Rating: 10/10 Release: 11 February 2022 Label: Atomic Fire Founded in 1990, Amorphis enters year 32 as a band with their new release “Halo”. This marks their 14th studio album and with no pun intended, the band has “morphed” from straight death metal to a polished outfit playing progressive and melodic … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 11 March 2022 Label: Mighty Music Danish Viking melodic death metal warriors Vanir are back in 2022 with Sagas. These warriors have released five well received albums to date and Sagas doesn’t disappoint. Like previous albums, Sagas, their sixth release, spans various Viking and Nordic related themes, however … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 25 February 2022 Label: Einheit Produktionen / Schattenpfade Let’s not beat around the bush here, initially Frostwärts sounds like an album which worships at the dark altar of Finnish Pagan Metal kings, Moonsorrow and there is no doubt that said band have been a clear influence on … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 14 January 2022 Label: Independent The first debut-album this year is ‘ Immortal Tradition’ by Ritva Nero.When first looking at their info the tag Party Metal Folk gave me ideas of Korpiklaani and such bands. But as lead instruments Soprano Saxophone, Finnish Bagpipes and Nyckelharpa are used.But … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 11 February 2022 Label: Uprising! Records Originally starting out as a Symphonic Power / Folk Metal act, Tersivel’s sound has morphed in recent years into Progressive Doom Metal and they are now a far more potent and interesting creative force for it. As a quick, if somewhat … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 15 January 2022 Label: Independent From time to time, there are some albums that lead us to reflect on how folk metal has evolved over the last few decades, branching out, merging with other styles and absorbing the most diverse influences. As lovers of this style, when … Continue reading →
