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Kanseil – Doin Earde (2015) – Review

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A fresh, crunchy wind blows into today’s somewhat stale folk metal scene. Reaching us from the South, no less!

The Italian band Kanseil just published their debut album Doin Earde (meaning ‘your land’ in Cimbrian dialect) a few days ago. Arguably their tune is still in need of some more polish and improvement. But frankly, the way innovation, energy, drive, and delivery go, their tune is not bad at all.

I have been following them around for a while already and I do like their refreshing style, mixing different medieval, archaic, and contemporary instruments into their metal stew.

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Eluveitie – Origins (2014) – Review

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Whoa, the earthy metallists are on the loose. But, do we really have a bunch of very talented people trying to destroy their music? Might there be some mighty freight train gone astray? The drummer with too much energy drink? Fiddler out of control? But – to my amusement and against my grain – I do like it, harsh vocals of Chrigel Glanzmann and all.

Origins from Eluveitie is good stuff, make no mistake. 

The album neatly follows in the footsteps of the band’s former record Helvetios. It boasts an aggressive freshness that makes you go back for seconds. Yet, … [...] Click to raid more!