Folk

Ols – Mszarna Review

By Akerblogger on April 21, 2018 in 2018, Folk, Polish Metal, Reviews, Unsigned Bands, Folk, 37 comments

“Extreme metal purists skip this review now: we’re venturing into the realm of fancy-pants, hairy-fairy dark-ambient neo-folk. Picture this – you’re listening to an album that’s blowing you away. Riff after riff after riff pummels your puny brain and causes you to moan and grin and sway like a bath-salt sniffing metal whore. Then, as the riffs reach their apex, as the album continues to wither your bones into ash, an ambient interlude drags you upside down and twists your expectations inside-out. Now you’re either going to despise this forceful, useless intrusion or revel in its sweet unexpected nectar.” Taste the nectar, contract the nectar rabies.

Sammal – Suuliekki Review

By Treble Yell on March 10, 2018 in 2018, Finnish Metal, Folk, Non-Metal Metal Things, Progressive Rock, Reviews, Svart Records, Folk, Non-metal Metal Things, 49 comments

“I have been covered in filth lately. Dragged through a mire of pestilence, I have sampled fruit irrigated by the grotesque and profane. Blast-beats that scorch the earth, inchoate riffs fat with torment and wretched vocals fit only for withering a pleasant disposition. Black metal, death metal, doom, grind and thrash. I’m a mess and I need to divest myself of the depravity that’s accumulated over the months. A panacea is in order, something that can wash away the silt and leave me lighter, fresher. To that end I have chosen to bathe in the antiseptic waters of Suuliekki, the new album by Finland’s Sammal.” Scrub-a-dub-dub.

Chelsea Wolfe – Hiss Spun Review

By Saunders on September 19, 2017 in 2017, American Metal, Doom Metal, Industrial Metal, Non-Metal Metal Things, Post-metal, Reviews, Rock, Sargent House, Doom Metal, Folk, Industrial Metal, Post-Metal, 78 comments

“With expectations sky high after the mesmerizing Abyss, Wolfe returns with her highly anticipated sixth opus, Hiss Spun. One of Chelsea Wolfe’s key strengths as an artist lies in her ability to continually evolve and reinvent herself. Familiar strands tie her works together, but she is not in the game of repeating herself, as Hiss Spun firmly attests.” Wolfe at your doorstep.

Myrkur – Mareridt Review

By Saunders on September 18, 2017 in 2017, Ambient Metal, Black Metal, Danish Metal, Folk Metal, Relapse, Reviews, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Folk, Post-Metal, 61 comments

“Like or hate her heavily indebted style of enchanting folk and atmospheric, Scandinavian blackened metal, talented Danish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Amalie Bruun has taken the metal world by storm since her inception operating under the Myrkur moniker. Moving from strength to strength in a relatively short period, her potential began to crystallize on 2015’s debut full-length, M. Despite her share of detractors and some ignorant bashing of her supposed black metal credentials, M revealed a musician in a rapid mode of artistic development, where prominent influences were largely trumped by Myrkur’s confident, charismatic vocals and improving song-writing skills.” Myrkuring in the shadows.

Xanthochroid – Of Erthe and Axen: Act I Review

By Saunders on August 22, 2017 in 2017, American Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Self-released, Symphonic Metal, Folk, Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, 49 comments

“Finally, Xanthochroid return with a detailed prequel narrative to the storytelling events of the debut, split into two albums to be released in 2017, beginning with Of Erthe and Axen: Act I. Do they have what it takes to craft a prequel story with the musical output to match their ambition? Or is Act I destined to become the metal equivalent of The Phantom Menace?” Jar Jar-core?

Sylvaine – Wistful Review

By Grymm on May 7, 2016 in 2016, Ambient Metal, Norwegian Metal, Not Metal, Post-metal, Post-Rock, Reviews, Season of Mist, Ambient Metal, Folk, Post-Metal, 51 comments

“We here at Angry Metal Guy Industries try our damnedest to approach each album with an open mind and our full, undivided attention. We also give many, many listens to each album, grasping at as many straws as we can to formulate a 600-word review, and trying to relay our experience with said album in a way that’s both entertaining and informative. Sometimes, though, after so many listens, an album can be so thick with atmospherics and density that approaching it can feel hopelessly impossible.” But we at AMG never say”impossible.” Instead we say “I’m possible!”

Goatpsalm – Downstream Review

By El Cuervo on March 5, 2016 in 2016, Aesthetic Death Records, Ambient Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Folk Metal, Russian Metal, Ukrainian Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Folk, 35 comments

“It’s rare that I find music I can appreciate on a superficial, musical and a cerebral level. Too much of the former and it likely won’t stick with me in the long term; too much of the latter and the smell of shit wards me off as groups examine how far they can reach up their rectum. It’s great to hear that ideal fusion of the two, particularly when it comes out of left field – in this case, Russia.” From Russia, with folk.

The Gentle Storm – The Diary [Vinyl Review]

By Angry Metal Guy on March 26, 2015 in 2015, InsideOut, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Vinyl Review, Folk, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, 50 comments

“It’s not news that I’m a big fan of Arjen Lucassen’s output from the last 5 or 6 years. Starting with 2009’s unparalleled Guilt Machine, Arjen has released a string of records that I love. In full defiance of Angry Metal Guy’s Law of Diminishing Recordings™, the “poofy-haired Dutchman” has seemingly upped his game on every release: a great solo release, a seriously enjoyable Star One disc, and a stellar Ayreon album which landed #2 on my Top 10(ish) of 2013. So it was with unabashed enthusiasm that I began my countdown when I heard he was working with Anneke van Giersbergen, formerly of The Gathering, on a project entitled The Gentle Storm.” And it’s not like anticipation has ever led to disappointment or anything…