Of all the premier folk metal bands that we’ve gotten over the years, I can’t help but feel that Ensiferum has become one of the very best over the years with their efforts constantly showing off epic talent on many … Continue reading Ensiferum – Thalassic
Is there something about Russia and folk metal that I’ve just been out of the loop with for years now? There really seems to be a solid concentration of folk metal acts within the Russian borders that it’s impossible not … Continue reading Woodscream – Варево
It feels like it’s been far longer than just six years since the last time we got new material from Falconer, and yet, somehow, it feels like no time at all. Such a weird thing but, nonetheless, the news of … Continue reading Falconer – From a Dying Ember
While the great vast majority of albums that I review here fall into the worlds of rock and metal, I find it both fun and important to wander elsewhere. The somewhat adjacent realms of atmospheric styles like noise, ambient, neofolk, … Continue reading Osi and the Jupiter – Appalachia
I’ve long been proud of the fact that I’ve witnessed the rise of a good number of bands in my time doing these reviews. Some of them were pretty quick, others still in progress like what I’m witnessing with Howling … Continue reading Sojourner – Premonitions
If you were to look in the right places and notice the right instances, it can be argued that certain black metal bands are making a transition to something much, much lighter in terms of content, theme, and overall ferocity. … Continue reading Myrkur – Folkesange
Despite the vast majority of my music habits falling under the categories of either metal or rock, I always like to keep the horizons of my taste nice and wide because I damn well know that there’s loads of good … Continue reading Ye Banished Privateers – Hostis Humani Generis
There were very few albums that I was looking forward to coming into 2020 than Lord Buffalo’s upcoming opus. They impressed me three years ago with their dirty take on folk rock that was constantly changing with heaps of tasty … Continue reading Lord Buffalo – Tohu Wa Bohu
It’s not often enough that we get a really solid work that blends together the realms of black and folk metal in such a way that really flattens just about every person that sits down to take a real listen … Continue reading Marrasmieli – Between Land and Sky
A lot of times, I find myself preferring bands to switch up their sound even if it’s by the smallest bit as they progress from album to album, but it’s on a rare occasion that sometimes it just fucking works … Continue reading Itnuveth – Enuma Elish
