Rating: 6.5/10 Release: 23 July 2021 Label: CDN Records In a nutshell: A promising band and a good album, held back by an average production and lack of focus The facts Hexenclad is a Folk/Black Metal band from Ontario, Canada founded around 2014. They released their first album “Spirit of … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 27 August 2021 Label: Napalm Records The Roman Folk/Symphonic Death Metal band Ex Deo just released their 4th full lenght album “The Thirteen Years of Nero” and is presenting us the next masterpiece full of epic sounds in form of a concept album all around Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 21 July 2021 Label: Independent Antti Martikainen is an independent composer from Finland whose pedigree spans from video games, pop music, and his eponymous solo fantasy/power metal project. I went into Carmina Gloria a little unaware of his work, or so I thought, as he has writing … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 9 July 2021 Label: Independent One of my passions outside of folk metal has been my love of all things from Scotland….the history, the landscape, my lineage and of course the music. There has been a rich history with many notable acts….Saor, Cnoc An Tursa, Adabroc and … Continue reading →
2021 has ben a pretty epic year so far made even more epic with the latest album from Duskmourn. This duo have released “Fallen Kings And Rusted Crowns” to much praise thus far and deservedly so. We reached out to Walter Deyo and Bill Sharpe and they both answered some questions for us regarding the new album, the very successful Kickstarter campaign to get it completed and a few other items of note…. check it out….
Continue reading →Rating: 8/10 ReleaseL 30 July 2021 Label: Independent Almost 4 years ago Wolfstavar released their first album ‘Gesang der Meere’. A band with potential but with a bit of a, as we say in the Netherlands, sound of 13 in a dozen.How will they have developed after all this time? … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 19 June 2021 Label: Independent Halfway thru the year and another of my most anticipated releases has been monopolizing my listening and that is the latest from Duskmourn. Titled “Fallen Kings And Rusted Crowns”, the 3rd album from this duo is an independent release and was officially … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Streaming Concert There have been many bands doing life shows during the lockdown. The format is pretty standard, just do as you would with an audience except without one. I’ve heard several bands mention the awkwardness of that approach on stage. With such a typical setup how can … Continue reading →
{WilBy: Will Rating: 9.0/10 Release: 9 July 2001 Label: Spinefarm Records Recorded on November 2000 and released on 9th. July 2001, this exquisite gem is considered one of the 21st. Century’s best releases by a newcoming metal band!It is also considered one of the first classics of the Folk Metal … Continue reading →
Rating: 1-10/10 Release: 2 July 2021 Label: Napalm Records PARENTAL ADVISORY! The Hardest of the Softest Metal or lets say Hard Rock or maybe even Pop Bands in the World NanowaR of Steel is delivering us with “Italian Folk Metal” a Masterpiece of the most underrated albums of the year! … Continue reading →
