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Sacred Blood – Argonautica

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 This third release from acclaimed Greek folk metal band Sacred Blood has left me applauding greatly and hitting that replay button over and over because their upcoming album “Argonautica” is something only a true Greek folk metal band could pull off. Now if you know your Greek mythology as I do to an extent you should know that judging by the various elements of the cover art from the warrior atop the serpent (not dragon, no wings that I can see) holding a golden fabric so it must be Jason getting the legendary Golden Fleece, and the woman enchanting the … Continue reading Sacred Blood – Argonautica

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Heidevolk – Velua

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 Whenever I want to listen to folk metal I always had two bands that were my go-to bands for quality sound: Ensiferum and Korpiklaani. But now after listening to Hedievolk’s upcoming 5th album “Velua” I now have a third band on my go-to list because this album was something else entirely that really brought the folk metal genre to the table and made it into something else that I haven’t heard done this well before. Now, this was sung in Dutch I believe and since I only speak English fluently, but the vocals sounded so good alongside the awesome guitars … Continue reading Heidevolk – Velua

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Ensiferum – One Man Army

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 The behemoths of folk metal have returned with their latest album “One Man Army” and (as I’m sure you may know) it’s pretty fucking awesome especially since it’s a more than worthy follow up to their previously acclaimed album “Unsung Heroes” which was the absolute shit. This album from beginning to end is as hypnotic and awesome as I expected after watching the music video for the title track which was only a prelude to the badassery that was shown in this album. I know for a fact that any fan of Ensiferum (hello!) will enjoy this album to the point … Continue reading Ensiferum – One Man Army

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Finsterforst – Mach Dich Frei

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 One hour and 14 minutes. One hour and 14 minutes and eight tracks. Holy shit! I’ve rarely been able to come across albums with songs that exceed 10 minutes and pulled it off with the most notable being Inter Arma’s latest album “The Cavern”. But “Mach Dich Frei” had an amazing sound for its entirety especially for the seventh track, “Reise zum…”, which was purely instrumental but it was a solid 5 minutes of sounds coalesced to create something soothing but powerful all at once. The vocals in this along with both the drums and the guitars that they create … Continue reading Finsterforst – Mach Dich Frei

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Harrow – Fallow Fields

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 I’m gonna be straight up with you – I saw black and folk metal in the description for Harrow’s “Fallow Fields” and just hopped right on it. I love me some black metal. I love me some folk metal. And I love black/folk metal when it’s put together and done right. Now before I say anything else, both genres definitely were in “Fallow Fields” but there was more black metal than folk metal. The folk metal came in only acoustic parts of these 8+ minute songs even though I enjoyed them a lot, but I was really hoping for a more well … Continue reading Harrow – Fallow Fields

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Ensiferum – One Man Army (single)

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 Many of us folk metal fans remember when Ensiferum first released their last album “Unsung Heroes” and how much we fucking loved every part of it and its awesomeness. Well it’s been a few years and Ensiferum has finally reached a good point to them where they can release a new album titled “One Man Army” in good conscious. Now they’ve released a music video today for the title track and I was very excited. I was excited because I, some schmuck on a computer, could only imagine what it was going to be, what it was going to sound … Continue reading Ensiferum – One Man Army (single)

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Elvenking – The Pagan Manifesto

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 I like to think of Elvenking as the kings of power-folk metal simply because I think they’re the best at making it since they’ve been doing it longer and better than anyone for years, and their latest album “The Pagan Manifesto” is only another reason as to why they still wear the crown. This album truly is great to every extent of the word and that makes me salivate (not literally) because this album just makes me excited for what else Elvenking has up their sleeves since this is probably my favorite album from them because of this once again … Continue reading Elvenking – The Pagan Manifesto

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King Of Asgard – Karg

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 I’ll be honest, I’ve never really liked King Of Asgard. I like viking and folk metal (whichever these guys are) to an extent; Amon Amarth and Ensiferum on a regular basis if you want examples. King OF Asgard was always something that I didn’t listen to but it’s always been under the “Maybe” category for bands I might want to listen to in the future. I saw that they released “Karg” and it went from “Maybe” to “Why Not”. Based upon what I heard of the band before hearing this album, I feared that I wouldn’t like this because it … Continue reading King Of Asgard – Karg

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Falconer – Black Moon Rising

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First off, folk metal as always had it’s moments for me even though I don’t listen to a lot of it. One of these moments is when I heard “Unsung Heroes” by Ensiferum. Great song no question. Unfortunately, most other folk metal songs cannot replicate that sound for me. Falconer has always been one of those bands that I listen to just for the sake of something to listen to. It’s one of those bands for me that you hear come on and you think about it before going “eh, fuck it I’ll let it play”. I had hopes that … Continue reading Falconer – Black Moon Rising