Arkona & Korpiklaani, House of Blues, Dallas USA; 21st November 2018 By: Jano After spending several minutes trying to claim my ticket at the box office, I was very excited to finally get to see Korpiklaani live. While it did turn out to be a relatively short night and in … Continue reading →
By: Leo Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 7 September 2018 Label: Nuclear Blast The -perhaps- most popular folk-metal band in the world, brings us a new record, which despite sounding with their own recognized style, is perceived as a more mature album, calmed and evolved from the sound of previous releases. A … Continue reading →
By: Leo Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 25 August 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast This new work of the very famous folk metal Finnish band places together 2 great concerts from the ‘Masters of Rock Festival’. A Czech Republic annual event with excellent music and bands that are well known worldwide playing for … Continue reading →
By: Rein 11 November 2016 Venue: De Boerderij, Zoetermeer; The Netherlands Quite a nice package of folk and pagan metal from Scandinavia. On a Friday night in Holland this package was rewarded with quite a big turnout, right from the beginning. Skálmold One of the things I like about folk … Continue reading →
By: Eline Location: Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands Date: 10/4/2016 April seems to be a good month for us folk metal lovers living in the Netherlands. After the shows of Ensiferum, Skyforger, Ereb Altor, Månegarm and Equilibrium just a couple of days ago, it’s now time for Korpiklaani and Moonsorrow to hit … Continue reading →
By: Jeff Theatre of Living Arts; Philadelphia, USA 28-5-2015 TROLLFEST/KORPIKLAANI/ENSIFERUM Phil and I are made are way down to the venue which was over 80 miles away so we left at 5 o’clock or so to get there….luckily traffic cooperated and we were at the venue right before 7PM finding … Continue reading →
By: YvetteRating: 6,5/10Release: 1-5-2015Label: Nuclear Blast It has been awfully quiet around the Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani the last couple of years. For a band that has released an album almost yearly it was a surprise to see that ‘Noita’ was scheduled to be released three years after 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 →
By: Nick Photography by: Toni B. Gunner – www.mondkringel-photography.de For many, many years people were telling me about Rockharz, and how I just had to go there. A festival with an average size (+/- 20.000 people) and a good, diverse line-up every year. There was enough to enjoy for fans … Continue reading →
By: Nick and Colin Location: Geiselwind, Germany The news about Bayern was pretty bad lately. Heavy rainfall, flooded basements, mudslides and landslides. But still the line-up of the very first edition of Beastival was irresistible, so we jumped in our car for this new German festival. Sabaton, Kreator, Kataklysm, Wintersun … Continue reading →
