Burgfolk 2010 Location: Schloss Broich, Mülheim an der Ruhr (DE) 27 August 2010 Photography: Feenstaub Entertainment Burgfolk Mulheim guarantees a fun party. The common thread in the program is folk influences but in a broad sense. The festival began this year with a very nice Versengold, which plays real medieval … Continue reading →
Rating: 5/10 Release: 1 November 2010 Label: Trance Jam Records Again an invitation of a band to review their CD. I feel honored. The band itself claims to play Gothic Tribal Folk Metal, so that sounds very promising. When I listen to the first song, I’ve started to write this … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 26 April 2010 Label: Century Media Records The last album of these Finns is released a while ago and so I’ve heard it a long time ago, but now we’re receiving a copy from Century records for a review. “Lament for the Fallen”, is a nice sounding … Continue reading →
Rating: 5.5/10 Release: June 2010 Label: Stygian Crypt Productions Folkearth is a project where different people from all across the World work together to record an album. These people come from all across the globe; Greece, Swiss, but also from Australia and the US. A beautiful initiative, but could this … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 23 April 2010 Label: Echozone While we’re waiting for their new album, we receive Remember Twilights’ latest album ‘Musik über Niedergang & Verderben’ which was released in 2010 already. Remember Twilight isn’t folk-metal nor Medieval rock. They describe it themselves as Chambermusic-Core. Expect a lot of cello, … Continue reading →
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 →
