While walking the dog, I hit “play” on Faun‘s Hex (Believe/Pagan Folk Records) and the neighborhood transformed into a little medieval village, albeit with a glossy retromodern feel. Pagan Folk music by way of Yanni sums up the ambiance of this audio village. Continue reading
While Judicator’s fifth full-length offers their signature brand of historically themed Power/Prog Metal, it comes at a more personal angle this time around. The story of Let There Be Nothing (Prosthetic Records) is based on the life of Belisarius, a 6th century Byzantine general who reclaimed remnants of the Western Roman Empire while wrestling with a crippling marriage. The album never quite reaches the catharsis of 2015’s At The Expense Of Humanity, but it’s nice to see their Blind Guardian worship be tempered with a little extra pathos. Continue reading