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…
Tag: folk metal
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…
We don’t know much about the female multi-instrumentalist behind the black metal execrations of Hulder. She’s an America-based artist from Belgium, which makes her the second most important person to…
Mallorca, Spain is where working class British people go to party, which means getting shitfaced and behaving like twats. Who’d have thought the island that hosts the notorious Magaluf resort…
Ensiferum have been successful and consistent contributors to the metal scene since forming in 1995. With folk metal gaining in popularity, it’s no surprise this powerful ensemble often lands albums…
Boston’s Wilderun produced one of the best albums of 2019 to prove that a self-released record can be just as worthy as the latest cut from Nuclear Blast or Season…
Falconer are something of an enigma in metal circles. The brainchild of founding guitarist, Stefan Weinerhall, the Swedish folk metal veterans have never enjoyed performing live, nor have the members…
In this time of enforced social distancing, Sojourner are truly a band of our times. Boasting members from New Zealand, Great Britain, Sweden and Italy, they recorded at a variety…