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
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
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
Brazil has never once been lacking when it comes to churning out interesting metal bands by any means whatsoever with it being the bastion that many of us go to in order to get a proper fix of what South … Continue reading Kaatayra – Toda História pela Frente
With all the many different sounds there are in the world, I really do believe that there aren’t nearly enough instances of death and folk metal coming together to deliver us a vicious experience the likes of which truly cannot … Continue reading Stormtide – A Throne of Hollow Fire
When it comes to talking about folk metal in its modern form, I find it inexcusable not to mention Korpiklaani. They may not be the band that revolutionized the style or pushing it to the boundaries of all that it … Continue reading Korpiklaani – Jylhä
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