News Posts

The Lithuanian ritualistic dark folk project Veliu Namai shared new single and music video ‘Alkai’, another track from the upcoming album due for release in January via Nordvis.

Finnish psychedelic folk project Iterum Nata presents the 1st new single ‘The Mountain’ from the upcoming new album ‘Trench of Loneliness’, set for release via Nordvis in February!

Polish dark folk project Ols celebrates diversity and female power in her new video for ‘Głosy’, from her recently via Pagan Records released album ‘Pustkowia’!

Lithuanian ritualistic dark folk project Vėlių Namai unveiled the single ‘Saulés Kalvis’ with a captivating video, the 1st single from the upcoming album ‘Alkai’ set for release in January 2023 via Nordvis!

Polish dark folk project Ols announced her new album ‘Pustkowia’ to be released next month via Pagan Records and shares the video single ‘Pustacie’!

Nordic folk project Vévaki released the stunning video and song ‘Heimdalagaldr’, a track from their upcoming Season of Mist debut ‘Fjórnspeki’ out next month!

Heilung releases the 3rd track ‘Tenet’, with an unusual melody created as a palindrome… Their new album ‘Drif’ is out on August 19 via Season of Mist!

Heilung spreads the love with the latest single ‘Asja’ of their upcoming album ‘DRIF’, to be released next month via Season of Mist!

Music collective Heilung unveiled their first single ‘Anoana’ from the upcoming new album ‘Drif’, out in August via Season of Mist!

In anticipation of the release of their new full-length “Get Your Dose Now!”, Dirty Shirt unleashed the incredibly upbeat “DOPE-A-MIN”!

Photo Reports

Black and white photo of Wardruna on stage at the Koninklijk Circus, Brussels, Belgium

After over 2 years, Wardruna finally made it over to the Koninklijk Circus for an unforgettable show.

At the end of October, Heilung came to a sold out Jäähalli in Helsinki to celebrate all that connects us with each other and the nature around us, with special guests Eivør and Lili Refrain to warm us up.

A couple of months ago, All Things Live Finland brought the French Nordic folk collective Skáld to the Finnish shores with support from hurdy-gurdy virtuoso Guilhem Desq to celebrate music inspired by the past, brought to the now at Ääniwalli in Helsinki.

We had the chance to visit the next to last gig of the ‘Symphonic Metal Nights Tour 2022’ with co-headliners Visions of Atlantis and Xandria and support from Ye Banished Privateers. A hot and sweaty night that got our photographer to go back home drenched!

With The BossHoss, one of Germany’s most popular bands right now, we didn’t expect anything less than joy, animation and party at their show at the Tollwood Summer Festival in Munich!

2 years after it was supposed to take place, Faun finally gave us a concert that simply came straight out of a fairy tale at Circus Krone in Munich, Germany! An absolutely stunning show of a magical band!

Eivor facing the camera with her eyes closed while holding a guitar.

On her first ever tour in France to promote her newest album Segl, Eivør made a stop at L’Aeronef in Lille. The autumn moon was full, joy was in the air and a magical night was had by all in attencance.

Pictures of a satanic doo-wop night with Twin Temple to break the week a little bit!

Pics of a magical evening with great medieval and pagan folk bands at the Häme Medieval Festival!

Lists

Week 37 brought us a bunch of wholesome, heavy and unique songs and videos from bands like Dust In Mind, SKYND, Lorna shore, Starbenders, In Flames, Vévaki, King Dude, Sahg and Electric Callboy. Go check them out if you haven’t yet!

7 epic singles again selected by us of last week with Psychonaut, Before The Dawn, Black Mirrors, Wednesday 13, Sowulo, Ciemra and Skyforger! Highly recommended to check them out if you haven’t yet!

August proves to be a highly exciting and surprisingly full month for new releases! Here is a small selection of those that are most anticipated by our editorial staff!

A selection of “pagan” folk releases from 2020 that our editorial team feels like you really should check out still if you haven’t yet.

2021 promises to be quite the year again for new music releases! With our team we decided on some of the releases we’re looking forward to the most!

2017 was again a massive year for music of all makes, I’ve done my best to narrow it down to the 10 releases that suck with me the most the past year…

Gig Reports

Heilung came, saw and conquered the sold out Jäähalli in Helsinki at the end of October, yet another absolutely magical show by a phenomenon in the music scene. And their guests Eivør and Lili Refrain were the perfect people to warm an already excited crowd up even more!

A couple of months ago, the French vikings of Skáld came to put a spell on everyone that showed up at Ääniwalli with their Nordic folk and turned the night into one to remember. Support came from the hurdy-gurdy maestro Guilhem Desq, an event by All Things Live Finland.

Eivør made it back to Finnish soil to put us under a spell with her gorgeous music and vocals at the legendary Tavastia club in Helsinki!

A night of Satanic doo-wop with Twin Temple and wholesome atmospheric tunes from Hexvessel. What a way to get through the rest of your week!

Going to a Heilung show is a bit like going to a therapy session. Except the session actually helps.

A cold evening in February, we were taken on a magical journey with the acoustic set of Myrkur!

On the 28th of October, Ostend was invaded by Skálmöld, Stam1na and Omnium Gatherum on their Arctic Circle Alliance tour!

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Ithilien worth the watch and a great warm-up for the always great Dutch pagan metal outfit Heidevolk, celebrating their 15th anniversary!

A magical night at Tavastia

Pagan folk on an epic scale…