Rating: 7/10 Release: 8 Septerber 2023 Label: AOP Records Finsterforst is a six-member German folk metal band, and Jenseits (“Beyond”) is their eighth album and 3rd EP. There are two guest musicians who brought their voices and instruments into the booth, too. All-in-all, it’s a strange little beast: an EP-length … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.8/10 Release: 2 August 2019 Label: Napalm Records Finsterforst’s Zum Tode Him has been a pinnacle in my folk-metal library for over 10 years now though many things have changed for me and for the band alike in that time, but just like fine wine, we’ve evolved and matured … Continue reading →
Dynamo Eindhoven, The Netherlands Date: 02 Oktober 2016 It’s starting to be a little tradition. A one day folk / pagan metal festival in the fall in the south of Holland. For the third consecutive year metal fans from the entire country assembled to celebrate their favourite music. With about … Continue reading →
The guys from the dark woods of Germany Finsterforst are back with a very surprising piece of work. About time for Folk-metal.nl to check them out. So we had a nice chat with Olli, which will hopefully clear a few things. Hey guys, how are you doing?“Hey, we are doing … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.7/10 Release: 16 September 2016 Label: Napalm Records Finsterforst have returned, and if you’re anything like me you’ve been waiting in cheek clenched anticipation since July, when they teased us with the awesome Auf die Zwolf. Well the wait is over and I’m happy to say #YOLO is a … Continue reading →
Into the Forest Festival 7-11-2015 Dynamo, Eindhoven, Netherlands The second edition of the Into The Forest festival in Dynamo Eindhoven, The Netherlands. After a successful first edition last year the festival (hosted by good friend and former folk-metal.nl colleague Nick Roovers) gets a sequel. This year the line-up has improved … Continue reading →
By: Nick Bornstedt, Germany 14-5 / 16-5 2015 The most common discussion when the festival season starts is always about which festivals to visit, especially since there’s so much choice nowadays! There’s just one festival that’s been on the calendar as soon as the previous edition ended, and that’s the … Continue reading →
Paganfest Extended 013, Tilburg, The Netherlands (22-03-2015) Photography: Paganfest Extended, Turbinehalle, Oberhausen, Germany One of the places to be if you are into pagan, folk and viking metal is the annual festival Paganfest. After being cancelled last year, the Paganfest tour has returned to Tilburg with an XL tour, featuring … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release: 23-1-2015 Label: Napalm Records Finsterforst is back! Three years after the fantastic ‘Rastlos’, the band is back with the album ‘Mach Dich Frei’. Since Rastlos is one of my favourite pagan-black albums, my expectations were really high for this album. However, did the band manage to fulfil … Continue reading →
25/26 April 2014 Stadthalle Lichtenfels, Germany Ragnarök is a small festival that’s taking place in Lichtenfels. However, never let the size of things misguide you, because on this festival the best of pagan- folk- and black-metal come together. With bands like Arkona, Finntroll, Skálmöld en Manegarm, there were enough bands … Continue reading →
