Rating: 7/10 Release: 8 April 2022 Label: Rockshot Records I’ll start with a caveat; I’m a huge Skyclad fan. In fact, they are my favourite Folk Metal band and one of my all-time favourite bands, full stop. With that in mind, given that Theigns & Thralls is a new project … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.0/10 Release: 8 April 2022 Label: Mighty Music Danish Folk Metallers, Heidra have returned with another album, the latest installment in the story that started with their first concept album. This release makes some departures from the musical style from Awaiting Dawn but isn’t far removed from what one would … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 21 January 2022 Label: Scarlet Records / Bandcamp Verikalpa are the next in a line of great Folk Metal bands from Finland, following in the footsteps of such luminaries as Moonsorrow, Finntroll, Korpiklaani, Ensiferum and Turisas. Lofty company indeed, but with this, their third album, Verikalpa have … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 20 February 2022 Label: Bandcamp Listening to Bucium’s new album ‘Zimbrul Alb’, I take a short peak at the review of their previous album ‘Mioriţa’. This was a great album, but lacked a bit of metal. Would that be better this time? Well, first of all, ‘better’ … Continue reading →
Rating: 6.5/10 Release: 25 February 2022 Label: Mighty Music Let’s assume my absence on this particular blog and overall folkmetalish webosphere commune has been profuse – guilty. But let’s also opine, potentially warranted, and is in fact driven by symptoms of a global pandemic – guilty, guilty. I never foresaw … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.0/10 Release: 28 Januari 2022 Label: Metalville Harpyie released a new album ‘Blutbahn’. Well, reading back my previous reviews, it’s obvious I’ m not always ‘in love’ with the German Medieval metallers. But once again I pulled the short straw.The band is on the move the last years, their … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 18 February 2022 label: Independent What has started 2016 in New Delhi with some funny Metal Covers of famous Pop Songs and a kind of “Parody Metal” approach, has developed to properly the most sucessfull Metal Export out of India: Bloodywood. I am following this band since … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 18 Febrary 2022 Label: SBÄM Records Roughneck Riot takes the classic sound of Celtic punk and lifts it to another level on the excellent, Burn it to the Ground. The band says that they recorded this album twice because they were not satisfied with it the first … Continue reading →
Rating: 5.3/10 Release: 3 January 2022 Label: Independent Before beginning this review, I encourage the reader to imagine what an ambient album released as a pet project by a streamer would sound like. Now imagine that instead of traditional ambient nuances, the music instead relies on regular keyboards, and the … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 11 February 2022 Label: ABC Records / Four One of my favorite bands The Rumjacks hit the ground running in 2022 with a follow up EP to the excellent, Hestia. The EP Brass for Gold contains eight blistering tracks of Celtic punk that needs to be played at … Continue reading →
