By: StuartRating : 9/10Release: 5 April 2019Label: Nuclear Blast With Ategnatos, their first “proper” album since 2014’s Origins, Swiss Celtic Folk Metallers, Eluveitie underscore once again why they are one of the best bands in the Folk Metal scene today. It retains enough of the instantly recognisable sound of earlier … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: (7.5)Release: March 2019Label: Independent Upstate NY has too many killer acts to name….Goblin Hovel, Ferus Din, Wandering Oak…..the list goes on and another act to add to the list is Tyranitar. Having been in existence for at least 6 years, up to this point I believe they have … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 8/10Release: 29 March 2019Label: Independent / Bandcamp I have been ushering in a decent amount of heathen folk here at the site……Byrdi, Runahild and Wolcensmen to name a few…..and now a comparable act from here in the US. Forever Autumn is maybe not as entrenched in necessarily heathen … Continue reading →
By: JanoRating: 8/10Release: 19 February 2019Label: Heavy Metal Rock Brazilian Folk Metallers Tuatha De Danann have been working on a new EP since at least last year. Many readers may have already seen their lyric videos for “Your Wall Shall Fall”, and the eponymous “Tribe of Witching Souls”. Personally, I … Continue reading →
By: ReinRating: 8.5/10Release: 5 March 2019Label: SoundsAge Productions More than 2.500 kilometres between Vigo, Spain and Sopron, Hungary. And yet, listening to Mileth, Dalriada is always there. Clean female vocals, male vocals reaching from deep grunts to high shrieks. Plenty of folk instruments, predominantly violin and bouzouki. Midtempo parts and … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 16 February 2019 Label: Independent I ran across Norvhar on Bandcamp a while back and was surprised at a little bit of history before even their first release. Originally called Harmoniks, this Swiss outfit has been around for almost 15 years in one form or another and … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 8/10Release: 15 March 2019Label: Naturmacht Productions First off, don’t think that this is a Tolkien Black Metal project because of the name since it isn’t…. but cool if you could have made that connection. Hopefully you caught my review of Beorn’s Hall’s previous album (“Estuary” from 2018) so … Continue reading →
By : DougRating: 8.8/10Release: 8 March 2019Label: Independent The Greenland Whalefishers have a long history of great music. Hailing from Norway they have been carrying the torch lit by the Pogues for decades. This new disc, ”Based on a True Story”, continues with some ventures into other territory. The britpunk … Continue reading →
By: DougRating: 9/10Release: 8 March 2019Label: Deaf Shepherd Recordings March brings some great Celtic punk every year and this year is no different. Fiddlers Green will release “Heyday” on March 8 and it is a great album. Self proclaimed as Irish speedpunk this legendary band has 13 studio albums and … Continue reading →
By: Assia Rating: 9.2/10 Release: 18 January 2019 Label: NoiseArt Records If it was a secret before, it certainly shouldn’t be now, TrollfesT deeply embodies my alter ego #trollpy. So of course, I leaped at the opportunity to review their latest homage onto our lot. Norwegian Fairytales is their (holy … Continue reading →
