We all have seen examples of bands coming around and revisiting old material whether it be because the band in question wants to give a modern update to fond memories or mere cash grabs. I’ve never really been one to … Continue reading Black Kirin – Qinhuai
It was just a few days ago that I was sitting around remembering how I haven’t listened to a whole lot of folk metal this year, and I was truly devastated. I’ve had some tremendous listens from the style this … Continue reading Wandering Oak – Passage Elemental
It really does seem like that as the year goes on, more and more excellence keeps coming out to really astound us fans and especially people like me who need to make year-end lists specifically because it’s going to make … Continue reading Ade – Rise of the Empire
Seeing the implementation of folk metal into increasingly unique styles is a great pleasure for someone like me who loves to see the many different sounds of folk metal finding special corners from different bands all over the world. Thus … Continue reading Cemican – In Ohtli Teoyohtica In Miquiztli
Of all the places that metal has found a point to grow from across the globe, one of the places that I find to be the most intriguing whenever I hear new material from it has to undoubtedly be the … Continue reading Arallu – En Olam
Most of the time when I go to listen to any sort of folk metal, I’m hoping to get an epic experience filled with all the parts of a fantastical journey that the style could ever possibly hope to bring … Continue reading Eramaa – Breathe
Before Finsterforst came out of seemingly nowhere and astounding me with their upcoming album, there was only one black/folk act that I had my eyes on that I knew was going to impress no matter what: Wormwood. They easily created … Continue reading Wormwood – Nattarvet
It’s very often in many scenarios with metal that we like to throw around the word “epic” to describe something that’s awesome. It’s a word that fits every now and then, for sure, but it’s only on rare occasion do … Continue reading Finsterforst – Zerfall
It’s the taste of something larger than life that what drives many fans of fantasy to the genre as very few things is more fun to imagine up than tales that could never possibly happen that are simply rife with … Continue reading Stone Sovereign – Tales of Myth & Madness
A split is sometimes my best friend as it pulls double duty, sometimes more, in doing me the service of providing two different sounds from two different bands in one neat package, effectively giving me two different listening experiences. It’s … Continue reading Itnuveth / Cult of Self Destruction – Black Viking Alliance / Nihil Verum Nisi Mors
