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ALBUM REVIEW: Subway to Sally – Post Mortem

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With strong Folk and Medieval undertones, Potsdam-based Subway to Sally announce the release of their fifteenth studio album entitled Post Mortem via Napalm Records, following its predecessor entitled Himmelfahrt. Having been around for over 30 years, they mainly play sounds under the Medieval/Folk Metal soundscapes, but they also managed to incorporate Gothic Metal and Folk Rock elements on the later trajectory of their musical career. Regarding Post Mortem, it is an album with an unbreakable force of light, and its enthusiasm radiates, to an extent where its listeners could absorb the passion and medieval spirit. Continue reading →


Heidevolk – Vuur Van Verzet

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In the arena of folk and pagan influenced metal, which is often (and at times unfairly) thought of as pure silliness, drinking and near cartoonish portrayals, Dutch Folk Metallers Heidevolk have always been a consistently decent outfit, but one that has never reached the mainstream dabblings of a Turisas. Perhaps this is, in part, due to their more balanced take on the genre which sits between the fun-loving, grandiose approach, thoroughbred Heavy Metal grit and a more intelligent, nuanced side; Heidevolk is a name yet to progress beyond the most ardent of Folk Metal fan-bases only. Continue reading →


Ensiferum – Two Paths

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If you have even the slightest interest in Viking Folk Metal, then you are sure to have heard of Ensiferum. Formed in 1995, the Finnish five-piece took six years to release their eponymously titled début album, but quickly built up a reputation as one of the major players on the scene. A lofty position they still find themselves in today. Continue reading →