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Arð – Untouched By Fire (Prophecy Productions)

If you are the sort of person that likes going out with a metal detector and looking for ancient treasure you may have unearthed the musical equivalent from historic Northumbria in the form of Arð, a project from native custodian… Continue Reading →

Leaves’ Eyes – Myths Of Fate (AFM Records)

This ninth album sort of marks a twenty year anniversary since Leaves’ Eyes’ first album, ‘Lovelorn’, was released in 2004 and since that time they have spearheaded the symphonic metal genre and spawned the creation of hundreds of other bands… Continue Reading →

Oblivium Regnum – Zrádce (S/R)

First, I’d like to recognise what the band has done here. Often I’ll receive an album with a reference to an important but not universally known piece of history. The band might be lucky if I know of the events,… Continue Reading →

Icestorm – The Northern Crusades (Blood Fire Death)

“At the end of the twelfth century, in the city of Acre, one of the most powerful cavalry military orders the world had ever seen was born…” Thus begins the Prologue to Rex Regi Rebellis the first track of The… Continue Reading →

Givre – Destin Messianique (Eisenwald)

“Givre” means frost in French, which gives an immediate clue as to what to expect. The band from the French-Canadian black metal factory have released two previous albums. I don’t know what the longest ever track title is but the… Continue Reading →

Arð – Take Up My Bones (Prophecy)

Music that strives to incorporate authentic elements from its place of origin has a special appeal, because it can teach you about history, culture and customs, regional tunes and instruments in an effortless and casual kind of way. At its… Continue Reading →

Mystras – Empires Vanquished And Dismantled (I, Voidhanger)

History and geography lesson time from Ayloss of Spectral Lore as he follows up debut Mystras release ‘Castles Conquered And Reclaimed,’ which was certainly a fascinating album. It mixed burgeoning medieval black metal with well-known traditional folk songs as it… Continue Reading →

We Lost The Sea – Departure Songs (Bird’s Robe Records)

The folks at Birds Robe have been busy re-issuing their catalogue, meaning that gorgeous looking CD’s filled with big post rock sounds have been dropping through my letterbox. With each dull thud on the door mat comes another collection of songs by a band… Continue Reading →

Paydretz – Chroniques de l’Insurrection (Antiq)

I have to admit that I had incredibly high expectations for this despite never hearing of French rabble rousers Paydretz prior to the promo arriving. This is blackened folk metal with members of Himinbjorg, Véhémence, Skyforger, Cruachan and album of… Continue Reading →

Almach – Battle of Tours (Haarbn Productions)

Historical themes and personae are quite a common subject in metal lyrics. If you care to listen, metal offers many a great history lesson. More recently, interest may have shifted a bit from wars, battles and conquests to prehistoric cults,… Continue Reading →

Leaves’ Eyes – The Last Viking (AFM)

If you bought Leaves’ Eyes last EP ‘The Black Butterfly’ in December of last year then you will already have a good idea as to what this full length sounds like. Indeed Leaves’ Eyes affection for Nordic sagas continues with… Continue Reading →

Griffon – O Theos, O Basileus (Ladlo Productions)

Just to settle any confusion in the first instance this album is actually entitled ὸ θεὀς ὸ βασιλεὐς but putting that in the subject line could cause a website meltdown, so like others we are going with the translation. Anyway,… Continue Reading →

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