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 →
