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Best Debut-Album 2019: Nr. 1 Elvarhøi

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Elvarhoi Dansen Later Fra Graven Ater

1. Elvarhøi – ‘Dansen låter fra graven åter’
With 25 out of 40 points Elvarhøi managed to claim the title ‘Best Debut-album’ this year. Voted ‘best’ by two members, they reached the first place. After 15 years of existence they released their debut-album.
” A now brainer this releasedate, because it’s Elvarhøi’s 15 anniversary.
Despite the fact I won’t advise this schedule to any other band, it can be heard for sure. When you listen to ‘Dansen låter fra graven åter’, you can’t imagine this is an debut. The musicians are not only skilled they obviously know what they want and can achieve this together. “

Congratulations Elvarhøi!

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Tolkien in Northern Italy

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Barad Guldur Interview

Sometimes you stumble on a hidden gem. Lately a band called Barad Guldur from Italy was brought to our attention. We took the opportunity to ask them a few questions at once, so we can get to know them a little better.

The Blend

Hi, I think a lot of our readers don’t really know Barad Guldur. Can you tell us a bit how the band started?
“Hi to all of you at Folk Metal.nl and thanks for this interview! Barad Guldur were born from the desire to merge metal, folk and epic music with tales, horror stories, paganism and Tolkien’s writings. Our band started a few years ago with some cover songs that were shared on YouTube with the aim of finding the right sound.

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Barad Guldur – ‘Frammento di oscurità’ (2019)

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Rating: 7.2/10 Release: 11 June 2019 Label: Independent ‘Frammenti di oscurità ‘ (or fragment of darkness) is the first release of this Italian band, which with 11 songs brings us its style with a classic European folk-metal sound in both melodies and guitar riffs. The male and female voices sing in … Continue reading →