By: JeffRating: 7.5/10Release: 15 January 2019Label: Independent When there is a description of an act being “international”, I am almost immediately skeptical of what the end product will be. Acts like Folkearth, for example, have a number of players from across the earth but to me, never really gel as … Continue reading →
By: Jano Rating: 7.8/10 Release: March 2019 Label: Bornkamp FB1964’s latest opus, Irish Steel, is essentially a folk release. Even though the band plays a progressive blend of Power Metal, and released an album entitled The Fearless Vampire Killers, they have somehow decided to make a cover album of Irish … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 9/10Release: 26 April 2019Label: Ván Records If your mind hasn’t already been blown by what Arstidir Lifsins has put forth up to this point, then prepare yourselves for annihilation…in a good way. Formed in 2008, Arstidir Lifsins (“The Seasons Of Life”) is semi-international in origin (Germany/Iceland) and up … Continue reading →
By: MichelRating: 4/10Release: 2019Label: Independent Before I start writing about the album ‘Rau Reif’, let me first explain a bit how we work at Folk-metal.nl. Every teammember can listen to a new album and then we have this list, on which you can claim an album for a review. Every … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 10/10Release: 1 May 2019Label: Casus Belli Musica If I had to put a list of my top 15 albums of this decade, the debut full length ”Restoration” from Minnesota’s Amiensus would definitely be on it. Originally issued independently in 2012, it is getting a refreshing by the partnership … Continue reading →
By: DougRating: 9.5/10Release: 20 March 2019Label: Nuclear Blast Cellar Darlings new cd The Spell is a pleasure for me to review. I have been a fan of Anna Murphy from her time with Eluveitie and of course I was saddened by the band split that occurred. I have been pleasantly … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 9.5/10Release: 21 March 2019Label: SoundAge Productions Truth be told, I heard one track from this album (first single “Scarlet Lightning”) and already proclaimed it debut album of the year…. yes, the single is that good. Probably premature on my part to say that but if the rest of … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 8/10Release: 25 January 2019Label: Pure Steel Publishing Once again I will state how surprised I am by some of the releases we get here at the site and also by how many I have never heard of…..even established acts with multiple releases. Case in point is the latest … Continue reading →
By: JanoRating: 8.9/10Release: 18 January 2019Label: Underground Symphony Anyone who has delved deeper into Pirate Metal than Alestorm will no doubt be aware how musically divergent the bands falling into that category really are. Running Wild plays that distinctive type of Speed Metal that Power Metal evolved from. Bands playing … Continue reading →
By: ReinRating: 8/10Release: 19 April 2019Label: Trollzorn Records Our German friends of Thorondir took their sweet time to release their third full album. Eight years after Aus Jenen Tagen, soon Des Wandrers Mär will see the light. Two years ago at Dark Troll Thorondir for me was the positive surprise … Continue reading →
