Rating: 5/10 Release: 23 September 2011 Label: Independent Always fun, mail from Canada. Yes, of course, Europe is the cradle of folk-metal, but this doesn’t mean they can’t make folk-metal on the other side of the big waters. So, I played it, and again, and again. En in a musical … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 2011 Label: Napalm Records With Saltatio Mortis you know in advance what you can expect; a nice pot typical German folk rock. So that’s also the case with the new album “Sturm aufs Paradies. Saltatio Mortis hold on tight to the style that we like of these … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 25 March 2011 Label: Napalm Records What more can you say about such a great album, otherwise then it’s great? With Mare Kampfar rises really above themselves. As Kampfar itself suggests, the new producer Peter Tatgren (which already has produced many famous albums) is a real improvement … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 5 April 2011 Label: Spinefarm Records Earning a record-deal with Spinefarm Records, by winning a band-battle, gave Brymir the opportunity some time ago to release the debut album “Breath fire to the sun”. However, for a reason unknown to us, this never reached us, until now! Obviously … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 3 June 2011 Label: CCP Records After their strong album “Storm Over Scaldis, the Belgian band thought it was time to present the world a new album. The album opens strongly with “Last Flight of the Valkyries,” which both the female and male voice well in painted … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 3 June 2011 Label: Napalm Records The Pirates of Alestorm have been in the studio again and managed to release a new album: Back Through Time. It is clear that there has been a lot of alcohol involved during the recording.Back through time is a fun sequel … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 27 May 2011 Label: Nuclear Blast Three albums in three years. In The Beginning of Times Amorphis closes a truly beautiful triptych on the Kalevala. And members also prove that three albums in a short time is not at the expense of quality. The album starts with … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 27-5-2011 Label: Napalm Records Ask me who has the best folk-metal appearance of all folk-metal artists, and I will answer immediately Heri Joenson, he’s just a cool Viking telling us metalheads of the modern ages how it was back in those days. A man with an unique … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 30 September 2011 Label: Trollzorn Records A band which was unknown for me until now. But thankfully, the record label sent something which I wouldn’t have found by myself. And this is not a bad find. For lovers of the German Middle Ages, this rock band and … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 26 August 2011 Label: Napalm Records On the previous album “Stenka after Stenku” I wrote, not so long ago: “Aren’t you quite satisfied with this album, it is just an EP and probably the next real album is again wonderful folk-metal as ever?”. And I was right. … Continue reading →
