Cnoc An Tursa

Cnoc An Tursa – The Forty Five Review

Cnoc An Tursa – The Forty Five Review

By Lord Lucan on February 14, 2017 in 2017, Apocalyptic Witchcraft, Folk Metal, Reviews, Scottish Metal, Folk Metal, 56 comments

“How do you keep a genre fresh without turning it into something it’s not? This is a question I’ve been pondering for a while now. See, I’ve been a near-obsessive devotee of the whole atmospheric-blackened-folk metal shebang ever since I caught Winterfylleth as a support band back in about 2009. Unfortunately, after many years, countless foliage-themed album covers and a surfeit of unintelligible shrieks about Odin and mountains, the sub-subgenre is starting to feel a little stale, and thus my corresponding enthusiasm for new releases is beginning to wane accordingly.” Kilts, hilts and glory.

Record(s) o’ the Month – February 2013

Record(s) o’ the Month – February 2013

By Angry Metal Guy on March 15, 2013 in 2013, Blog Posts, Record o' the Month, 31 comments

So as everyone from the southern hemisphere has apparently noticed, a record of the month for February has not actually be chosen. This is, honestly, because the month really didn’t shine like one would hope it would have. Not to say that none of the records were good or even very good – they were! — but while others at the blog were fairly enthusiastic about certain releases, none of them really reached the heights that I think they should have to be awarded with the Record o’ the Month with ease. Still, a tradition is a tradition, and Angry Metal Readers have been pestering me non-stop about it. So, here it is.

Cnoc An Tursa – The Giants of Auld Review

Cnoc An Tursa – The Giants of Auld Review

By Natalie Zed on February 20, 2013 in 2013, 4.5, Black Metal, Candlelight, Folk Metal, Reviews, Scottish Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal, 25 comments

When one thinks about black metal, the image that probably comes to mind is that of the pine barrens and frozen desolation of Norway, the extreme cold only briefly warmed by burning churches dotting the landscape. Scotland, on the other hand, is not usually the landscape that one imagines, but rather than the icy fjords of Scandinavia, Cnoc An Tursa hail from Falkirk.” Scottish metal just sounds tough, doesn’t it? Well, Cnoc An Tursa is obsessed with scottish poetry about battles and death, which is clerarly tough. Natalie Zed will tell you if they’re good as well as tough.