Location: Hall of Fame, Tilburg, The Netherlands Date 24 March 2016 Today, the 25th of march, Jomsviking will unleash hell on earth. Yesterday we got a little preview with a unique Amon Amarth show. For years I’m a fan of Amon and have seen them grow from big venues to … Continue reading →
Into the Forest Festival 7-11-2015 Dynamo, Eindhoven, Netherlands The second edition of the Into The Forest festival in Dynamo Eindhoven, The Netherlands. After a successful first edition last year the festival (hosted by good friend and former folk-metal.nl colleague Nick Roovers) gets a sequel. This year the line-up has improved … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 15 May 2014 Label: Stygian Crypt Productions Folkearth, this very special band has been active since 2003. One man started the idea to create music with artists from around the entire world to make one folkmetal product. The outcome is a great many of albums over the … Continue reading →
Rating: 8,5/10 Release: 4 September 2015 Label: Nuclear Blast Records Amorphis is a band that everyone knows by now. For 25 years they traveleverywhere and brought us many many albums. After touring for the 20th birthday of the legendary Tales from the Thousand Lakes album they know how to make … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 2 June 2015 Label: Mystery Box Abducted by goblins and only released to earth to tell the human society about the fate that awaits us, these guys from Los Angeles made quite some name the last few years. Started only in 2006, this is their third full … Continue reading →
It’s time for the CD Release Party (or Straalschijf Ontketen Feest) for the newest member of the Heidevolk Discography. The Dutch formation has already played some of the song at the Paganfest tour but now it’s time to get this thing official. Rhovanion Starting this evening is the Dutch folk-metal … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 6 April 2015 Label: Thunderforge Records Skyforger is known in the folkmetal-scene for many years and with Senprusija they are up for their seventh album already. Skyforger usually has a great mix between blackmetal, heavy-metal and traditional Latvian folk music. Frontman Peter tells us about their new … Continue reading →
10-4-2015 Effenaar Eindhoven, The Netherlands Orphaned Land I had to wait a long time for this, but finally I get to see Orphaned Land live. After the shaped a new style of Middle-Eastern metal the last few decades, they also stand out for their mission. A mission to shape a … Continue reading →
Paganfest Extended 013, Tilburg, The Netherlands (22-03-2015) Photography: Paganfest Extended, Turbinehalle, Oberhausen, Germany One of the places to be if you are into pagan, folk and viking metal is the annual festival Paganfest. After being cancelled last year, the Paganfest tour has returned to Tilburg with an XL tour, featuring … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 27 March 2015 Label: Inverse Records A Finnish folkmetal band that had trouble completing their line-up for years. After 7 years of struggle they finally are able to release a first single called Midwinter anger, or in Finnish, Sydaentalven Viha. Of course a keyboard intro with a … Continue reading →
