The life of a viking as we know it in the world of metal is more than any one style can encompass properly most of the time. Sure, bands like Amon Amarth have managed to confine vikings to a single … Continue reading Battlesoul – Sunward and Starward
Folk metal has long been a genre that I’ve been very entranced by, but it’s also one of those styles that I find very difficult to find excellence out of simply because I like my folk metal to go above … Continue reading Battle Tales – The Ire of the Condemned
Of all the bands that roam in the realm of folk metal, few are more prolific and renowned than Heidevolk who for well over a decade now has been at the top of the genre. They’ve been a force to … Continue reading Heidevolk – Vuur van Verzet
Like many people, I’m absolutely enamored by the allure of ancient Chinese culture as it’s simply a larger than life style that has so many great things always happening from the architecture to the menagerie of legends. Metal has never … Continue reading Enchantenka – 根河
Tolkien has long been a source of inspiration for many bands, and while plenty tried to embody his work way before Summoning came along the band easily had the most unique and impressive execution out of all bands before them. … Continue reading Summoning – With Doom We Come
The realm of blackgaze is a very peculiar one as it’s a very specific sound across just about every single band that ventures within its borders. It’s not often that I’ve seen bands try to do different spins on the … Continue reading Vvilderness – Devour the Sun
Like many people, I’ve always been enthralled by tales and legends of times long past where knights in armor were commonplace and epic battles that were decided on sword and steel took place often. Obviously, those don’t really happen nowadays … Continue reading Blencathra – These Bones Became the Roots of the Forest…
One of the many allures of metal for many of us who listen to it is how fucking epic the music can become, and some people take both the sound and the setting to epic places with folk metal. Hell, … Continue reading Antti Martikainen – Northern Steel
The mystical realm of folk metal has always been something that has intrigued me, yet very few bands can properly capture its spirit in ways that can truly hypnotize me. There are a good number of bands that never cease … Continue reading Elvenking – Secrets of the Magick Grimoire
The Middle East is a place of great turmoil, yet even amongst all that the awesomeness of metal still prevails! We’ve been treated to more recent acts like Azoom and Al-Namrood in the expanse of death and black metal, but … Continue reading Interview with Arallu!
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