Rating: 10/10 Release: 16 June 2023 Label: Napalm Records The Russian band Arkona are back after five long years with their new album “Kob’”, out on June 16 for Napalm Records. Once again, the band delves deep into the darkest and deepest realms of philosophy and on singer Masha Scream’s … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 14 July 2023 Label: AFM Records “There shines a new light in our world! The everfrost is calling!” And call it did! “Everfrost” (not to be confused with the band of the same name) is the first release from Winterstorm since 2016’s epic concept album “Cube of … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: May 2023 Label: Independent This album is celebrating ten years of Jolly Jackin’! Go ahead and snicker, it’s a fun album. For the uninitiated, they’re a six-piece folky Irish punk band from Budapest. Their songs fill the gamut of drinking, nautical shenanigans, a ballad or two, and … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 30 June 2023 Label: Rockshots Records Naturally, when an opus calls itself “pirated metal”, we are quickly compared to Alestorm and then quickly criticized for poor quality plagiarism. It is therefore up to us to listen to at least a piece or two before criticizing the said … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 5 May 2023 Label: Independent Nemoreus is a six-member Austrian folk-metal band who probably don’t even need this amount of introduction. “Eluna” and “Mountain High” are deservingly famous in their own right. Their new EP is lavishly titled “Orcunadoras, Chapter 1: Warrior”. It’s only three tracks, or … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 1 February 2023 Label: Mors Lucerna Records Imagine a mixture of Korpiklaani, telling us about the American gold rush migration in the 19th century, all sung in Russian, French and English, mixed and mastered in Finland in 50th minutes of folk metal. If you got this far … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 7 April 2023 Label: Independent Valensorow is a four-member band out of California, and Shorestank is an amazing mash-up of absolute chaos and mayhem. It’s definitely folk metal, but rather than weighing down the metal with melody, the folk parts are in the pit moshing with the … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 12 May 2023 Label: Independent It’s been a while since we’ve done a Łysa Góra (meaning ‘bald mountain’) album. Łysa Góra is a five-member band whose past albums have been folk-forward and acoustic. This album is unique in its electric guitar and bass magic, and sadly, it’s … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 21 April 2023 Label: Independent Eterknight is a band from Mexico whose music is described on the web as a mixture of epic and symphonic metal with death and folk components. They’ve been active for 12 years and now it’s time for them to present us their … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 24 March 2023 Label: Napalm Records German folk rock icons Subway To Sally want to inspire hope with their 14th studio album named “Himmelfahrt” (translated “Ascension”). This album marks a turning point in the thirty-year career of the German band, which has always explored the various abysses of … Continue reading →
