Rating: 7/10 Release: 28 August 2015 Label: Metalville When you think about German medieval folk rock, bands such as In Extremo, Subway to Sally and Saltatio Mortis immediately come to mind. But among the great variety of German folk (metal) bands, one band from Hamburg has always stood out with … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 30 October 2015 Label: Noizgate Records Netherfell is an upcoming folk metal band from Kraków, Poland, that will release its debut album ‘Between East and West’ in October 2015. Although the band has been entirely unsigned up until this point, Netherfell has signed with Noizgate Records for … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 9 May 2015 Label: Independent It is well-known that folk metal comes in many flavors. This is something that the band Open Access emphasizes like no other. This young band from Cracow Poland releases its debut EP album ‘Over a Mountain Peak’, and delivers a fine combination … Continue reading →
By: Yvette and Nick Photography: Hansemeister.com Location: Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany A heat wave has passed over Europe, but this doesn’t stop Folk-metal.nl from visiting various festivals this summer! This week we travel to Brande-Hörnerkirchen in the north most part of Germany, for the annual Hörnerfest festival. Hörnerfest offers a variety of … Continue reading →
Rating: 6,5/10 Release: 1-5-2015 Label: Nuclear Blast It has been awfully quiet around the Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani the last couple of years. For a band that has released an album almost yearly it was a surprise to see that ‘Noita’ was scheduled to be released three years after … Continue reading →
Hedon, Zwolle The Netherlands 26-03-2015 By: Yvette Photography: Metalshots.com Tonight we travel to Zwolle for a very special concert featuring some of our favorite bands from Finland, the Ensiferum, Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum concert! Long have we anticipated this concert, and as we approach the venue I cannot help but … Continue reading →
Paganfest Extended 013, Tilburg, The Netherlands (22-03-2015) Photography: Paganfest Extended, Turbinehalle, Oberhausen, Germany One of the places to be if you are into pagan, folk and viking metal is the annual festival Paganfest. After being cancelled last year, the Paganfest tour has returned to Tilburg with an XL tour, featuring … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 20 February 2015 Label: Metal Blade Records The Finnish band Ensiferum needs no introduction. The band that has toured with folk metal giants worldwide releases its sixth studio album to date. The release of ‘Unsung Heroes’ back in 2012 clearly showed a style-switch that was also present … Continue reading →
22 Februari 2015 @ La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris Photography: psychopathia-melomania.com On a rainy weekend in February, Folk-metal.nl travels to France for the annual Parisian festival Cernunnos Paganfest. The 8th edition of the festival, that also happens to be a medieval fair, is held in the venue ‘La Machine … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 27 February 2015 Label: NoiseArt Records The Finnish company of Frosttide has had quite some turbulent years. The relatively young band that was formed in 2009 released its first full-length album ‘Awakening’ in 2013, followed by a massive Heidenfest tour with folk metal giants Ensiferum, Equilibrium, Turisas … Continue reading →
