Rating: 9/10 Release: 31 May 2024 Label: Napalm Records Following Týr’s latest effort, Battle Ballads, the band have hammered out another album. Their forthcoming compilation album collects the “best of” from the napalm years. Now those who have read one of this reviewer’s takes on compilation albums know there are … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 12 April 2024 Label: Metal Blade Records After releasing a live album and doing some extensive live work and holding the banner of Folk Metal high during the lockdowns, refusing to play the Spotify imaginary singles game, and generally being shining example of what it means to … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 18 March 2022 Label: Metal Blade Records Okay, I must confess to all of you. I have never been a big fan of live albums. I realize that bands often release them so fans can capture that concert experience without being there physically. In my experience, very … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.7/10 Release: 8 March 2019 Label: Metalblade The time is close at hand for Faroese Folk Metallers Tyr to release their latest work entitled Hel. In the previous months, Tyr has released some of the usual precursory content to tease the album, including several of the songs for online … Continue reading →
At long last, Faroese viking metallers Týr has decided to tour the US again. Touring with Orphaned Land and Aeternam among others, Tyr mentioned work on a new album was in progress with the tour announcement. When the band was playing in my local area I had the opportunity to sit down with frontman Heri Joensen to talk about touring, songwriting and the new album in the works.
Continue reading →Score: 9/10 Release: 13-9-2013 Label: Metal Blade Records Guitars² It has been a while since we’ve heard something new from Tyr. And I won’t beat about the bush, I was a little afraid of their new album. I’ve seen them live a couple of times and they have thrown off … Continue reading →
The last weekend of June is just like last year reserved for my favorite festival of the year, Hörnerfest. Just like last year this small festival near Hamburg had and amazing line-up, but next to epic bands, Hörnerfest has so much more to offer. Friday morning early the festival weekend … Continue reading →
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 →
Location: DRU Cultuurfabriek, Ulft 10 November 2011 Photography: Metalshots.com (12-11-2011) Despite of the fact I’m going to ‘Black Troll Winterfest’ in two days, and all three bands will be there to, I’m still going to the Dead Tyrants Tour. Because you won’t want to miss this, Crimfall, Moonsorrow and Tyr … Continue reading →
Summerbreeze 2011 Dinkelsbühl (DE) 18-20 Augustus 2011 Summer Breeze is one of many metal festivals in Germany. With only 20,000 men remains a small-scale festival, not as massive as for instance another German Wacken. Here too metalheads from all over Europe gathered for three days of beer, party and metal! … Continue reading →
