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Liv Kristine - River of Diamonds album art

Liv Kristine – River of Diamonds (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 20, 2023

The journey of Norwegian Singer Liv Kristine has been one full of triumph, but also heartache. A fixture within the European Metal scene for years, many consider Kristine a pioneer who paved the way for others to utilize angelic female vocals alongside male death metal ... Read More

Dymna Lovta - The Land Under the Black Wings: Blood album art

Dymna Lotva – The Land Under the Black Wings: Blood (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoNovember 1, 2023

Belarus may not be the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of Heavy Metal bands, but after hearing Dymna Lotva, it will certainly not be the last. Steeped in enough struggle and persecution to lend them oodles of authenticity, Dymna Lotva soldiers ... Read More

The Hu – Rumble of Thunder (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaAugust 29, 2022

One of the most successful contemporary representatives of Folk Metal, The HU was formed in 2016, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Apart from using the basic weapons of Rock – electric guitar, bass, and drums – the band’s members proudly showcase their culture by incorporating traditional instruments ... Read More

Alestorm – Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum (Album Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueJune 27, 2022

Don ye tri-cornered hats and lube up ye inner tubes: everyone’s favorite Pirate Metal drinking crew, Alestorm, is back with a swashbuckling adventure guaranteed to turn your limbs to driftwood. Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum arrives on Friday, June 24, 2022, thanks to Napalm ... Read More

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Wilde Kinder (Album Review)

Lisa BurkeLisa BurkeApril 18, 2022

Germany is home to a very globally dominating music scene…and Heavy Metal has certainly scored high among them all. Hailing from the year 1995, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter was originally created by Fuchs, the man responsible for the pleasantly heavy vocals, lyrics, and guitars. He is ... Read More

Amorphis – Halo (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoFebruary 8, 2022

Three decades of growth. Three decades of magic. Three decades of gorgeous manifestations of sound commonly referred to in the collective as Melodic Death Metal, yet Finland’s progressive titans Amorphis are so much more. And here in the grip of winter, 2022, they are set ... Read More

folk metal

Liv Kristine – River of Diamonds (Album Review)

Dymna Lotva – The Land Under the Black Wings: Blood (Album Review)

The Hu – Rumble of Thunder (Album Review)

Alestorm – Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum (Album Review)

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Wilde Kinder (Album Review)

Amorphis – Halo (Album Review)

Liv Kristine – River of Diamonds (Album Review)

Dymna Lotva – The Land Under the Black Wings: Blood (Album Review)

The Hu – Rumble of Thunder (Album Review)

Alestorm – Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum (Album Review)

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Wilde Kinder (Album Review)

Amorphis – Halo (Album Review)

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Interview – Sean Young

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