRating: 8/10Release: 29 December 2018Label: Independent The Royal Spuds hail from Leiden in the West of Holland. They have been around since 2012 and have a fairly traditional sound for a Celtic Punk band. The guitars are suitably loud, The singer has a nice rasp in his voice and … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 8/10Release: 8 December 2018Label: Asociația culturală țara de sus I know I may have been a tad harsh on my last Bucovina review in 2015 for their previous album “Nestramutat” and for good reason. The album just was missing something and now a follow up album had me … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 7.5/10Release: 24 September 2018Label: Werewolf Promotion I am still not sure why we receive certain albums to review and not others. Last year we reviewed the split for Stworz/Alne (“Warnija”) but not Stworz latest album (“Wolosozary”) which came out afterwards. Well I guess we get to review their … Continue reading →
By: LeoRating: 8/10Release: 19 October 2018Label: Independent Alkonost, the Russian band that has not stopped working since 1997, returns with its 11th new album true to its style. Starting with “Тропа к весне”, the welcoming track that brings a catchy and pleasant melody, its guitars have the power of their … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 8.5/10Release: 26 October 2018Label: Independent / Bandcamp I’m sure on some level people may be surprised to see a Nechochwen review on our site. I have been a fan for a long time and reviewed the last album on here (2015’s “Heart Of Akamon”) and had a nice … Continue reading →
By: Michel Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 24 September 2018 Label: SoundAge Productions Khren released their first album ‘Pole Chudes V Strane Durakov’. This means something like field of miracles in the land of fools, according to google translate. But I won’t call this a debut album, yes, it’s the first one … Continue reading →
By: Doug Rating: ‘Dreamers’ 7/10, ‘Modern Times’ 7.5/10 Release: 2 November 2018 Label: Independent After giving these two cds multiple spins I can say that they are both pleasant and well executed. They are somewhat different sides of the band which is I suppose the reason for two discs. Dreamers … Continue reading →
By: Jeff Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 23 October 2018 Label SoundAge Productions Over 3 years ago, I reviewed the first EP from Italy’s Dyrnwyn and heard a promising 6 tracks entitled “Ad Memoriam”. 3 plus years later sees a debut full length now entitled “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi” (“Thus Passes The … Continue reading →
By: Michel Rating: 8,5/10 Release: 9 November 2018 Label: Independent It’s almost three years ago since we received an album of Emerald Shine. Their first release was an EP called ‘Beneath the Stars’, and it was an OK-one. Nice to listen to. Let’s check the remarks of our man Rein … Continue reading →
By: Jano Rating: 8.8/10 Release: 12 November 2018 Label: SoundAge Produtions Just looking at the name Troll Bends Fir makes one expect another bouncy troll themed act that takes cues from the likes of Finntroll and Trollfest. While there certainly is a strong presence of upbeat polka-like dance tunes that … Continue reading →
