Rating: 8/10 Release: 19 February 2021 Label: Weak Skull Records Folkrim is a very young band, which just had been founded in the year 2020 in Rauma (Finland) and just released their Debut Album “Tales of Tumult” on the 19.02.2021 via Weak Skull Records. Beside of a small entry in … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 1 March 2021 Label: Metal Hell Records The trend of acts after long layoffs returning continues with a brand-new release from Australia’s Stormtide. Their 2nd full length album “A Throne Of Hollow Fire” is set for a digital release on March 1st and physical release in April … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 23 Febrary 2021 Label: Sliptrick Records The opening sounds of an battle in a thunderstorm, the signal of the war horns underlined by an epic symphonic melody can only mean that the Latvian Viking Folk Metal band Varang Nord is back after 4 years with a brand … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 10 february 2021 Label: Independent Hailing from France, this all girl punk/celtic band is a high energy group with a unique sound.This recording is only really 5 songs and 16 minutes long but the group packs a lot into that short time. Featuring two violin players the … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.6/10 Release: 26 March 2021 Label: Independent Vansind is a Danish Folk Metal band out of Denmark which had been established in 2019 and has so far only released a strong single “Valborgsnat” in 2020.On the 26.03.2021 Vansind will release their first EP “MXIII” which title refers to the … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 12 january 2021 Label: Independent When I first started writing reviews for the site, one album I had the privilege of writing a review for was the debut from Skjaldborg. “Todgeweiht” still holds up 7 years (!) later and still gets many a listen to by me. … Continue reading →
2021 is off to an amazing start with the pending release from Sweden’s Utmarken. “Svåra År” will blow you away with it’s mix of soaring vocals, catchy riffs and the unique sound of the nyckelharpa. I sent some questions over to one of my favorite artists, vocalist and nyckelharpist Mathias Gyllengahm. The questions include the new album, the vocals, the pandemic and how it has effected them amongst other things… check it out…
Continue reading →Rating: 10/10 Release: 26 February 2021 Label: Prophecy Productions The waiting time of nearly 7 years will soon end and Empyrium will release on the 26.02.2021 their sixth Full-Lenght album “Über den Sternen”via Prophecy Productions. Empyrium already had been founded by Schwadorf in 1994 and was going since then through … Continue reading →
Rating: 6.5/10Release: 1 January 2021 Label: Werewolf Promotion Pagan Forest out of Kwidzyn (Poland) had been established in the year 1995 and already released three Demos in the 90s (1996,1997,1999), another Demo in 2004, a Compilation in 2005 and a Split with “Pure Pagan Craft” in 2018. The actual record “Bogu” is after … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 5 February 2021Label: Vegvisir Distribution 2021 seems to be a year so far with some projects with long hiatuses coming back with new releases. The new Skjaldborg just hit the internet as will the latest offering from Sweden’s Feskarn. Entitled “Ravens Way”, the new album will be … Continue reading →
