Umskiptar (Old Norse for Metamorphosis) is the ninth studio album by Norwegian band Burzum, released on 21…
Burzum – Umskiptar (2012)
Burzum – From the Depths of Darkness (2011)
From the Depths of Darkness is a compilation album by one-man musical project Burzum, released on 6 December…
Burzum – The Fallen (2011)
Varg Vikernes’ real-life rehabilitation for murder may have taken close to two decades (in case you’ve been living under…
Burzum – Belus (2010)
Controversy reigns over Belus: the first, brand new recorded work released under the dreadedBurzum masthead by…
Moonspell – Alpha Noir / Omega White (2012)
Alpha Noir / Omega White is the tenth full-length album by the Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on…
Arjen Anthony Lucassen – Lost in the New Real (2012)
Lost in the New Real (also referred to as Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s Lost in the New Real) is the…
Borknagar – Urd (2012)
Borknagar’s founder, Øystein G. Brun commented the following about the artwork and the album: “The cover and design for ‘Urd’ is spot on when it comes to portraying the very core of…
Amorphis – Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes (2010)
It’s easy to be skeptical of live records. Oftentimes they’re put out by labels looking to bring in a little extra money between releases while…
Svartsot – Maledictus Viser (2010)
Mulmets Viser is the second album from the Danish folk/Viking metal…
Hammers of Misfortune – 17th Street (2011)
Bay Area progressive metal outfit Hammers of Misfortune’s fifth outing brings to mind classic Deep Purple, Queen, and Judas Priest as filtered through…
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Moral & Wahnsinn (2011)
On their eighth album, Moral & Wahnsinn, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter follow the more accessible direction of its predecessor Licht, offering few of the grunted…
Arkona – Stenka Na Stenku (2011)
25-Minute-long Mini CD incl. 5 Exklusive Non-Album Tracks. Slavonic Pagan Folk Metal. Arkona will be…
Arkona – Slovo (2011)
6th Full-Length Album from the Russian Pagan Folk Metal Force. The members of Arkona have already managed…
I.C.S. Vortex – Storm Seeker (2011)
ICS Vortex describes “Storm Seeker” as “a tribute to the fall and rise of my kind. A generation of misfits, born…
Svartsot – Maledictus Eris (2011)
In the year 1347, a ship landed in the harbor of Messina, Sicily carrying an unwelcome cargo – the bodies of a plague-ridden…
Eluveitie – Helvetios (2012)
The ancient Helvetii — the Celtic tribe that lived on the lands that are the modern day Switzerland — fought against the Roman Empire, around the Gallic Wars…
Alestorm – Back Through Time (2011)
Back Through Time is the third studio album by Alestorm. It was released on 3 June 2011 by Napalm Records and is the first Alestorm…
Amorphis – The Beginning Of Times (2011)
Pretty much from the very start, Amorphis’ career has been about constant reinvention (hence the name, hello!), and so the Finnish group’s albums…
Týr – Lay of Thrym (2011)
The Lay of Thrym is the sixth full-length album by the Faroese Viking/folk metal band Týr. The name of the album comes from one of the best…
Falconer – Armod (2011)
Swedish power metal veterans Falconer took an interesting detour on their seventh studio album, 2011′s Armod, re-engaging with their Viking metal…
Drudkh – Handful of Stars (2010)
If ever a band was in danger of overstaying its welcome, that band was the Ukraine’s Drudkh, whose no-tour, no-press, no-bathroom-breaks…
Equilibrium – Rekreatur (2010)
German black/folk metallers Equilibrium have so far provided us with two rather enjoyable, if not very original albums, 2005′s Turis Fratyr and…
Turisas – Stand Up and Fight (2011)
Stand Up and Fight is the third album by the Finnish symphonic / folk metal band Turisas, released on February 23, 2011 through…
Skyforger – Kurbads (2010)
Some of the most interesting musical hybrids have come about when unlikely forms of music were successfully combined. A perfect example is folk-metal; who…