folk metal 87 articles

Poland’s VARMIA have never approached black metal as simple songwriting. With their new album, the band push deeper into a world where ritual, ancestry, landscape...

On April 3, 2026, Ukrainian folk metal project ORATHANIA will release its debut album Echo Of Freedom via Archivist Records. ORATHANIA was formed in Kyiv in 2025 by Ukrainian lirnyk-kobzar Borgvarr together with Varggoth and Karpath from the original line-up...

We talked with Equilibrium about their new album Equinox — how it was made, what inspired it, and what comes next for the band. [Photo...

Another edition of Metal Gates festival, which kicked off on Thursday, September 25th, at Quantic Club, with a warm-up concert, as let’s call it day...

Welcome to this week’s global shitshow. Wall Street’s jerking everyone around like a drunk at a blackjack table, Congress can’t get off its ass long...

There is a lot of good albums but it’s never enough, so when a good album is released, it is always a big thing. When...

Guadalajara-based Ancestral folk metal group CEMICAN – hailed by Revolver as “an ancient Mexican answer to The Hu or Heilung” – are proud to bring...

Following the announcement of their new full-length album Red (out on September 26 via Archivist Records) and the release of its first single, “The Boat,” Ukrainian folk metal band BANDERSTADT returns with...

Archivist Records has set September 26th as the international release date for Ukrainian folk metal band BANDERSTADT’s new album, Red. Real Ukrainian folk songs are born today,...

Guadalajara-based Aztec folk metal group CEMICAN – hailed by Revolver as “an ancient Mexican answer to The Hu or Heilung” – release the second track...

After six years of silence Eluveitie release their new album named Ànv. Well, it wasn’t complete silence – there were three singles, live album, collaboration...

“In the wind, the serpent awakens, Kukulkan reborn, dancing shadow and light. Among the pyramids, his power is unleashed, The whisper of the gods, in...

We were lucky to catch Skálmöld at Hellfest this year for the interview. It was pretty short but thorough talk about the stories and storytelling,...

Three years ago, in 2021 Korpiklaani released their Jylhä, where the intent to return to their roots – a fast-paced and joyful folk metal from...

Since 2007 Italians Furor Gallico advance their own vision of folk metal consistently, mixing brutal riffs and extreme vocals with some various folk instruments. Now,...

In 2020 Night Crowned became probably the biggest new name with their debut longplay Impius Viam. After a year and a half these guys have...

Ahoy! Can you tell us about the inspiration behind your new album “Book of Legends” and what sets it apart from your previous releases? Ahoy!...

Finnish Folk Metal Superstars KORPIKLAANI have released a new single called ‘Krystallomantia‘ which sees the band couple their trademark sound with their most politically influenced lyrics to...

Carla Morton conducted an interview with Korpiklaani‘s Jarkko Aaltonen, where he talked about the new album Jylha, Korpiklaani vodka (spruce flavour), his other band Coronary...

What do we hear in the distance? A war horn through winter and mist! Varang Nord attacks and the world knows the fury of the...