By: JeffRating: 7.5/10 Release: 14 June 2019 Label: Art Gates Records Spain’s Steignyr are ready to embark on another journey of epicness and you can come along with them. Their 4th full length “Myths Through The Shadows Of Freedom” is set for release on June 14th via their label Art … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 9/10Release: 25 May 2019Label: Independent / Bandcamp I have to admit I was not familiar with Achsar prior to hearing this EP and you may not be as well. I will say this though, after hearing their new EP, you will want to look for their previous releases … Continue reading →
Beorn’s Hall is an act that may surprise a lot of you in a good way. Hailing from New Hampshire, they just released their 3rd album “In His Granite Realm” via Naturmacht and despite their name, they are not a Tolkien related act but more pagan in direction and style. Both Vulcan and Rognvaldr answered questions for us regarding the album, the name, the scene in NH and a few other items of note…check it out…..
Continue reading →By: JeffRating: 7/10Release: 2019Label: Independent We do get a lot of different releases here….some that are borderline folk metal or not at all and the debut from Italy’s Orquilux is one I have yet to decide on. They released a 5 song EP way back in October of 2018 entitled … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 6/10Release: 30 April 2019Label: Crush The Desert / Werewolf Promotion / Bandcamp. Yes, that is quite a mouthful in band name and album you are reading there. Despite knowing who they are, Piarevaracien probably have one of the most difficult names to comprehend in all of metal. (translation … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 8/10Release: 10 May 2019Label: Inverse Records Well, it has been relatively quiet this year from the Land Of A Thousand Lakes (that’s Finland BTW) with the exception of the latest Korpiklaani. While we wait for something new from the pantheon of amazing folk metal acts, there is always … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 7.5/10Release: 15 January 2019Label: Independent When there is a description of an act being “international”, I am almost immediately skeptical of what the end product will be. Acts like Folkearth, for example, have a number of players from across the earth but to me, never really gel as … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 9/10Release: 26 April 2019Label: Ván Records If your mind hasn’t already been blown by what Arstidir Lifsins has put forth up to this point, then prepare yourselves for annihilation…in a good way. Formed in 2008, Arstidir Lifsins (“The Seasons Of Life”) is semi-international in origin (Germany/Iceland) and up … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 10/10Release: 1 May 2019Label: Casus Belli Musica If I had to put a list of my top 15 albums of this decade, the debut full length ”Restoration” from Minnesota’s Amiensus would definitely be on it. Originally issued independently in 2012, it is getting a refreshing by the partnership … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 9.5/10Release: 21 March 2019Label: SoundAge Productions Truth be told, I heard one track from this album (first single “Scarlet Lightning”) and already proclaimed it debut album of the year…. yes, the single is that good. Probably premature on my part to say that but if the rest of … Continue reading →
