Food for the Wyrm’s Heavy Dark Folk Catharsis
Food for the Wyrm’s dark folk debut, A Wicked Huntsman, is an eight-track meditation on the finality of death and the trauma of the living.
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Nightwish Go in a Folk Direction on Their Double LP ‘Human. :||: Nature.’
In the curious case of Nightwish's Human. :||: Nature., the whole is ultimately less compelling than the individual parts it comprises.
Wilderun’s ‘Veil of Imagination’ Is a Wonderfully Chameleonic Progressive Metal Adventure (album stream) (premiere)
Boston's Wilderun construct an epic combination of folk, classical, metal, and progressive rock on their third LP, Veil of Imagination. Hear it in full before it's release tomorrow.
Thrawsunblat Subverts Notions of the Heavy With “Green Man of East Canada” (premiere + interview)
Veteran metal act Thrawsunblat get in touch with the quieter side of music while celebrating their native New Brunswick. Somewhere between black metal and British folk rock lies Thrawsunblat.
Heidevolk Trace Norse History on Their Latest Release ‘Vuur van Verzet’
Documenting Germanic resistance against the Roman Empire, Vuur van Verzet is a heavy yet textured work from the Scandinavian sextet Heidevolk.
Chelsea Wolfe: Hiss Spun
Wolfe's fifth studio album continues to aggressively pursue metal and industrial music, making for an enrapturing listen all the way through.
Negură Bunget: ZI
Negură Bunget returns with the second installment of its Transylvanian Trilogy.
Thy Catafalque – “Sirály” (audio) (premiere)
Hear "Sirály", the evocative new track from Thy Catalque's upcoming release.
Neil Young’s ‘Living With War’ Is a Beacon of Light
Neil Young’s Living With War is an aural broadside, a beacon of light for the left and another potential straw man for the right. But is it good rock and roll?