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.
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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’!
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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!
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Polish dark folk project Ols announced her new album ‘Pustkowia’ to be released next month via Pagan Records and shares the video single ‘Pustacie’!
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Nordic folk project Vévaki released the stunning video and song ‘Heimdalagaldr’, a track from their upcoming Season of Mist debut ‘Fjórnspeki’ out next month!
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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!
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The first batch of names for the Wacken Open Air 2023 edition was announced over the weekend and pre-sales start in an hour! Don’t miss out!
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Heilung spreads the love with the latest single ‘Asja’ of their upcoming album ‘DRIF’, to be released next month via Season of Mist!
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Music collective Heilung unveiled their first single ‘Anoana’ from the upcoming new album ‘Drif’, out in August via Season of Mist!
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Quite fittingly so, the Heilung song ‘Hakkerskaldyr’ is featured in the latest trailer of the upcoming ‘The Northman’ movie!
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Seeing Wardruna live is quite the experience wherever you catch them. But for our reporter, their show at the Cirque Royal in Brussels was simply exceptional, one of those performances you don’t shake off fast… If you missed it, you have another shot at it when they play at Rock Werchter 2023 this Summer!
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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!
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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.
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Going to a Heilung show is a bit like going to a therapy session. Except the session actually helps.
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A cold evening in February, we were taken on a magical journey with the acoustic set of Myrkur!
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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.
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!
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!
Pictures of the amazing second day of Tuska 2019 with the last show of Slayer on Finnish shores as headliners!
Pictures of a dark, cozy and atmospheric acoustic show by the illustrious Myrkur…
An extensive collection of pictures of a unique event at a historical site with highly interesting and often almost magical bands!
The photo coverage of the 15th Anniversary of Dutch pagan folk metal heroes Heidevolk, supported by Ithilien who warmed the crowd up nicely!
Lists
2022 was yet again an exceptional year for music. After putting together the favorite releases of most of our members, we came to our editorial top featuring the latest releases from bands like Wolfheart, Muse, Ghost, Electric Callboy, Kreator, Malevolence, Heilung, Machine Head, Wiegedood, Psychonaut, Lorna Shore, Bad Omens, Sylvaine, Parkway Drive, Lamb Of God, Rammstein and Zeal & Ardor!
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!
With the end of summer in sight, we came across 10 releases coming out in August that our editorial team has been looking forward to the most.
Putting all the favorites of our team of writers and photographers together, we’ve come to a really diverse and interesting overall AOTY list!
An albums of the year 2021 list with no compromises and a couple of real surprises!
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!
A list with a lot of black metal seeping in, but with a rather surprising number 1 spot!
