Rating: 9/10 Release: 10 June 2022 Label: Napalm Records What do you get if Blind Guardian married Ensiferum and had an affair with Sabaton? The short answer is you would get a five piece bunch of Dwarves from Pisa, Italy named WindRose. “Warfront” is the follow up to the well … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 31 May 2022 Label: Northern Fog Records Hello fellow trolls! Today we give a listen to Bergsvriden, this troll-ish two-piece black / folk metal band hailing from Sweden fourth release, “Gastkramad”, which loosely translates to “Touched by a spirit of the dead” in the Scandinavian folklore. The band … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 20 May 2022 Label: M-Theory Audio Helsótt’s third album is an ambitious record. Whereas their two previous releases stuck very much to the tried and tested Folk Metal thematic tropes of Norse Mythology and Pagan history, this time around they have thrown their fanbase a real curveball … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 4 February 2022 Label: Independent 5 Years after their first EP “The House Spirit” the Dutch Epic Folk Metal Band Vanaheim released their first Full Lenght Record “Een verloren verhaal” on the 04.02.2022. The first track “Uit Steen Geslagen” starts with a very nice folky keyboard interlude … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 29 April 2022 Label: Napalm Records Paddy and the Rats are an interesting Celtic band from Hungary. The music on this album is a little all over the place. Not really a bad thing , just different. After a nice opener duo of Wasteland and Ship will … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 1 April 2022 Label: Independent Dirty Shirt is back with a new album ‘Get You Dose Now!’ When you see the coverart it’s obvious this is not the usual stuff. Where lots of the bands featured on Folk-metal.nl tend towards the more nostalgic aspects of folk-music. No, … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 15 April 2022 Label: Napalm Records Folk/Viking Metal favorite Månegarm is back with their 10th studio album ‘Ynglingaättens Öde’ (which translates to ‘fate of the Ynglinga kin’), out April 15, 2022 via Napalm Records. Månegarm incorporate Pagan inspired lyricism based on the Old Norse poem Ynglingatal. Hard to … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 2 April 2022 Label: Independent / Bandcamp The Royal Spuds released a new project this week titled,”Roots of Life”. I saw the artwork for this on the bands Facebook page and I was really impressed. I think it is one of the best covers I’ve seen in … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 18 March 2022 Label: Metal Blade Records Okay, I must confess to all of you. I have never been a big fan of live albums. I realize that bands often release them so fans can capture that concert experience without being there physically. In my experience, very … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 7 Januari 2022 Label: Independent Cheerful and powerful. This is the EP that Skál presents us from Finland. A sound that can remind us of the style of other bands from that country, with happy overtones and all the energy from metal. In this short work, Skál … Continue reading →
