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Garmarna – Förbundet

A new face of Scandinavian folk in which tradition mixes with modernity

Wolcensmen – Fire in the White Stone

The popularity that folk-influenced metal has seen in the last few years has also resulted in a heightened interest in folk itself. Beyond the...

Ye Banished Privateers – First Night Back in Port

I'm not alone when I say that Ye Banished Privateers are not what I expected. Like many others, seeing the name, the look and the label...

Moonsorrow – Jumalten Aika

I’ve never listened to Moonsorrow before Jumalten Aika. I fell off the folk wagon for a while last year, and, like many others, I’m...

Blackmore’s Night – All of Our Yesterdays

While in folk rock it is common to see the rock elements as the dominant characteristics of the sound, one of the interesting thing...

Kari Rueslatten – Time To Tell

I want to preface this review with a “warning”: those of you who are somewhat closed-minded about your music – metal-purists, if you will...

Black Star Riders – All Hell Breaks Loose

We need to get this out of the way before we continue: I am a MASSIVE Thin Lizzy fan boy. I firmly believe that between 1975...

Finntroll – Blodsvept

Good Folk Metal requires a careful balance. Too much Metal, and it loses its charm and becomes just your run-of-the-mill Extreme Metal. Too much...

Alda – Tahoma

I like black metal. I would even go so far as to say that I like most types, subgenres and national variations of black...

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