Fantasy folk band Irdorath from Гродно, Belarus has just released its first official video-clip for the song “As Bas“. The clip is based on Belarusian children’s playground rhyme and is the forerunner of Irdorath’s new album that will come out in May 2015.
Links:
Irdorath official page
Irdorath @ Facebook
Irdorath @ VK
Lithuanian melodic metallers Berserker from Vilnius present their first official video for “Dark Worlds Collide” taken from the same titled debut album, self-released in 2015.
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Berserker official page
Berserker @ Facebook
Berserker @ Twitter
Origin: Italy
Genre: Epic Black Metal Pagan Black Metal Viking Metal
Label: Self Released
Year: 2014
Epic pagan Viking black metal band Forgotten Land from Cantù, Como of Italy is back five years after their debut album. Formed back in 2006 by Nordic Valkyrja, the band released its first demo “Ancient Tales from Forgotten Lands” in the beginning of 2008. Next year the band self-released its debut full-length album “In Regno Langobardorum“, a very decent work of epic pagan black metal with few folk elements. In 2012, their founding member and front-woman Nordic Valkyrja left the band. The remaining members decided to continue as a four-piece band and started working Read more
Origin: USA
Genre: Epic Metal Symphonic Black Metal Symphonic Metal
Label: Nine Gates Records
Year: 2014
American epic symphonic black metal band Appalachian Winter has recently released its new album, entitled “The Epochs That Built the Mountains“. The band was formed back in 2008 as the personal project of D.G. Klyne from Schellsburg, Pennsylvania, who composed and played everything with the help of few guest members from time to time. As a one-man-band, he had already released 5 full-length albums, one EP and a split album until 2013. In their sixth album however, Appalachian Winter come with a complete line-up for the first time, with Randy Smith on guitars and Mike O’Brien on midi choirs. “The Epochs That Built the Mountains” was released on Read more
Czech brutal folk metal band Cruadalach present its very first official music video for the song “Life-Worshipping Bastards“, taken out of its 3rd full-length album “Rebel Against Me“, released on 17th of January 2015 via MetalGate Records.
Links:
Cruadalach official page
Cruadalach @ Facebook
Cruadalach @ Twitter
Cruadalach @ Bandcamp
Russian folk pagan metallers Mysteria Mortis released the official video for their brand new song “Until I Have a Chance“.
Links:
Mysteria Mortis official page
Mysteria Mortis @ Facebook
Mysteria Mortis @ VK
Epic Transylvanian grandiose black metal outfit Syn Ze Șase Tri from Romania is gearing up to release a new album on February 2015 via Code666, a sub-label of Aural Music Group. It is entitled “Stăpîn Peste Stăpîni” and will be the third and final chapter of the trilogy started with the debut album “Intre Doua Lumii” in 2011 and developed during the second opus titled “Sub Semnul Lupului” in 2012. This third full-length album was mixed and mastered by Paso at Studio73 in Ravenna, Italy. The band had the help of many guest musicians in this work from other Romanian bands, like Trooper, Bucovina, Argus Megere, Prohod and others. Syn Ze Șase Tri has just unveiled the epic artwork by Jan Yrlund for Darkgrove Design, as well as the album tracklist. A video teaser Read more
Russian progressive folk rock / doom metal band Омела (Omela) from Moscow will release its third full-length album “Амальгама Теней – Amalgam of Shadows” on February 21, 2015 via Ailano-Studio. Омела was formed in 2008 by rock-musician and vocalist Sergey Abramov (ex-Butterfly Temple). The style of Омела’s music can be described as a mid-tempo progressive rock, in which doom riffs and folk themes are combined into a single musical stream. After the 4-way split “Эффект бабочки” with Butterfly Temple, Невидь and Путь Солнца, the band released its debut full-length album “Viscum Album” in 2009 via Ailano-Studio. The album got very positive feedback and 2 years later, in 2011, their second full-length “Aura” was out. Their new album “Амальгама Теней” will be soon released, but you can already listen to it on Read more
