Rating: 10/10 Release: 26 March 2010 Label: Napalm Records Already spoiled by “Nehalennia” which was already available on myspace, I put this ray disc in the player. I know the first track very well already, so I will skip over but just for convenience. “Ostara” is also a very beautiful … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 3 March 2010 Label: Spinefarm Records Metsatöll released their ninth album already and it has become as you might aspect from a band like Metsatöll. Fierce, folk and still in ‘that language’ of you which you don’t understand a thing. It’s difficult to say anything about the … Continue reading →
Luxor, Arnhem, The Netherlands 2 April 2010 Photography: Metalshots.com The cd presentation of the new Heidevolk-album with Grimm and XIV Dark Centuries as support. Grimm Finally I can see one of our own Dutch bands at work, again. The show starts nicely with a suitable film in the background. The … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 30 March 2010 Label: Stygian Crypt Productions Trelleborg, the band I mostly remember by the characteristic expressions the vocalist pulled of during Hörnerfest, released their first full-length in 2010. It might be a bit late, but still, here’s the review for those who are interested in folk-metal … Continue reading →
Location: Ruhrcongress, Bochum (DE) 14-3-2010 With high expectations we had traveled to Bochum in Germany. After last year’s Paganfest which admittedly was little pagan, but which nevertheless was a fantastic party. This year a line-up from which you got instantly happy. We left home in time, because maybe Arkona would … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 24 March 2010 Label: Napalm Records Mulmets Fisher, Sons of Darkness. What do you expect from this album? The band has completely fallen apart a year ago. A band with such a distinctive sound can hardly subsist you might think. So that changed when you spin this … Continue reading →
Rating: 5/10 Release: 4 March 2010 Label: Stygian Crypt Productions Sometimes it’s hard to discuss a CD. Sometimes you just don’t know what to say about it. If you get two of those albums at the same time, of the same band and both originating from 2010, it becomes even … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 2009 Label: Independent Percival Schuttenbach is the folk-metal version of Percival. Reakcja pogańska is their second full length album, their first album was released about seven years earlier. With cello, lyre, flutes and other authentic instruments they create Polish folk-metal. Their metal is the heavy rock/metal kind, … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 18 December 2010 Label: Purity Through Fire ‘Mysterious Land’ the debut-album of the Russian band FängörN was already released in 2010, but we’ve laid our hands on it, and take the opportunity to discuss it shortly. It catches your ears at once, the band is originally a … Continue reading →
Melkweg, Amsterdam 12 November 2009 After the support band (Doghouse Gallows, only seven appearances before) the audience did not seem really enthusiastic, but it was time for the headliner Amon Amarth. After a half hour full of songs from the new album, which is very popular seemed to fall from … Continue reading →
