By: Rein Rating: 8/10 Release: 13-11-2015 Label: Indie Recordings Only one year after releasing the well praised Djevelmakt, Norwegian Kampfar is back with their seventh full length album. Is it pagan metal, black metal, folk metal? They are in a niche of their own. If you would put Taake, Enslaved, … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 4/10 Release: 9-10-2015 Label: Napalm Records In the scene Varg is well liked. More than once have they made their appearance on the Paganfest-tours. Especially in their home country Germany, Varg is a big band. But let’s not confuse popularity with quality. Their Viking metal, or battle … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 7/10 Release: 2015 Label: Independent Apart from a demo in 2014, this is the first official record from Haegen. An EP, containing 5 songs, from 6 Italian folk metallers. Right from the start you know what you are going to get. Happy folk, meant to make you … Continue reading →
By: ReinRating: 8.0/10Release: 9-9-2015Label: Independent Contrasts are often what makes a band interesting. No lack of that with A Thousand Winters. Consisting of no more than two people, which is something you would rather expect from a black metal band than from a folk metal band. There is big man … Continue reading →
By: ReinRating: 9/10Release: 14-7-2015Label: Art of the Night Productions Merkfolk from Poland have read the book of Folk Metal very well. It’s hard to believe this is their debut album. Everything is done so well. And the band has it’s own specific signature. Not only singing in their mother language … Continue reading →
By: ReinRating: 6,5/10Release: 17-8-2015Label: Independent Ak Bure is from The Republic of Tatarstan, a thousand kilometers east of Moscow. A flourishing region, of which Kazan is the biggest and best known city, among others because of their successful football club Rubin Kazan. What can you expect from their début album … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 8,5/10 Release: 22-9-2015 Label: Independent If the second album of Windfaerer is anything, it’s heavy. In your face, pounding riffs, fast. I like it! From New Jersey, the band is on the ultimate black side of folk metal. Mastermind Michael Goncalves is the backbone of the band, … Continue reading →
By: Rein Rating: 7,5/10 Release: 3-5-2015 Label: Sound Age Productions There are more and more Russian folk metal bands around. Emerald Night was one of the first ones, releasing their First single in 1996. Per Umbras is only their third full length album and it is quite enjoyable. It’s folky … Continue reading →
