Tis the season… for Black Metal! To celebrate, Ghost Cult runs the rule over several of this Winter’s coldest releases… Continue reading
Tag Archives: Folk Metal
Myrkur To Release Juniper EP Next Month, New Video Streaming Now
Blackened folk-metal artist Myrkur will release a new EP, Juniper, next month via her label Relapse Records. Arriving December 7th., she worked with Jaime Gomez Arellano (Ghost, Paradise Lost, Solstafir, Cathedral) at Orgone Studios in Bedfordshire, England. The album’s A-side is the title track and the B-Side, ‘Bonden og Kragen’, is a solo reinterpretation of a traditional Danish folk song from the 1600s. A limited edition of the 7″ will coincide with the digital release. Director Philippe de Grenade filmed the title tracks video on 16mm film, which you can watch below. Continue reading
Einherjer – Norrøne Spor
The first time I crossed swords (!) with Norse warriors Einherjer was shortly after the release of the stellar blackened Viking Metal opus Odin Owns Ye All (Century Media) when they impressed on a bill that included Cradle of Filth and the underrated Old Man’s Child. The next stages of their career, however, were not so kind on the band, as they struggled to establish themselves, or really kick on.Continue reading
Ensiferum Books Headline Tour Of North America With Septicflesh For 2019
Ensiferum has announced a brand new tour of North America for early in 2019. Direct to come from Septicflesh with an opening band to be announced. All dates are below.
BLOODSTOCK 2018- Part 2: Catton Hall, Derbyshire UK
SATURDAY
With everyone firmly into the swing of things by now, Saturday’s main stage openers Nailed to Obscurity opened proceedings strongly enough but were promptly blown out of the water by one of the major surprises of the festival – Power Trip. A combination of thrash and early death metal, the Texan act were a blur of riffs and speed, whipping up the early afternoon crowd into an explosive cyclone of energy. Continue reading
BLOODSTOCK 2018 Part I – Catton Hall, Derbyshire UK
With people on social media proudly sharing photographs of their recently purchased or newly patched up tents, or cirrhosis-inducing beer supplies during the days and even weeks leading up to the event itself, by the time the big day actually arrives, anticipation for Bloodstock 2018 has already turned into a Christmas-like level of excitement.Continue reading
Korpiklaani Announce New Headline Tour Of America With Arkona
Finnish folk metallers Korpiklaani are readying their new album, Kulkija due out on September 7th via Nuclear Blast Records. The band just announced a long-anticipated return to the USA, with support form Arkona on all dates. To get you pumped for the new album, watch another album teaser trailer below. Continue reading
Tengger Cavalry Returns With New Single – “Heart”
Asiatic Folk Metal band Tengger Cavalry has returned after disbanding previously. The band has a new single with a slew of guest musicians, and the genesis of their return has been detailed in a new feature at Billboard. Watch the video now. Continue reading
Raw In Sect- Kitro
The use of cultural elements in heavy music is, by now, a pretty familiar concept with a plethora of bands, ethnicities, and nations bringing such into their sound, whether conceptually or through unique instrumentation, techniques or structures. Very few bands do so quite so vividly and entirely as Greek progressive metallers Raw In Sect have done, however. With a starkly ever-changing sound across previous releases, latest effort Kitro (self-released) sees a bold direction which fully embraces Greece in both terms of lyrical content and the nations more traditional music.Continue reading
Santeri Kallio of Amorphis Talks Queen Of Time
After several decades it would be completely forgivable for any band to ease their foot on the peddle as it were, but then again Amorphis are no ordinary band. It is well documented how they weathered a substantial transition in style through the 90’s from death metal with the classic Tales From The Thousand Lakes (Relapse) into a much more melodic entity with Elegy (Relapse) two years later.Continue reading