The decision to relocate from Russia to England in 2014 would have finished most bands, but Concrete Age frontman, Ilya Morozov (aka Frosty J), heard his destiny calling from beyond…
Tag: folk metal
Russian nationalism is the most unpopular (and feared) ideology in the western world right now, but the patriotism of ancient Russ, with its nostalgia for the peasant life, folk music…
It’s rare you find a band that start off as a death-thrash outfit before evolving into a symphonic heavy metal tour de force. Perhaps the most famous example is the…
Scotland’s most famous romantic conjurer of Caledonian mysticism is misunderstood in the black metal community. Andy Marshall distances himself from nationalism these days in case it be mistaken for the…
Swedish quartet, Tungsten, are one of the most unique groups in metal. Not because of their sound, but because they started as the brainchild of Hammerfall/Manowar drummer, Anders Johannson, as…
Finnish melodic death metal pioneers, Amorphis, are one of the most imitated bands of the last thirty years. 1994’s Tales from the Thousand Lakes is a masterpiece of the 1990s…
SBR enjoyed Wilderun’s magnificent 2019 album, Veil of Imagination, and described it as akin to walking ‘through golden butterfly meadows and hostile woodland swamps.’ As a re-release on Century Media…
The ex-Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia is an unlikely location for a black metal band to emerge, but Darkestrah have six albums to their name since their inception…
Husband and wife duos are not as rare as you think in metal, rock, and dark alternative music. Employed to Serve, Spiritbox and Lycia released three of the best records…