Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 21 April 2023 Label: Label: Lifeforce Records I’d never heard of Vorna before picking up “Aamunkoi” and giving it a spin. What a delightful surprise! If you have some time, listen to the first minute of the first track– it’s a real treat. They’re a six-member band, … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 12 December 2005 Label: Skaldic Art Productions I am reviewing Rivendell’s discography to celebrate the return of its only member Gerold Laimer after 17 years of inactivity, and this is his third album Farewell: The Last Dawn. For the ones who have never heard about this project, … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.8/10 Release: 28 April 2003 Label: Skaldic Art Productions I am reviewing Rivendell’s discography to celebrate the return of its only member Gerold Laimer (also known as Falagar) after 17 years of inactivity, and this is his second album Elven Tears. For the ones who have never heard about … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 14 August 2000 Label: Skaldic Art Productions I am reviewing Rivendell’s discography to celebrate the return of its only member Gerold Laimer (also known as Falagar) after 17 years of inactivity, and this is his first album The Ancient Glory. For the ones who have never heard … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: April 2009 Label: Indepent One thing I’ll always love about folk metal and metal in general is the variety of things and stories to sing. An impressive amount of bands have often followed this artistic path and many of their singers decide to pleasure us listeners with … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.5/10 Release: 17 March 2023 Label: Independent I must be dreaming. Firkin has taken some time from touring to duck into a recording studio!Their last recording, “Into the Night”, was an amazing EP that lives on one of my regularplaylists, so I was excited to get my hands on … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: March 2023 Label: Independent Telperion are a young formation from France who’s released an album in 2015 and brings us a new work entitled “Of Saviors and Conquerors” with 4 songs. Heavy, power and of course folk are the subgenres they tag their style with, and in … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: June 2022 (Australia) / April 2023 (Europe) Label: Earth and Sky Productions In 2022, Perpetual Dawn released their first full-length, self-titled album! Knowing that this is a one-person affair, and looking at the green and brown, earthy-colored album cover and track listing, I was half-expecting a file … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 1 March 2023 Label: Unsigned Bulgarian folk metal acts are something pretty unknown and yet very original. You can recognize a bulgarian song in a field of other folk metal tracks from kilometers. Progressive tunes and strange tempos such as 7/8 are what makes Bulgaria special from … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.3 Release: 14 April 2023 Label: Trollzorn Red Rum are a young pirate metal formation which has been active for the latest 12 years. Coming from United Kingdom they bring us our new album after a full length in 2015 and a more recent EP released in. Their music’s … Continue reading →
