Tag Folk Metal
There’s this game everyone can play: What music do various fantasy/folklore races listen to? Nasty Hobittses? Folk music. Maybe a bit of Korpiklaani. Giants? True doom, bit of sludge doom. Orcs? Black and death exclusively. Dwarves? Metal metal metal heavy… Continue Reading →
I’ve always found Russian Pagan Folk band Arkona an interesting and intriguing listen, but when funds are tight there was always another band that won my hard-earned. Then I realized I might be doing them a disservice because I really… Continue Reading →
This was going to be a fun one and it was nice to see that a few people were dressed for the occasion wearing lab coats and bee hats to add to the zaniness that the headlining trolls were going… Continue Reading →
This third full-length album, following “The Wisdom Machine” and “Siamese God”, from the Greek quintet Need displays a complex grasp of 70s and contemporary prog metal. It comes spring-loaded with flighty melodic threads à la Dream Theater and Fates Warning…. Continue Reading →
Since I first made the acquaintance of the disparate group of drunkards and psyche ward escapees that make up the bumbling ball of anarchy that is Trollfest, my life has always been made just that little bit brighter. Making Korpiklaani… Continue Reading →
Let’s start with a bold statement: If you claim to like folk metal and do not at least check this album out, your argument is, as the internet says, invalid. Ok let’s back that up. I’ve been a passionate supporter… Continue Reading →
I find that one of the interesting things about the whole “Folk Metal” genre (and sub-genres thereof) is that each band has a slightly different take on it than their fellow acts. It’s a genre that you would think is… Continue Reading →
Equilibrium should be available on the NHS. In fact, Folk Metal in general should be prescribed as an alternative remedy to drugs like Prozac – “Yes Mrs Clarke, we’d like to try something a little different, if you could play… Continue Reading →
Now this is a real treat. Germany’s black metal masters Helrunar and Icelandic bards Árstíðir Lífsins on one release. My main concern is that two bands with such a flare for atmospheric black metal won’t even have time to get… Continue Reading →
It was a good decade and a half ago that I listened to Orphaned Land for the first time. I really enjoyed their death metal tinged with Middle Eastern spices. Well, Kobi Farhi’s death vocals are pretty much non-existent on… Continue Reading →
Fejd return for the third instalment on their quest to prove Traditional Folk Metal isn’t just a load of old Balalaikas. Actually, there’s no Balalaikas at all – however there is Hurdy-Gurdie, Jew’s Harp, Recorder, Swedish Bagpipe, Moraharpa, Cow Antler,… Continue Reading →
On the second track here, Cavalry In Thousands, Tengger Cavalry make the traditional Mongolian ‘horse head’ violin they use sound stunningly like a horse whinnying. Your argument, as the Internet says, is invalid. I will assume that you haven’t heard… Continue Reading →