August 2020 May 30th, 2020 / Purity Through Fire Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Many of you out there may have an inkling of the band in question here. Many of you may not, as I too have not been fortunate enough to come across October Falls…
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Wilderun – Veil of Imagination
Reviewed: July 2020 Released: 2019, Century Media Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis On the surface, Veil of Imagination from the Boston-based Wilderun looks like another progressive or experimental metal album, but once you dig deeper you find there’s plenty more to this band and album than meets the eye.…
Interview with Wilderun
Interview with Evan Berry (vocals, guitar, piano), Dan Muller (bass, synths, orchestrations), and Wayne Ingram (orchestrations) of Wilderun. Wilderun: www.facebook.com/OfficialWilderun www.instagram.com/wilderunband twitter.com/wilderunband With the release of their third studio album “Veil of Imagination” getting closer, we caught up with the symphonic/progressive collective Wilderun to see what the band has in…
Verikalpa – Tuoppitanssi
April 2020 February 21st, 2020 / Scarlet Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine For all the folk metal maniacs in the world, it is time to raise your tankards and rejoice! TUOPPITANSSI, the sophomore release by Finland’s own Verikalpa, is upon us. Verikalpa is an entity that officially…
Lacuna Coil + Eluveitie + Infected Rain @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
Lacuna Coil + Eluveitie + Infected Rain @ O2 Forum Kentish Town 16th November 2019 Review & Photography by Graham Hilling Please follow and like us:
Elvenking – Reader Of The Runes – Divination
November 2019 Released: August 30th, 2019 / AFM Records Rating: 5 / 5 Reviewer: John Haseltine Since the formation of Elvenking back in 1997 with an undying passion for heavy metal music and folklore, this Italian power-folk metal band has carved their way into the metal community and has become…
Gloryhammer + Beast In Black + Wind Rose @ Heaven, London
Gloryhammer + Beast In Black + Wind Rose @ Heaven, London 18th October 2019 Review by Kira Levine Photography by Ryan Whitwell Please follow and like us:
Vorna – Sateet Palata Saavat
Reviewed: September 2019 Released: 2019, Lifeforce Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Progress and evolution of a band’s sound is something always changing, it can go one way or another or even stay the same the whole time yet remain true to whatever original values a band had at the…
Waylander-Ériú’s Wheel
Name: Waylander Title: Ériú’s Wheel Label: Listenable Released: 2019 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Manos X Wallander hail all the way from Armagh in northern Ireland where they formed back in 1993. Remember of hearing their name around late ‘90s when releasing their debut album REAWAKENING PRIDE ONCE LOST but since Celtic…
Týr – Hel
Reviewed: April 2019 Released: 2019, Metal Blade Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes One of the first things anyone thinks of when they think of Týr is “the metal band from the Faroe Islands”. Thankfully, the other thing everyone thinks of is “quality bloody music”. Hel continues the band’s history…
Eluveitie – Ategnatos
April 2019 Released: April 5th, 2019, Nuclear Blast Records Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Since 2002, Eluveitie, formed by Chrigel Glanzmann have been taking on the world with their brand of Swiss-folk metal as no other. They have proved not only to themselves, but to the metal community…
Korpiklaani + Turisas + TrollfesT @ Islington Assembly Hall, London
Korplikaani + Turisas + TrollfesT @ Islington Assembly Hall, London 25th February 2019 Review & Photography by Ryan Whitwell / Shotison.com Please follow and like us:
Hexenklad – Spirit of the Stone
Reviewed: October 2018 Released: 2017, CDN Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Rebekah Ann This is the first offering from the Canadian band Hexenklad. Since the release of their album ‘Spirit of Stone’ in 2017 it has gained some amazing reviews and the band appear to have been gigging their way across Canada’s…
KorMak – Faerenus
September 2018 Released: June 29th, 2018 / Rock Shot Records Rating: 2.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Kormak is a newly formed folk-metal band from Italy. Not exactly the country one might think of when talking about folk-metal, but this could just be my lack of knowledge on the genre.…
Ensiferum – Interview with Petri Lindroos and Sami Hinkka
Ensiferum – Interview with Petri Lindroos and Sami Hinkka @ O2 Islington Acadamy, London 1st May 2018 Interview by Thomas James Henry Saunders Please follow and like us: