You know, when 2019 came around I actually realized just how many awesome bands were going to put out albums very soon for us to eat right up and for me to go crazy over. I still have acts like … Continue reading Dwarrowdelf – Of Dying Lights
To understand the importance of the name of Saor is to know the name of an act whose wild success in the underground has been the stuff to make the Scottish act a modern phenomenon that takes metal to previously … Continue reading Saor – Forgotten Paths
It’s every new year that many of us come back together pretty soon after coming together at the end of the last year to announce our favorites of the previous months that we all now talk about what we have … Continue reading Transcending Obscurity Records – Label Sampler 2019
Going into 2019, there was really only one band that I had on my radar for any sort of delivery of pagan metal in a way where the folk elements are especially emphasized is Wormwood. But, given how there’s still … Continue reading Norrsinnt – Dåvahugg
History has been a long favorite subject of mine simply because there’s so much of it to sift through that you can never know truly all of it and there’s always something new to learn. I’ve always been entranced by … Continue reading HolyArrow – Fight Back for the Fatherland
I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again: there is no other single style that can capture the ever-changing spirit of nature better than atmospheric black metal. We’ve gotten an absolute array of acts that have blown … Continue reading Elderwind – The Colder The Night
Anyone who knows my tastes knows that I really appreciate novelty and stereotypes pretty much the same amount, but at the end of the day it all depends on the band in question as to whether or not it’s pulled … Continue reading Ash of Ashes – Down the White Waters
About two years ago now, there was a collaboration between the two highly respected albeit new acts of Downfall of Nur and Selvans that really gripped the online metal scene in a big way much like the releases from both … Continue reading Selvans – Faunalia
Most of the time, you’ll find me in a folk metal drought as even though I love the style up and down I find myself being incredibly picky with it against my better judgment. Yet, despite that, I’ve been hearing … Continue reading Mongol – The Return
Much like what I said but two days ago, the pagan metal is something that I’ve always felt partial to but has always favored it more for the folk elements and spirituality above all else as I love that shit. … Continue reading Crystalmoors / Hordak – Árguma / Ophiusa
