Tag Pagan
The debut album by this Swedish trio consisting of J. Sandin on vocals and keyboards, H. Carlsson on guitars and bass, and N. Fjellström on the drums is a bit of an eclectic affair. The easiest comparison I can make… Continue Reading →
Back in the day, it was unlikely the flute would make it into the line-up of any decent heavy metal band. To most heavy metal fans it is the aural equivalent of chewing on a lemon. The flute, like its… Continue Reading →
As French as the album and song titles suggest, Neptrecus return with their first full-length album after releasing a demo back in early 2012. Some of the tracks here may indeed ring with an air of familiarity if you heard… Continue Reading →
Any metal fan will be able to tell you that you should never judge a book by its cover. You can judge someone by the T-shirt they’re wearing, of course (if someone is wearing a Def Leppard T-shirt, for example,… Continue Reading →
Some people like to be noticed and considering the large, hideously expensive to post box file that this CD and bio arrived in Warseid are amongst them. The CD also sported a cover and insert whose quality puts quite a… Continue Reading →
Huldre – Intet Menneskebarn (Gateway Music) The first thing that really caught my attention on this was the bands rather spiffing logo, thankfully it is readable but the clever thing about it is the way it is constructed from branches… Continue Reading →
Raging winds and ocean waves have always been the staple sound effects of the pagan black metal band. But it can all begin to sound a little bit cheesy after so many years filling in the gaps between tracks that… Continue Reading →
This is the second album by Germany’s Freitod. “Regenjahre” (Rain Years) consists of 6 meaty chunks of dark-black metal and then an even meatier 12 minute track “Wenn Alles Zerbricht” (When Everything Collapses). I have listened to this album and… Continue Reading →
Now stay with me (look at the score if you must) but I have to say that by the time I get to the first few seconds of the second track on Against All Odds, Ireland’s Eternal Helcaraxe have managed… Continue Reading →
Though Iceland’s Árstídir lífsins (meaning “the seasons of life”) is a relatively new group, the music they create is ageless – that which evokes the sights and sounds of towering forests watching stoically over shores of timeless oceans, the scents… Continue Reading →
We do sometimes have a bit of a joke about this label (in a nice way) but they have got a bit of a reputation for releasing rather a lot of “airy fairy metal.” Of course the industrial side of… Continue Reading →
Folk metal bands: you either love their jaunty refrains and occasional use of penny whistles, or you want to invade their lands and impale them all on large spikes. I will admit that they may be slightly over represented in… Continue Reading →