Rating: 7/10 Release: 18 September 2023 Label: Independent Moriquendi, a small group from France, has recently released a new acoustic EP, thus marking their return after a seven-year hiatus, with their last work being a blackened folk metal album called “Kanopëa”. Now they have left their metal roots and officially … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 27 October 2023 Label: Independent Odraedir is a five-member epic folk metal band from the Czech Republic, and “Vengeance” is their second album– the first one of this decade. It’s a banger, and it’s far more polished and professional than 2017’s Legends of the Dark Times. It … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 20 October 2023 Label: Running Wild Productions Nemoreus is a six-member Austrian folk-metal band who probably don’t even need this amount of introduction. I wrote reviews for chapters one and two, and I’d recommend going back and reading them first. So, two points make a line and … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 27 Oktober 2023 Label: Independent Solarcycles is a five-member Dutch folk-metal band and, excitingly, Lunar is their first full-length album. Personally, I’ve been looking forward to it for more than a month, and I’m really pleased with how it turned out: folk and rock melding with nature … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 1 September 2023 Label: Independent Ekyrian is a huge nine-member folk metal band from Spain and “Cuentos junto a la hoguera” (“Stories by the Campfire”– as depicted by the lovely album art) is their third album. We’re in the lush forests of the “folk” side of folk … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.6/10 Release: 31 March 2023 Label: Naturmacht Productions New Zealand’s Olde Throne brings us “In the Land of Ghosts” as their latest release. The album is everything Black Metal should be. It has the rawness, heaviness and aggression of pure Black Metal and sacrifices none of it to create … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 13 October 2023Label: Napalm Records Varg is a five-member German dark power-/melodic death metal band from Germany and Ewige Wacht (“Eternal Watch”) is their eighth album since they started releasing these in 2007, which is some amazing longevity in this business. “Varg” is Swedish/Old Norwegian for “wolf”, … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 1 December 2023 Label: Century Media Records Orphaned Land – A Heaven You May Create – is it hard to believe that Orphaned Land is celebrating the band’s 30th anniversary! How do you celebrate such an occasion, put out a live album! This was a very special show … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 17 November 2023 Label: Mighty Music Vansind is a six-member Danish folk metal band and Mørket (“The Darkness”) is their first full-length album. My preview is really what I like what to hear. I was familiar with them from their 2021 modest hit “Den Farefulde Færd”, which … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 29 September 2023 Label: Independent / Bandcamp Ilmarinen is a big, six-member Dutch folk metal band in a traditional sense, and “Gold” is a very short, two-song EP. It appears to be their third release and a marked improvement over their earlier works: the editing is a … Continue reading →
