pagan metal

(9/10) What looks on first sight as an EP is, even though containing not more than four songs, a full-length longplayer by Finnish epic metal unit Wintersun. The ones of you that had a chance to visit Finland have an idea where the inspiration for this...

(8/10) It was in 2015 when Irish pagan metal band Primordial played a show at the well-established Band Your Head festival in Balingen, Germany. If I counted right it was the band's second appearance after having played there already three years earlier....

Irish Pagan Metallers Primordial have announced the release of the first live album in the bands history. 'Gods To The Godless (Live At BYH 2015)' will see the light of day next week Friday, November, 25th and will be released as a limited Digibook-CD...

'Oslo by Norse' features three shows of Norwegian metal icons and Grammy award-winners Enslaved, performing three nights in a row with different sets. The shows will take place at Blå, Oslo, from December 6yh to December 8th. Enslaved will perform songs...

(9/10) Waltari did it, Edge Of Sanity did it and now it's Insomnium that does it as well - releasing an album that comes with one song of epical length - a story, a mind-movie, a masterpiece, all in one song on one album. Things started with the guys...

The last part of Waldruna's trilogy is entitles "Runaljod – Ragnarok" and will be released on October 21st, 2016 through Norse Music. In short, the ambitious idea behind the trilogy was to create musical interpretations of each of the twenty-four old...

(8/10) The only walls I can accept nowadays are walls of sound. Actually I love them. This time it's Finnish pagan powerhouse that builds those walls on their new longplayer "Jumalten Aika". The guys from Helsinki, Finland do not need a lot of songs to...

(*/10) Also this "Best of..." album will not answer the question about the 'why'. It might make sense for collectors and rookies, but each fan normally calls the regular records already their own. This time it's Ensiferum that releases a "Best of..."...

(8/10) There are some records that are just exciting to listen to because they demand quite something from you as the listener; records that develop existing sounds further, that are demanding and still approachable. "Skuggsjá" is one of those longplayers...

Irish metallers Primordial will be on tour late spring this year, supported by Svartidaudi and Ketzer. Here are the dates:

(8/10) It's not that easy to describe Borknagar's sound. Of course you could say that we are talking about viking metal, but I think that this wouldn't cover the entire range of sounds that are coming together on a Borknagar album. "Winter Thrice" is...

(2/10) Varg has never been one of my most favorite bands and the new album will not change anything. After the single release "Rotkäppchen" the new full-length album "Das Ende aller Lugen" will hit the record shops in January and I can say already at...

(6/10) German pagan band Varg have a new EP release ready to be published. After all the controverial discussions (and I will open this box again) during the last years the band is working on a new album called "Das Ende aller Lügen" and the current EP...

(7/10) Normally pagan metal isn't my favourite metal genre. The pathos and the myth isn't what really are thrilling to me. I always feel a bit like ‘Lord of the rings’ squeezed in denim and leather. Therefore I was sceptic when I received the new album...