It’s no stretch of the imagination to say that the entirety of Scandinavia is one of the greatest bastions of metal that the world has ever and likely will ever see by far with it still producing some truly exemplary … Continue reading Wormwood – Arkivet
One of the most sacred concoctions in all of black metal for me absolutely has to be whenever the style drifts into the mystical realm of folk metal for it’s in those fantastical worlds that we get some of the … Continue reading Alda – A Distant Fire
My constant search for worthwhile folk metal really does feel as though it is never-ending. There have and will always be half-hearted attempts at the style with so many merely adopting pagan-like themes and not going all into what all … Continue reading Sieta – Novgorod
Each style has its own selection of elite acts that seem to rarely do wrong in the long run when we look at their past performances and discography as a whole. In the areas where black and folk metal intersects, … Continue reading Windfaerer – Breaths of Elder Dawns
It was last year when I came back to Osi and the Jupiter for their EP titled “Appalachia”, and it was by far one of the most enchanting experiences of its kind that I still have heard. Having recently moved … Continue reading Osi and the Jupiter – Stave
Of all the rising bands that have come around in the last few years to surprise us with performances that are as dense as they are stunningly beautiful, Sojourner absolutely has to be one of the first bands mentioned in … Continue reading Sojourner – Perennial
The name that always leaps out to me when we take into consideration the massive wave of atmospheric black metal in the last number of years has always been Panopticon. At every turn, the name has become synonymous with many … Continue reading Panopticon – …And Again Into The Light
Is it something about the Irish or is their doom metal getting better? From Soothsayer to The Grief, the Irish doom scene has been seeming to get better with each passing year with it feeling like every new album that … Continue reading Corr Mhóna – Abhainn
Of all the combinations of different styles throughout metal that I’m always looking for more of, the marriage of death and folk is one that does not happen nearly enough. There are some bands that are able to do it … Continue reading Akhenaten – The Emerald Tablets of Thoth
If you ask me, one of the last areas of black metal that really needs a proper surge in material and bands putting forth great efforts in is where the style crosses over with folk metal. Such a combination has … Continue reading Felled – The Intimate Earth
