MUNRUTHEL is the solo project of THUNDERKRAFT (see my review of their latest album here) drummer… Munruthel. Everything started around 1995, when the debut album of SILENTIUM was released. It was a CDemo titled “The Ancients’ Wisdom”, containing 18 electronic … continue reading
VEXILLUM, the name for the legionary banner of the Roman army which, carried before the troops, proudly bore the legion’s name. The band itself hails from Pisa in Italy and was formed in 2004 as SHADOW VEXILLUM. The following year, … continue reading
BLOODSHED WALHALLA is still a one man band, lead by Drakhen from Italy. Copied from the review (see here) of his previous album, “The Legends Of A Viking”, since there’s otherwise nothing much to add in terms of bio… BLOODSHED … continue reading
THUNDERKRAFT is another Ukrainian Death/Black Metal band that is signed to Svarga Music. As I said in SVYATOGOR’s review (see here), this band features some of those members. The music, however, is different, in that THUNDERKRAFT’s is labelled as, according … continue reading
Three years after the exceptionally well-written album “First War Of The World” (see my review here), the German Black/Folk/Power Metal band returns with a new album: “The Final Journey”. This is their fifth full-length since the band’s founding in 1992, … continue reading
BLOODSHED WALHALLA is a one-man-band, formed by Drakhen from Italy back in 2006. It is said the music is similar to that of BATHORY. BLOODSHED WALHALLA released two demos – “Walhalla” (2006) and “Demo 2009” (2009) – before unleashing the … continue reading
SALTATIO MORTIS is a German Folk Rock/Metal band that was founded 2000. Its name means Dance of Death in English. So far the band has 8 full albums and 3 live releases out. I heard about SALTATIO MORTIS for the … continue reading
Back in May the Russian Folk Metal band ARKONA released the EP “Stenka Na Stenku” (see the review here) as pre-taste for the next studio full-length “Slovo”, which means “Word” in English. “Slovo” is the follow-up to the band’s very … continue reading
With the renewed line-up the Danish Folk Metal band SVARTSOT released its second album, “Mulmets Viser”, in 2010. See the review here). This was not a bad album, but to me it wasn’t as good as the debut, “Ravnenes Saga” (2007, see the review here). … continue reading
Pagan Metal bands are legio out there, from ENSIFERUM over AMON AMARTH to ARKONA and TÝR, to name just these. But Iceland also has its bands in this lyrical genre, as SKÁLMÖLD proves. The debut album, “Baldur”, was originally released … continue reading