After nearly 8 years since the release of Heart of Akamon, West Virginia’s Nechochwen return, unveiling the title track from their impending album, Kanawha Black! Fierce melodies and heartfelt composition/riff stylings further cement the rich and powerful legacy that Nechochwen has nurtured since their inception. Kanawha Black is a vibrant…
Folk Metal
BLOODYWOOD Release New Single “Gaddaar”
Indian Folk Metal rising stars, BLOODYWOOD, will be releasing their debut full-length, Rakshak on February 18, 2022! Today they are pleased to premiere the first single off of the upcoming album “Gaddaar”. Check out the video at THIS LOCATION. BLOODYWOOD is a Folk Metal band from India known for pioneering…
Out Now! Italian Symphonic Folk Metal AEXYLIUM New Album “The Fifth Season”
New Music Video “Mountains” Italian symphonic folk metallers Aexylium have a new album “The Fifth Season” out now as of October 29th via Rockshots Records. For the full-length’s release day, they are unveiling their new music video “Mountains”, a track the celebrates the feeling of lightness and freedom that only the mountains can give. Visually spectacular with the…
Andrea Meyer of HAGALAZ RUNEDANCE Reported Among the Five Dead in the Kongsberg Bow and Arrow Attack
Andrea Meyer, best known in the metal community as Andrea Meyer Haugen, former wife of Emperor Guitarist Tomas Thormodsæter “Samoth” Haugen, as well as for her own Ambient Folk projects Hagalaz Runedance, Nebelhexë, and Andrea Nebel was revealed to have been one of the victims of the senseless Kongsberg Bow…
Sólstafir and Vreid Stream Cinematic Mountaintop Concert Today
Icelandic atmospheric rock ‘n’ rollers SÓLSTAFIR and Norwegian Sognametal brigade VREID have joined forces for a unique and spectacular event! Airing today, October 15, these legendary performers will unveil a collaborative concert stream in which they will transport viewers right from their living rooms to the breath-taking mountaintops of the…
BORKNAGAR Announces a Special 25th Anniversary Edition of their Highly Influential Debut
From the Borknagar Facebook Page…. We are stoked to announce a very special 25th Anniversary reissue of our debut album “Borknagar” that will be out on Century Media Records on November 12, 2021. Øystein comments: “Throughout the years I have received countless requests for a re-release of this album, but…
Italian Symphonic Folk Metal AEXYLIUM Release Video For Title Track Off Upcoming Album “The Fifth Season”
New Album “The Fifth Season” Out October 29th Italian symphonic folk metallers Aexylium have unleashed their latest video for the title track from their forthcoming album “The Fifth Season” due out October 29th, 2021 via Rockshots Records. The title track tells through the lyrics and the music an initial restlessness, which leads to a feeling of…
Sound The Drums! Italian Symphonic Folk Metal AEXYLIUM First Single “The Bridge” Off Upcoming New Album “The Fifth Season”
New Album “The Fifth Season” Out October 29th Italian symphonic folk metallers Aexylium are sharing their first single “The Bridge” from their forthcoming album “The Fifth Season” due out October 29th, 2021 via Rockshots Records. The opening track of the full length, “The Bridge” is an instant war call, a powerful rush of drums, symphonic speed, and heaviness to…
Thrash La Reine Releases Cover Of Traditional French Canadian Singalong “Au Chant de l’Alouette”
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”,…
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…