Tag: Folk
Hanternoz – A Hed An Noz, A Noz, A Noz Review
[Cover art by Joanna Maeyens] Have you ever seen a storm roll in over a lake? Even better, one rolling in over a lake at sunset? Seeing a wall of pouring drops appear on the …
We Have The Power – The Top 25 Power And Power-Related Albums Of 2025
I AM HERE. YOU ARE HERE. WE ARE HERE. AND WE HAVE THE POWER. AGAIN! {collective transformation into an impressive jumbo robot / Machinder that shoots missiles from its tits} Hiya heya ahoy-hoy! Welcome to …
Nine Treasures – Seeking The Absolute Review
Hopefully you, like me, consider yourself an adventurer on some sort of level. No, not just as it pertains to, say, opting for pepper jack instead of your usual cheddar, but more in a way …
Cemican – U k’u’uk’ankil Mayakaaj Review
The great and terrible thing about music is that anybody can make it. Literally, any body: right now, friend, you can tap your feet or hum a tune or pluck a rubber band and make …
Amorphis – Borderland Review
You do something for thirty-plus years, and you get pretty good at it. Case in point: Finland’s thirty-five-year-old progressive metal wizards Amorphis. After starting out in a more death metal direction, over the last few …
Havukruunu – Tavastland Review
The forests endure the human experience—life, death, and the pages between. Each river, tree, peak, and valley tells a story. That tale is that of nature’s inevitable victory through it all. And victorious it shall …
Ensiferum – Winter Storm Review
Maybe you’re one of those unfortunate souls whose attention was drawn elsewhere when Ensiferum’s Thalassic redrew the folk metal band’s boundaries ever so slightly in 2020 – unfortunate because that slight boundary push reinvigorated a …
Grendel’s Sÿster – Katabasis Into The Abaton Review
Would we even have heavy metal today if it weren’t for folk music? Let’s just go with a hearty “NO, BY HELL, WE WOULD NOT,” considering that our genre’s golden architect—Black Sabbath—was certainly influenced by …