Tag: Napalm Records

Korpiklaani – Tales Along This Road Review

Heavy metal folkish polkas… Keep it… You would think as these tunes wafted out my speakers and the traditional instruments of my ancestors plucked the fibers of my heritage I might get all giddy and

Kampfar – Kvass Review

Originally written by Chris Chellis. With little knowledge or experience in black metal, I am not the most ideal candidate for reviewing a Kampfar album. None of my top 10 albums of all time would come from

Falkenbach – Heralding – The Fireblade Review

Originally written by Chris Chellis. Never having listened to anything quite so sweeping in sound, I was thrown just a bit off balance when I first listened to Falkenbach’s Heralding – The Fireblade, a rerecorded version of

Siebenbürgen – Darker Designs & Images Review

Originally written by Jeremy Garner Darker Designs & Images is Siebenburgen’s fifth release of vampire inspired black metal. Will this be the album that propels Siebenburgen from their relative obscurity on Napalm Record’s roster? No.

Draconian – Arcane Rain Fell Review

Originally written by Erik Thomas Last year, Sweden’s Draconian tugged lightly on my heart strings with their take on gothic/doom metal. It didn’t fully dance with romantic Goth leanings, but instead draped the sound in a more morose

Belphegor – Goatreich-Fleshcult Review

originally written by Nick Kulczycki Belphegor have once again bridged the sounds of black metal and death metal into a formidable commodity, on their 5th album that is Goat Reich Flesh Cult. Belphegor have once

Korpiklaani – Voice Of Wilderness Review

Originally written by Ramar Pittance Okay, I’m just gonna tell you two things about this album. First, it’s from Finland. Second, there is a song called “Beer Beer.” Are you still here…? You read the

Enthroned – Xes Haereticum Review

Originally written by Erik Thomas Enthroned is generally the kind of second tier, post Darkthrone, corpse paint wearing, production starved black metal I don’t care for, so when given this to review my eyes rolled