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Interview with Jakke and Mikko of Crimfall

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Crimfall’s Bombastic Energy

Finland’s Crimfall is truly a special band which draws influences from many styles and manages to blend them together to create music that is epic, emotive and powerful without ever making it feel like it is just cluttered with random ideas. After 6 six years, they are back with their most amazing album to date, Amain, and we have the pleasure to bring you this interview with Jakke Viitala and Mikko Häkkinen.

Congratulations on your new album. Amain has been out for some time now. How has the reception been so far?
Jakke: “The reception has been very good. Both in Finland and abroad. The people and reviewers who have been following our career since “as the path unfolds” have all agreed that AMAIN is our strongest and best album so far.”

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Black Troll Winterfest (2011)

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Location: RWE Halle, Mülheim an der Ruhr (DE) 12 November 2011 Photography: Feenstaub Entertainment 10:00 a.m. The doors should be open because 10:20 should sound the First notes through this hall, but it’s almost time and the doors are still not open? The queue is immense (fortunately we as reviewers … Continue reading →

Crimfall – ‘The Writ of Sword’ (2011)

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Release: 23 March 2011 Rating: 10/10 Label: Spinefarm Records Where the previous album ended (“Novembre”), this album continues. The new Crimfall open with “Dicembre”. A cinematic opening, later supported by a massive orchestration. Next, a thin violin and then… metal. Wow, what an opening for this album, I was immediately … Continue reading →