When life hits a milestone, often a celebration or commemoration of that accomplishment is in order. In a musician's career this can come for a variety of exciting reasons, inspiring musical works encompassing the vibe and experience in its entirety. In the case of Amalie Bruun...
German Folk Metal progenitors Suidakra are set to release Echoes of Yore through MDD Records on Friday, November 15th.With 2018's Cimbric Yarns still fresh in the minds of listeners, the band launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund and re-record a classic track list. The...
A winter-themed folk fantasy told through original compositions and Medieval hymnals, Symphonic/Celtic vocal goddess LEAH is set to take your breath away with Ancient Winter. Ex Cathedra Records delivers the love and light on Friday, November 15th, 2019.From the rugged coast of British Columbia, Canada,...
Certain artists within the wide spectrum of Heavy Metal music endure because they refuse to change, while others endure because they refuse to stand still. Øystein Brun, the Founding Guitarist and creator of Bergen, Norway’s complex, massive, and magical Borknagar, most certainly resides amongst the latter group. From his origins in the...
As we approach the twenty-fifth anniversary of their existence, Blackened Progressive innovators Borknagar prepare to release the eleventh studio album of their lengthy and groundbreaking career. On Friday, September 27th, 2019, via Century Media Records, the Norwegian collective will bestow True North upon a fan...
Raising high the pagan flag since 2003, Sweden’s prolific Ereb Altor has built their own foundation upon the bedrock of countrymen such as Bathory and Thyrfing, producing seven full-length albums of epic Norse-saga inspired Metal over the course of their career. On the 23rd of September...
In all genres, there is music that is transient and forgettable. It merely serves the present, and soon fades. Then there is music that elevates the consciousness of the listener, etching itself into the fabric of our beings like rivers carve a path through mountains....
Consistency is a difficult attribute to attain in the over-saturated world of modern Heavy Metal music. Consistent quality is another matter entirely. This elusive trait, seen even less frequently, is something that has come very easily to the Norse Pagan Black Metal institution known as...
Helheim, borne from the cold, unforgiving climate of Bergen, Norway, and longtime weavers of dark tapestries, are set to release Rignir through hometown label Dark Essence on Friday, April 26.Founded in 1992, and releasing their debut, Jormundgand, three years later, the band has never...
With nearly five years passed since their last true Metal album, one of the world’s most celebrated and beloved Folk Metal outfits, Eluveitie, deliver their latest hard-hitting epic, Ategnatos, on Friday, April 5, 2019, thanks to Nuclear Blast Records.Founded in 2002 by Frontman/Multi-Instrumentalist Chrigel Glanzmann,...
