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,...
A girl who falls in love with death, along with love, insomnia, and the perils that come with being the Mother of the Broken. All this and more is woven throughout the story at the heart of Cellar Darling’s upcoming The Spell, which arrives on...
TÝR has made a name for themselves in Folk Metal as consistent champions in the field. Having released their first five full-length albums over the course of seven years, they quickly branded themselves as prolific purveyors of their craft. However, the band did take some...
As far as Heavy Metal is concerned, it breathes its fire on the world whether you like it or not. That in mind, there are some cultures and locations actually dominant in the acceptance of the genre. For example, Finland, a small country which happens...
Fresh off the release of her second album, Mareridt, in 2017, the semi-anonymous Myrkur is back with the Juniper EP on Friday, December 7, 2018 on Relapse Records. The brainchild of Danish performer Amalie Bruun, the Black Metal outfit has grown steadily since its self-titled debut...
The opportunity to see the same bands return to tour North America year after year is simply taken for granted by many residing in the region. A privilege many other corners of the world are not offered, the largest oversight is that these bands, who...
European Folk music holds a special place in the hearts of many listeners. An age old style, it can not be mistaken for any other genre thanks to its elements of cultural storytelling mixed with unusual instrumentation. In Finland, one of the European world's leaders...