By: ReinRating: 9/10Release: 26 April 2019Label: Napalm Records A few years ago I took a friend of mine to a festival, filled with black, pagan and folk metal bands. One of the performing bands was Manegarm. I enjoyed the gig massively. My friend, who isn’t that into metal, didn’t understand … Continue reading →
By: ReinRating: 8/10Release: 19 April 2019Label: Trollzorn Records Our German friends of Thorondir took their sweet time to release their third full album. Eight years after Aus Jenen Tagen, soon Des Wandrers Mär will see the light. Two years ago at Dark Troll Thorondir for me was the positive surprise … Continue reading →
By: ReinRating: 8.5/10Release: 5 March 2019Label: SoundsAge Productions More than 2.500 kilometres between Vigo, Spain and Sopron, Hungary. And yet, listening to Mileth, Dalriada is always there. Clean female vocals, male vocals reaching from deep grunts to high shrieks. Plenty of folk instruments, predominantly violin and bouzouki. Midtempo parts and … Continue reading →
By: ReinRating: 6/10Release: 15 February 2019Label: Independent One of the albums I was looking forward to the most this year was the first full album by Turkish trio Kara Han. Their EP blew me away in 2018. Fantastic melodies, oriental influences, a very own sound within the boundaries of folk … Continue reading →
By: ReinRating: 7/10Release: 9 November 2018Label: Independent Nice to notice that folk metal is still made all around the world. Last year Argentinean Lex Talion released an EP, now followed by the band’s second full album. Typical is the use of clean as well as harsh growling vocals. Mostly leaning … Continue reading →
By: ReinRating: 8/10Release: 11 January 2019Label: Inverse Records A year after the EP in which they celebrate Finnish great metal bands Moonsorrow, Amorphis and Finntroll, Wolfhorde is back with a full album. The EP showed craftmanship, although I couldn’t quite understand why the band made the choices they made. That’s … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 8/10 Release: 1 February 2019 Label: Independent Basic facts first. Rabenwolf is a seven piece band from the North of Germany, releasing their second full album in their 11 years of existence. They describe their music as a mixture of folk, black and rock ‘n roll. To … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 5 October 2018 Label: Independent Some albums are hard to review. Some are not. Rok-n-Rom by Krovavyi Rif is not, you would think. At first face, the album is very similar to their debut album of two years ago. As on the previous album, KR … Continue reading →
By: ReinRating; 8.5/10Release: 20 July 2018Label: Hellbone Records Everybody should have the utmost respect for multi instrumentalists. Most people in the world don’t master any instrument. To be able to sing, play guitar, bass, drums or keyboards on a high level requires a lot of skill, practice and stamina. To … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 8/10 Release: 7 July 2018 Label: Art of the Night Productions Three years after their debut The Folk Bringer Polish Merkfolk release their second full album. Expectations are high, because their firstborn was voted debut of the year by our team. More often than not a band … Continue reading →
