Rating: 6.5/10 Release: 29 August 2014 Label: Drakkar Entertainment The eleventh studio album. You can say what you want, but not that Letzte Instanz likes to take it easy. These folk-rockers, who have quite a reputation in the Gothic scene, release with ‘Im Auge des Sturms’ an album which is … Continue reading →
Rating: 6.5/10 Release: 4 October 2014 Label: Independent It doesn’t happen often, especially not in the folk-metalscene; an album that is financed entirely with a kickstarter. Before the recording of the album started, Northern Oak asked their fans to pledge a certain amount of money, to pay for the recordings. … Continue reading →
Photography by: Toni B. Gunner – www.mondkringel-photography.de For many, many years people were telling me about Rockharz, and how I just had to go there. A festival with an average size (+/- 20.000 people) and a good, diverse line-up every year. There was enough to enjoy for fans of folk … Continue reading →
Rating: 8,5/10 Release: 18 July 2014 Label: Prophecy Records Damn, what did we need to wait for a long time! 12 years to be precise, because previous record ‘Weiland’ was released back in 2002. Nevertheless it never became completely quiet all these years, because lately the project from Schwadorf stated … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 20 September 2014 Label: independent Not even 3 years after ‘The Void’, the debut record from Oak Pantheon, was released, the band already thought it was time for a re-release. Although the album was only available digitally in 2011, the band has chosen to release the album … Continue reading →
Photography by: Toni B. Gunner – www.mondkringel-photography.de It has become some sort of tradition, the last weekend of June is, as every year, reserved for the best festival of the summer. Somewhere in a small town just passed Hamburg. As every year this small festival forms the missing link between … Continue reading →
Bornstedt, Germany At the end of May it was that time of the year again when we travel towards Bornstedt to enjoy the ‘most beautiful festival in the world’. While this statement maybe is a bit exaggerated, we can only conclude that the location of the festival is beautiful; in … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 9 May 2014 Label: Independent The trolls are back! After their debut-album ‘Gang of Trolls’, which was released in 2010, it became quite quiet around these Belgium Trolls. Right now they’re back with a new EP, called ‘Game of Trolls’. Fairly easy to guess to which popular … Continue reading →
There’s a small chance you know Saor, formely known as Arsaidh. This Scottisch atmospheric black-metal band created, with ‘Roots’ from 2013, a remarkably great album, and also ‘Aura’, that’s going to be released in June, will be a small masterpiece. Reasons enough to ask founder and only bandmember Andy Marshall some questions.
Continue reading →25/26 April 2014 Stadthalle Lichtenfels, Germany Ragnarök is a small festival that’s taking place in Lichtenfels. However, never let the size of things misguide you, because on this festival the best of pagan- folk- and black-metal come together. With bands like Arkona, Finntroll, Skálmöld en Manegarm, there were enough bands … Continue reading →
