folk metal

(8/10) The ones of you who heard of Myrkur earlier know, that this release isn't an easy-going longplayer. Myrkur's music is a more than challenging adventure, pushing limits of metal to its extreme. I think that the expression 'extreme music' never was...

(8/10) For no specific reason German metal outfit Die Apokalyotischen Reiter wasn't more than a dot on my metal radar. For one or another way I never went into depth when it comes to their records and their sound. Having heard in the meantime their newest...

(8/10) It's more and more that I take a shine on what's In Extremo doing. For many years I could really find my way into their music, something that changed with the latest release "Quid Pro Quo". Lucky enough it's this album that was the base for the...

(8/10) It was in 2015 when Irish pagan metal band Primordial played a show at the well-established Band Your Head festival in Balingen, Germany. If I counted right it was the band's second appearance after having played there already three years earlier....

Irish Pagan Metallers Primordial have announced the release of the first live album in the bands history. 'Gods To The Godless (Live At BYH 2015)' will see the light of day next week Friday, November, 25th and will be released as a limited Digibook-CD...

'Oslo by Norse' features three shows of Norwegian metal icons and Grammy award-winners Enslaved, performing three nights in a row with different sets. The shows will take place at Blå, Oslo, from December 6yh to December 8th. Enslaved will perform songs...

German In Extremo took one of the best song from their new album "Quid Pro Quo" and produced a video clip. "Störtebeker" is the name of the tune and you can get to the video via the link at the end of this post. Have fun and enjoy a few minutes of being...

(8/10) The only walls I can accept nowadays are walls of sound. Actually I love them. This time it's Finnish pagan powerhouse that builds those walls on their new longplayer "Jumalten Aika". The guys from Helsinki, Finland do not need a lot of songs to...

(*/10) Also this "Best of..." album will not answer the question about the 'why'. It might make sense for collectors and rookies, but each fan normally calls the regular records already their own. This time it's Ensiferum that releases a "Best of..."...

(7/10) Elvenking never really got my full attention. I wasn't thrilled by their mix of folk, pagan and metal. But I also have to say that the band from Italy has a solid fanbase and a lot of willpower. Even though they never got into the full spotlight...

(5/10) "M" is the second strike of Danish one woman black metal project Myrkur. And as with the last release also this longplayer is bizarr and extreme. This isn't mainstream at all. This is music that you either like or you dislike. There is no inbetween....

(5/10) I have to say that the combination of folk, medival and metal never really belonged to my personal faves. But I also have to say that there are good examples focusing on this mixture. I'm sorry to say that Krayenzeit doesn't belong to those bands....

( 8/10) „One man army“ is not only a band’s name, it is also the title of the new album from Finnish folk metal rockers Ensiferum. The record continues where „Unsung heroes“ ended. Ensiferum didn’t change a lot when it comes to the songs and the music....

(7/10) German Orden Organ has released a new album called "Ravenhead". According to the label info the record will have "more metal, more chorusses, more Orden Organ". Something I can't say 'no' to. "Ravenhead" comes with ten song plus the dramatic intro...