Newsflash: Mister Folk issues Compilation #4!

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What did I just read lately? Ah – yes – it went something like this – and I quote: “Always be yourself. But if you can be a Viking, always be a Viking.”

By that token, did you ever get the urge to spiff up your insights on Pagan, Folk, or Viking Metal? Or perhaps you simply want to get some ideas on what juicy slab of music to procure next?

I might just have the solution for you. The Italian site Mister Folk kind of regularly issues compilations of stuff they cover over time.

They lately published the Compilation [...] Click to raid more!

Amon Amarth – Jomsviking (2016) – Review

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The music really fits the theme. Even if it bemoans times long past and a mythology long out of fashion. The Holy Roman Church usurped that top spot a considerable time ago, and with some bloody vengeance, too.

We are talking about the Vikings and their actions, famous for invasions, violence, and rape. This was a gore-laden time, but with promise for a lot of profit, if these marauders were victorious. And they have been, pretty much at every location, their little dragon boats could reach. Perhaps the most famous actions were the invasions of the British Isles. Back when [...] Click to raid more!

Vinterblot – Realms of the Untold (2016) – Review

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Imagine Apulia in Italy! Nice weather, good food, and an abundance of beach. But it is also home of blackened Melodic Death Metal with a Viking touch. Sounds kind of strange. But some of that is indeed to be found there.

Vinterblot join us from Bari, the beautiful coastal city way down in the South towards the heel of the boot. And they just unleashed their newest full-length record Realms of the Untold this early 2016. Looks like their Teutonic ancestors from long ago are still in their blood and genes somehow. Hence the proverbial and brutal fury they let loose [...] Click to raid more!