Rating: 7.3/10 Release: December 2020 Label: Earth and Sky Productions Compilation albums can be fairly tricky, while in many cases they can contain hidden gems and unheard content from one’s favorite bands, they can frequently be a shameless cash-grab without the decency of giving the fans or occasionally even the … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 2020 Label: Eternal Winter Records In the continuing trend of bands returning after long layoffs, Ukraine’s Haspyd have issued their 2nd full length album after a 4+year hiatus. The latest offering “Перехрестя Двох Вітрів” (“Crossroads Of Two Winds”) was issued in 2020 featuring 9 tracks totaling almost … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 2020Label: Independent McScallywag is a dutch band with an nontraditional approach to folk and celtic music.. Using a wide range of instruments and sounds that range from bluegrass to punk rock they mix their songs to keep things interesting. The music is a little accordion heavy for … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 21 December 2020 Label: Independent / Bandcamp One of my favorite releases from 2019 and one that I felt should be required listening was “The Black Tower” from Ukraine’s Gjallarhorn. A very unique release in the form of a concept EP, “The Black Tower” still holds up … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.8/10 Release: 11 December 2020 Label: Independent There has always been a degree of controversy surrounding Gothic Metal, not to the same extent as other subgenres, but its there. One argument made from the Goths has been that Metal lacks the sublime, transcendent qualities that they perceive in their … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 8 December 2020 Label: Independent I couldn’t script this any better that I get to review another release from Scotland right after the epic debut from Aonarach. This EP (thank you for calling it such) is also a debut and this time from Edinburgh based project Hand … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 29 January 2021Label: Independent / Bandcamp Anytime you put the words “metal” and “Scotland” together you will definitely have my interest. Acts like Saor, Cnoc An Tursa, Fuath and Adabroc are some of my all-time favs. Most recently I have been listening to a lot of Glasgow’s … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 15 December 2020 Label: 7Hard Incantatem released their second album ‘Katharsis’. To promote this album they released a single ‘Hof der Wunder’ featuring nobody less than Eric Fish of the well know German Medieval Rockband Subway to Sally. This could be interesting.The band presents themselves as a … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 11 December 2020 Label: Inverse Records First of all I really need to state that the rating of this album has nothing to do with the upcoming holidays and is not ment as a gift.Einvigi just deserved to get the full score and are for sure one … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 28 November 2020 Label: M.U.S.I.C. Records It is hard to keep up with so many bands in folk metal which has been made even more difficult with bands with ”crossover appeal” ……bands that aren’t necessarily folk metal but may have elements that resonate with you folksters. Case … Continue reading →
