German folk metal sensation Feuerschwanz unleashed ‘The Unholy Grail’, their very first original song written in English, and a track from their upcoming milestone album ‘Warriors’, set for release in May via Napalm Records!
Links
News Posts
Gåte rounds up the year with a radio edit of their song ‘Førnesbrunen’, released earlier via Indie Recordings as part of the ‘Vandrar’ EP.
Links
Gåte returned to their full level of folk rock with their new EP ‘Vandrar’, released a couple of days ago via Indie Recordings!
Links
Finnish psychedelic folk rock project Iterum Nata shared ‘Losing Connection’, 2nd single of the upcoming ‘Trench of Loneliness’ album, out next month via Nordvis.
Links
Finnish dark acoustic folk rock project Nobody released the new EP ‘Father of Lies’ via Inverse Records!
Links
In anticipation of the release of their upcoming new EP, The Rumjacks share another single/video with ‘Bounding Main’!
Sir Reg calls out to ‘Open The Pubs’ in the first single of their upcoming new full-length album!
The Norwegian folk rockers GÅTE show how much they’ve changed with the first single of their upcoming EP!
Swedish outfit Garmarna releases with their second single “Två Systrar” another captivating song of their upcoming album “Förbundet”!
Lykantropi deliver yet another mysterious and mesmerizing video for a track from their upcoming new album!
Photo Reports
Pictures of the second night of the 2024 edition of Desert Hel, with Dome Runner, Mansion, Maan Tomu and Truckfighters!
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
Last week Friday, it was time to rock in Lima, Ohio with Tesla, and supporting band Fastest Land Animal, rocking a completely sold out Veterans Memorial Center with an amazing show!
Metfest 2023 at the Tollwood area in Munich, Germany… a celebration with superheroes, warriors, good music and of course mead, with Feuerschwanz, Fiddler’s Green, Warkings and Grailknights!
On 11/11 the guys from Rock ‘n Load Concerts hosted a great celtic night with The Rumjacks and Nevermind Nessie at De Cinema, Aalst. Sniff up the atmosphere right here by checking out the photos!
Interviews
Last year, we met up with Mikko and Juho of Valkeat shortly before the release of their 2nd full-length album ‘Fireborn’ (released via Reaper Entertainment) to talk about how things came together and how they have a mission to create modern folk metal incorporating the kantele and being inspired by Finnish legends and poetry.
Links
A chat with brand new vocalist Mike Rivkees of The Rumjacks about their album ‘Hestia’ and more…
Lists
Gary’s albums of the year venture away from our more standard metal selection with a bunch of stellar punk releases from bands like The Bar Stool Preachers, Grade 2, The Darts, The Dollyrots, Rumkicks and Rancid, but also sidesteps into other music like the special brand of rock that Public Image Ltd. brings, blues rock with Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton, an acoustic Dropkick Murphys and a trip back into time, reminiscing about London’s legendary Batcave Club!
