Category Archives: 2020

Jotunheim – ‘Asgaard’s Nemeses Rise’ (2020)

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Rating: 8/10 Release: 18 December 2020 Label: Independent / Bandcamp As I anticipated, many projects are getting music out during this lockdown. One which I have been anticipating for a long time even before the pandemic is the full-length debut from New York’s Jotunheim. Entitled “Asgaard’s Nemeses Rise”, the album … Continue reading →

Helena Aleksandre’s – ‘Angels Don’t Sleep’ (2020)

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Ratng: 7/10 Release: 24 November 2020 Label: Sliptrick Records Helena Aleksandre’s is discribing themselves as Russian Progessive Folk Metal and Hard Rock​ artist who​ is presenting us with “Angels don’t sleep” their​ debut album, which had been released on the 24.11.2020 via Sliptrick Records. The release is combining a lot … Continue reading →

Insides into Black Messiah

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It is a pleasure for me to have the opportunity to make today an interview with Zagan from the Folk/Viking Metal pioneers of Black Messiah.

Even that your latest release “Walls of Vanaheim“ already leads back three years ago, there is always some activity going on within Black Messiah. Already in the summer of 2019 you announced a re-release of your first full length release “Sceptre of Black Knowledge“ ( Black Metal Release) and you planned to play some exclusive “Old School Shows” with songs from your first two albums. Why you decided to do so? What was the feedback out of your fan base?

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Suidakra – ‘Lupine Essense’ (2020 edition)

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Rating: 8/10 Release: 20 November 2020 Label: MDD Records We all long to abandon the inevitable perceptions and scars of time that plunge us into a jaded existence, saturated with inescapable trauma or if we’re lucky, joy so very consequential in our every opinion and decision, forcing us into biases. … Continue reading →

Shieldbrothers

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Isenmor Interview

As grim as 2020 has been, one major bright spot has been the debut album from Baltimore Maryland USA’s Isenmor. “Shieldbrother” has swept in and become my debut of the year and with good reason…..the album is filled to the rim with epic folk metal with track after relentless track. We had a handful of the Isenbrood attack some questions we sent their way. Violinist Mark Williams, Bassist/Vocalist Mike Wilson, Guitarist/Vocalist Tim Regan, Violinist/Vocalist Nick Schneider and Guitarist Pete Lesko all contributed to questions regarding the album, the songwriting, the crowdfund campaign and a few other items of note… check it out…

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Elvenscroll – ‘Never To Be Mourned’ (EP 2020)

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Rating: 8.7 Release: 6 November 2020 Label: Inverse Revords When listening to Elvenscroll’s latest release, one will find that true to the album’s name, there is nothing mournful about it. In fact, below the soaring melodies, there is a rather nuanced and incredibly expansive track-list on offer that holds up … Continue reading →