By: Michel Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 25 October 2017 Label: SoundAge Productions The Russian SoundAge label has another new release for us, the new Kalevala album ‘Metal’ (Blizzard). The band had numerous releases since their foundation in 2007, but after 2014 it became a lot more quiet. But they’re back with … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 8/10 Release: 3-10-2009 Label: Sound Age Productions Kalevala released their album Kukushkiny Deti a few years ago in 2009, but the band has signed with Sound Age Productions and the album is released again through this label. In 2009 I didn’t knew Kalevala, so this re-release is … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 6,5 Release: 8-3-2014 Label: Sound Age Productions The Russian Folk-metallers of Kalevala don’t keep us waiting for ever. A year ago they released a full length and now they’re back with an EP ‘Dokhu ya Kupila’. An EP with four tracks, starting with ‘Ty Prosti Menya Rodnaya’, … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 8/10 Release: 25-3-2013 Label: Sound Age Productions After an acoustic live album last year, Kalevala released another studio album this time. Immediately from the start it’s obvious what this is all about. True Russian folk in a rock and metal style. The vocals of singer Kseniya give … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 8/10 The Italian band Kalevala has a varied repertoire, I wondered earlier if there’s an audience who likes this all. But the band exist for quite a few years now and has an huge discography and a long list of gigs, so it doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading →
By: Michel Score: 6/10 The Russian folk-metalband Kalevala has released an acoustic live-album. Kalevala is normally not very metal, their music can be considered as folk-rock with every now and then a song which is more metal, but they’re also playing songs which are almost pure folk. The voice of … Continue reading →
