Rating: 9/10 Release: 14 July 2023 Label: AFM Records “There shines a new light in our world! The everfrost is calling!” And call it did! “Everfrost” (not to be confused with the band of the same name) is the first release from Winterstorm since 2016’s epic concept album “Cube of … Continue reading →
Rating: 8,5/10 Release: 7 February 2014 Label: NoiseArt Records Some people almost preach it: Clichés should be forbidden! Or at least restricted. Especially with genres like folk or power-metal, which basically consist of clichés. I’m one of the people who think that clichés are there with a reason, otherwise they … Continue reading →
5, 6 October Oberhausen and Tilburg Every folk- and paganfan knows it by now; Heidenfest. This year it was hard to escape this great feast. With a various mix between large bands like Ensiferum, Equilibrium and Turisas, and small bands like Winterstorm and Frosttide, it promised to be a great … Continue reading →
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 and many other great … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release: 31 August 2012 Label: Independent The German Folk/Power-metal band Winterstorm released a very good debut-album in 2010. The album contained mostly epic power-metal, but some folk-influences can be heard. Now they’re releasing ‘Kings will Fall’ and we got some previews of this at Wacken this year. We’re … Continue reading →
