Montreal, Canada’s Thrash La Reine, is coming at you hard and fast in their usual manner, but they take a hard turn into folk metal territory with their forthcoming album “Notre-Dame-de-l’Enfer”, which will be a compendium of French Canadian/ Quebec folk tales. The first single off this album is “Au Chant de L’Alouette”,…
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DUSKMOURN Release “Deathless,” The First Single From Their Upcoming Album, Fallen Kings and Rusted Crowns, To Drop June 19
East Coast Epic Folk Metal duo DUSKMOURN have released the first single, “Deathless,” from their upcoming third album, FALLEN KINGS AND RUSTED CROWNS, due to drop June 19. This album was released totally by the band through a Kickstarter campaign. The single is streaming everywhere! Somewhere between the mountainous landscapes…
Scottish Celtic metal band Ruadh announces new album and unveil their cover artwork
The Scottish Celtic / Atmospheric Black Metal band Ruadh announced their 3rd studio album which will be called “Eternal”. The album will be released via Northern Silence Production at a soon to be announced date in 2021. The artwork is once again but the amazingly talented Joan Llopis Doménech and the booklet art provided by the equally…
VREID Go Back To Their Roots on Fourth Video/Single, “Into The Mountains” From Their Upcoming Album/Movie WILD NORTH WEST
VREID Presents the Premiere of “INTO THE MOUNTAINS” This is the 4th video from our forthcoming album and movie Wild North West. The Movie premieres on our Facebook 29th of April 9pm CET (3pm EDT) and the album is out on Season of Mist April 30th. Watch the full movie…
THYRFING Release First Single and Video, “Döp dem i eld”, From Upcoming New Album VANAGANDR
Spread, share and let it be known. “DÖP DEM I ELD” is the first Thyrfing music to be released in 8 years and also the first single from the upcoming fullength-album “VANAGANDR”, scheduled for release 27 August through Despotz Records. It was co-produced and co-recorded together with Jakob Herrmann /…
Vreid – ‘The Morning Red’ Video Premiere
“’The Morning Red’ is one our heaviest songs ever and clearly shows that our musical DNA is rooted in the 70/80s classical heavy rock coated with Nordic blackness. A blueprint of our eternal creative duality of melancholia and primal aggression. The backdrop for our new music video ‘The Morning Red,’…
VEXILLUM – ‘WHEN A GOOD MAN GOES TO WAR’ VISUALIZER RELEASED
Power-folk metallers Vexillum have released a visualizer for the song ‘When a Good Man Goes to War’, the first single taken from their new album ‘When Good Men Go to War’ – out on April 23 on Scarlet Records. Watch the video: This is how the band commented: “This song…
Viking Metal Pioneers THYRFING Release First New Single in 8 Years, “”Döp dem i eld” March 19, New Album Later This Year
From Thyrfing’s Facebook Page New digital single out on March 19. Pre-save: despotz.ffm.to/thyrfing-ddie Also check out our previous posts this week to pre-order a download bundle with exclusive T-shirt for the single release. ”Döp dem i eld” is the first Thyrfing music to be released in 8 years, and is…
VEXILLUM – NEW ALBUM OUT IN THE SPRING ON SCARLET RECORDS
Scarlet Records signed a multi-album deal with power/folk metal band Vexillum, that is going to release the next chapter in its influential career in the spring. Vexillum formed in 2004 in Pisa, Italy and released the first full-length album ‘The Wandering Notes’ a few years later, in 2011, followed by…
Montreal’s Valfreya Sound The Warcall In New Video “Warlords” Off “Promised Land”
Back in 2017, Montreal, Quebec’s Valfreya released the critically acclaimed “Promised Land”, sending a rush of vicious folk metal around the world. Taking all the jolly melodies from the genre, but then making it faster and more aggressive, Valfreya has been weaving Norse mythology into a familiar, yet original tapestry since 2009. Now, there is…
GYZE single ‘Samurai Metal’ out now
Japanese folk metal pioneers GYZE return with a new single ‘Samurai Metal’ via Out Of Line and accompanying video which features cameos from Dragonforce, Battle Beast, and more. Watch the video to ‘Metal Samurai’ here: Lauded as pioneers of Japanese folk metal, GYZE once again entwine traditional Japanese instruments with…
WINDIR’s discography to be released on vinyl for the first time ever
WINDIR’s discography, featuring the black metal classics ‘Soknardalr’, ‘Arntor’, ‘1184’ and ‘Likferd’ will be released on vinyl for the first time ever. They will be available in a special, limited edition wooden box. ‘The Sognametal Legacy’ box set is strictly limited to 1184 copies worldwide. Pre-orders have started immediately and…
Finnish folk metal band Elvenscroll released a first single & music video from their upcoming EP release
Promo pic by Chris Helenius Finnish Kerava-based folk metal band Elvenscroll is set to release their debut EP Never To Be Mourned on November 6th 2020 via Inverse Records. This seven members strong group released a first single Wayfarer’s Mourning today and it gives a good hint what is to be…
ENSLAVED REVEAL MORE DETAILS ABOUT “UTGARD”
Norway’s avantgarde metal heroes ENSLAVED release their new album “Utgard” in fall2020. Today, the band already reveals new details about the upcoming record that dives the listener deep into the world ‘between’ as the musicians explain: “‘Utgard’ bears countless meanings to us; an image, metaphor, an esoteric ‘location’, a word on its own etc –…
ENSLAVED TO HEADLINE “FIRES IN THE MOUNTAINS” FESTIVAL 2020
IVAR BJORNSON ANNOUNCED AS FIRST GUEST CURATOR EVER ENSLAVED and “Fires In The Mountains” festival announce an unique collaboration for 2020: The band is not only announced for the first band playing the “Fires In The Mountains” festival next year. Guitarist Ivar Bjornson will also be the first guest curator ever organizing elements of the festival as…