Rating: 8.2/10 Release: 13 July 2018 Label: Art of Propaganda Let’s start by getting the obvious out of the way German, Firtan is not what we would typically think of as Folk Metal, rather pagan black metal with a progressive death twist. However, I am particularly keen on them due … 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 →
Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 6 May 2016 Label: Northern Silence Productions Strange how you can have the feeling that some bands are around much longer than they actually are. The name feels familiar, you think you have seen them multiple times at all the pagan festivals, the vocals and sound are … Continue reading →
Bornstedt, Germany At the end of May it was that time of the year again when we travel towards Bornstedt to enjoy the ‘most beautiful festival in the world’. While this statement maybe is a bit exaggerated, we can only conclude that the location of the festival is beautiful; in … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 16 May 2014 Label: Independent Firtan is a band from south Germany that was established in 2010, and after some line-up changes, released their first EP ‘Wogen der Trauer’ in 2013. This year the band releases the album ‘Niedergang’ as a sequel to the EP, which is … 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 →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 19 January 2013 Label: Independent Firtan exists since 2010 but until a couple of weeks ago, when I noticed them on facebook, I had actually never heard of them. That’s not that strange, since they have never released an album. In 2010 they recorded a demo but … Continue reading →
