Rating: 8.9/10 Release: 19 April 2019 Label: Scarlet Records As an amateur writer, this marks my first ever exclusive pre-release, listen and review; moving up in the world folks… So where do I start? Atlas Pain is a novice quartet out of Italy with a self-proclaimed Epic-Folk metal global sail … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 23 February 2019 Label: Independent The first thing to get your attention with any new Metsatöll release is the stunning and distinctive artwork and Katk Kutsariks (apparently Estonian for Plague Coachman) doesn’t disappoint with its oddly compelling and creepy cover. Metsatöll are not your “average” Folk Metal … Continue reading →
By: Stuart Rating : 9/10 Release: 5 April 2019 Label: 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 recognizable … 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 →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 19 February 2019 Label: Heavy Metal Rock / Trollzorn 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 … Continue reading →
Rating: 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 then … 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 →
Rating: 8.8/10 Release: 8 March 2019 Label: 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 →
