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Folk Metal

  • Vintersorg “Ödemarkens Son”

    Upon initial reaction, this is the type of album any upstanding human being with some self-respect might shoot him/herself for liking. Vintersorg merges folk with a heavy power metal sound, guitar heroics and lots of melody abound, and if you dare to stick around, there’s some silliness in the ground… (but if I am [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/vintersorg-odemarkensson/

  • Ulver “Perdition City”

    To be honest, a review of this album doesn’t belong on this site simply because it’s not a metal album. Ulver has moved beyond metal all together with Perdition City, and have moved into the Acid Jazz/Trip Hop genre. This is far gone even from their experimental double CD Themes From William Blake’s [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/ulver-perditioncity/

  • Night To Die “All Evil Crying”

    Night To Die are a self-proclaimed melodic death metal band with flamenco influences. The use of flamenco in death metal is original, unfortunately the rest of their music isn’t. Starting out this three song EP is "Childhood Memories" which is obviously extremely ‘influenced’ by Death’s Symbolic release a few year backs, the vocals [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/nighttodie-allevilcrying/

  • Nazgul (Ita) “De Expugnatione Elfmuth”

    What do you get when you combine elves, Italy, a story about the sorrows of living in Middle Earth, epic symphonic implementation and folk wankery, and throw in costumed theatrics and a fully fleshed out concept album? No, you don’t get Rhapsody. Wait, yeah you do, but don’t go running just yet. This isn’t Rhapsody. [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/nazgul_ita-deexpugnationeelfmuth/

  • Mithotyn “King Of The Distant Forest”

    I remember when I first got this batch of promos I asked a friend if they’d ever heard of a band called Mithotyn. They told me their debut album In The Sign Of The Ravens was an amazingly good album. Respecting my friend’s opinion I tossed in their latest release King Of The [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/mithotyn-kingofthedistantforest/

  • In Extremo “Verehrt und Angespien”

    It is rare that I am at a loss for words when hearing a CD, usually words of praise or damnation flow from my lips and through my fingertips like water going over Niagara Falls. Upon listening to Verehrt und Angespien, the only word I could utter is "why?". I just don’t understand [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/inextremo-verehrtundangespien/

  • Hollenthon “Domus Mundi”

    This is NOT blackmetal. This is ethnoincorporoprognoire Europa. Unfamiliar? Imagine Therion and Gorguts fisticuffing it out for the main stage at a NAMBLA meeting. Blackmetal makes you wanna varneline churches, stab gothy posers, carve indecipherable Norse-like runes in your flesh, and scream "Kill for Satan!" This stuff just makes you wanna [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/hollenthon-domusmundi/