Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 10 February 2017 Label: Independent ‘Ruins of Empires’ is Aeternam’s third full length record since forming in 2007. The band themselves hail from Canada and lean heavily towards a middle eastern influence in the same vein as Melechesh and Orphaned Land. It’s really well put together and … Continue reading →
Rating: 6.5/10 Release: 29 December 2016 Label: Independent / Bandcamp Gyrfalcon is a one man project from Ukraine they’re described as psychedelic folk rock on their bandcamp page and I’d say it’s a pretty apt description. Carpathian Folklore is comprised of just four songs but clocks in at around an … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: December 2016 Label: SoundAge Productions Another group hailing from Romania E-an-na have released their impressive debut EP. Consisting of four new original songs and previously released “bonus” songs, Jiana has run time of just under 45 mins so not bad for an EP really especially if you … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 18 November 2016 Label: Independent Nadirs is the third release from French folk metallers Drenai. As with their previous work it is a theme album based on the work of author David Gemmel and is an introduction to the protagonist of their upcoming full length release. That … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: October 2016 Label: Independent GOD The Barbarian Horde took me by surprise. I picked this one from the list randomly wanting to check out a new band as I was already pretty familiar with last couple I did. Well turns out these guys have been an established … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 12 October 2016 Label: SoundAge Productions Another great band Russia Eldiarn has released their second full length album. I hadn’t heard them before this record so I had to look up a couple older songs and actually had a hard time deciding which was better. This band … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 16 May 2016 Label: SoundAge Production Leshak is a folk/death metal band out of Moscow. I’m pretty excited to review this one as I don’t hear a lot about these guys, yet anyway. I’m pretty sure Besogon will help change that. Their first album Chertovorot showed a … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 2011/8 September 2016 (Original 2011) Label: Casus Belli Musica Circle of the Five Serpents is the third full length album from the Spanish folk metal group Crystalmoors. Its reissue comes right on the heels of their massive double album release The Mountains Will Forgive Us. So if … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.7/10 Release: 16 September 2016 Label: Napalm Records Finsterforst have returned, and if you’re anything like me you’ve been waiting in cheek clenched anticipation since July, when they teased us with the awesome Auf die Zwolf. Well the wait is over and I’m happy to say #YOLO is a … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 9 September 2016 Label: Casus Belli Musica Celtic Pagan metal from Spain, brought to us by six experienced musicians. Crystalmoors were founded in 1995 and are now releasing their third full album. It took them 13 years to deliver their first album, so the 5 years that … Continue reading →
