Category Archives: 2021

Sylvatica goes for “Hell Yeah!”

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It has been a long 7 years since Denmark’s Sylvatica was making waves with their debut album “Evil Seeds”… and sadly soon after, they disappeared from the scene. With 2021 moving forward, so has the band with a return in a big way with their follow up “Ashes And Snow”. While the album has a tangible connection to the debut, it also is a massive reintroduction of sorts to their sound. Vocalist and guitarist Jarden Schelsinger took some time to answer some questions for us regarding the album, the comeback, the influences and a few other items of note….check it out…..

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The Catch, a catch?

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The Catch Captain French

An interview with The Catch

Last Friday the world was hit by some Heritage Fishing Pirates. They threw their hirsingle ‘Sex Shark’ right in our faces, while were thinking they were dead by seven years. The story goes some famous folk-metal artists were collaborating with these pirates. So we asked their labe Despotz Records what made them decide to ask The Catch to join their roster. Their answer was: “We dont have Pirate Metal, let’s go on a pillage hunt.”
This didn’t make us any wiser, so we skimmed the coast to find these bastards.

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Dordeduh – ‘Har’ (2021)

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Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 14 May 2021 Label: Prophecy Productions After nine years the Romanian Atmospheric Folk/Black band Dordeduh is back with its brand new album “Har” which will be releasedvia Prophecy Records on the 14.05.2021. The bands name comes from the Romanian three words “Dor de Duh”, which is translated … Continue reading →

Dalriada – ‘Őszelő’ (2021)

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Rating: 9.8/10 Release: 9 April 2021 Label: H-Music Hungary Dalriada out of Sopron (Hungary) is celebrating with their new release “Öszelö” their 15th years Anniversary as a band. If you only count the full-lenght releases you come to an output of 12 albums including their brand new live album “Hazateres – 15 ev Dalriada” … Continue reading →

The essence and magic of Byrdi

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Byrdi Byrjing

I can tell you for certain that waiting for the latest Byrdi album was a very long process for us fans and well worth the wait. “Byrjing” has finally been released by the Norwegian project via Trollmusic after a 4 year hiatus and has once again tantalized the senses like few others can. Members Nash Rothanburg and Andreas Paulsen teamed up on answering questions for us regarding the new album, the layoff, the songwriting process and a few other items of note…check it out…..

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Vexillum – ‘When Good Men Go To War’ (2021)

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Rating: 8.8/10 Release: 23 April 2021 Label: Scarlett Records First, let’s get rid of the obvious comparison. Despite being from the same country and having a similar sound with Elvenking, both Dario and Damna have different voice personalities. In this case, Dario does a good job throughout the album and​ … Continue reading →