Rating: 5/10 Release: 15 November 2011 Label: Darkened Empire Siluria is a band not many people shall know. But their in the limelight from 2005, and have done shows with Waylander and Battlelore. The band consist after a number of changes in their line-up of only two people nowadays, who … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 2011 Label: Independent Sometimes, there are bands which can really confuse you. Take ‘Pint of Stout’ for example. The name sounds Irish, the sound is possibly even more Irish, and even the vocals sound like a half-drunk Irishman. Great was my surprise when I discovered that this … Continue reading →
Effenaar, Einhoven 24 November 2011 Thursday-night, 24th November, the day Saltatio Mortis would play in ‘de Effenaar’. With Fejd as support it promised to be a very beautiful evening. Despite the fact it wasn’t very crowded the whole evening, there was a fine atmosphere and we got to see two … Continue reading →
Location: De Baroeg, Rotterdam 20 November 2011 Photography: Metalshots.com (1st day of tour in Mullheim, DE) With all the big Rock the Nation tours going around lately, one should almost forget there are also some smaller tours dwelling around. Black Trolls over Europe is one of them, a tour which … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 31 October 2011 Label: Independent We at Folk-metal.nl receive a lot of request from band who like us to review their work. This also goes for the Belgian band Ithilien,. They’ve put their latest song online as a free download. Ithilien is a Belgian band which was … Continue reading →
Neckbreakers Ball Location: Metropool, Hengelo 13 November 2011 Photography: Metalshots.com Within a month of day Heidenfest was within our borders, there’s another Rock the Nation event, this time it’s ‘Neckbreakers ball’. The party went on in Hengelo, which was a somewhat drive than our usual places to go to like … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 2011 Label: Whiterock Records Wow, scary! You put on the new Cumulo Nimbus, and there’s nothing unusual at first. It starts off with a short intro in which al the necessary traditional instrument are accompanied by an electrical guitar. Nothing unexpected so far. But then, a sweet … Continue reading →
Amon Amarth Location: Effenaar, Eindhoven 26 Oktober 2011 Photography: Metalshots.com It’s a fact the ‘Effenaar’ in Eindhoven has on working days also very interesting band on the menu, so much was obvious again. An normal Wednesday and the Vikings from Amon Amarth visit our country for the second time this … Continue reading →
Heidenfest 2011 Location: 013, Tilburg 9 Oktober 2011 Photography: Dorien Every folk-metalfan in the Netherlands know it, every year the heidenfestcircus visits al least one Dutch city. This time it was 013 in Tilburg where the Heidenfest took place. Organized by Rock the Nation as well. The event has most … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 9 October 2011 Label: Independent Winterhymn is a probably not very well known band among a lot of us. This American formation counts six members, and their first full-length is available for free streaming on their facebook. Reason enough to give it a try! In short, the … Continue reading →
