Rating: 9/10 Release: 23 September 2022 Label: Independent At its heart Alvenrad’s sound is a bombastic take on melodic blackened folk metal, but they enrich and elevate it with innovative prog flourishes, orchestral strings, wind instruments and vocals ranging from rasping black metal to soaring clean singing and choral chants. … Continue reading →
Alvenrad will release their new album ‘Veluws IJzer’ today.. Here is a video of ‘Roodwild’ for you already.
Alvenrad have returned after a 3-year hiatus with a new album for a new label for them. “Heer” is to be released on December 8th on epic Trollmusic (home to King Of Asgard, Byrdi, Fornhem and many others). The album pushes a multitude of limits and blurs the lines between … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 8 December 2017 Label: Trollmusic There have been quite a bit of bands that have incorporated retro/progressive music into folk metal…..killer acts like Wilderun, Eikthyrnir, Lör and maybe most notably the epic Borknagar. If you haven’t heard Alvenrad then you should know that they no doubt should … Continue reading →
Rating: 6/10 Release: 4 April 2014 Label: Trollmusic The Dutch language is a sensitive subject. Most of the times, music that’s sang in Dutch isn’t really my cup of tea. There are just a few bands out there which can convert our strange, terrible-sounding language into something that’s beautiful or … Continue reading →
