Rating: 9/10 Release: 5 March 2021 Label: Trollmusic Another album that was on my list of anticipated releases for 2021 is the latest from Norway’s Byrdi. “Byrjing” (meaning “beginning” or “starting point”) is their 3rd album following their amazing sophomore effort from 2017 “Ansur : Urkraft”. Officially released on March … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10Release: 26 January 2021 Label: Vicor The band Gyze out of Hokkaido belongs since their foundation in 2011 to one of the most important representatives of the Melodic Folk Death Metal scene in Japan. Unfortunately the band came only recently to our “radar” and we missed to review their already … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.8/10 Release: 21 January 2021 Label: Independent From the intro, Alkonost shows us the experience and trajectory they have in the genre and gives us a taste of what this new full-length has: a quiet beginning, strong music, powerful interpretations, and a lot of folk-metal. Well-designed structural changes and … Continue reading →
Austrailia’s Stormtide have return after a long hiatus with their sophomore album “A Throne Of Hollow Fire”. If you are looking for a brief description how about some face smashing epic melodic death/folk metal? Sounds good to me. We caught up with vocalist Reuben Stone regarding all things Stormtide including the new album, the lineup changes, the writing and recording process, the scene down under and a few other items of note… check it out…
Continue reading →Rating: 8/10 Release: 5 March 2021 Label: Independent Without a doubt, when I think of Austria the first act that comes to mind is Summoning. With the release of their full-length debut “Arnea”, Nemoreus could be another one. Formed in 2017, this 6 piece from Vienna have put together 12 … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: February 2021 Label: Independent With “The Formorian Horde” of Rådarna we received the next Debut Album of the year 2021. The Swedish band had been founded by Rikard Falk after joining forces with with José Miguel Martinez in order to present a folk metal release influenced by bands as Finntroll, … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.7/10 Release: 26 February 2021 Label: Napalm Records From the bombastic “The Blood and the Iron”, to the weltschmerz bleeding closer “Chasing the Serpent”, Einherjer has brought forth a release that is an immram down a brackish river that leads into a deep cave lined with paintings of foreboding … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 12 Februari 2021 Label: Independent / Bandcamp While the album certainly shows some promise, Kar Prensesi is marred by interludes of serenity and atmospheric embellishments that make the album fall just short of making effective use of all the good material presented. Because this album has fewer … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 19 February 2021 Label: Weak Skull Records Folkrim is a very young band, which just had been founded in the year 2020 in Rauma (Finland) and just released their Debut Album “Tales of Tumult” on the 19.02.2021 via Weak Skull Records. Beside of a small entry in … Continue reading →
