News Posts

Pagan metal warriors Ren Marabou and The Berserkers unveil the lyric video for ‘Holy Mountain (Helgafjell)’, the title track of their upcoming album, set to be released via Wormholedeath!

Irish pagan metal legends Primordial released their new album ‘How It Ends’ via Metal Blade Records, and shared a music video for the title track to celebrate. Also, catch them at the Vltima Ratio Fest 2023 that is going around Europe right now with the company of Paradise Lost, Omnium Gatherum and Harakiri For The Sky!

Iconic pagan metallers Primordial announced new album ‘How It Ends’ to be coming our way next month via Metal Blade Records and unleashed a first single!

Dutch pagan folk metal masters Heidevolk shared the acoustic title track of the upcoming new album ‘Wederkeer’, set for release next month via Napalm Records!

Dutch pagan folk metal legends Heidevolk release new single and music video ‘Drink met de Goden (Walhalla)’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Wederkeer’, set for release via Napalm Records in February!

Dutch pagan metal giants Heidevolk return with their new album ‘Wederkeer’ in February 2023 via Napalm Records and premiered a first single/video with ‘Klauwen Vooruit’!

Finnish atmospheric pagan/black artist Vermilia unleashed 2nd single ‘Tuonen Joki’ from her upcoming album ‘Ruska’!

HELSOTT has paid homage to pagan cultures, mythology, and history while keeping true to their American influences in their latest single!

Kvaen releases another single with ‘In Silence’ in anticipation of the release of his new album ‘The Great Below’!

Hungarian black/pagan metal outfit Bornholm released their 2nd single from the upcoming Napalm Records debut “Apotheosis”!

Photo Reports

The Polish black metal institution Batushka brought their unholy sermon to the halls of Helsinki’s Vanha Ylioppilastalo and brought with them the Russian pagans of Arkona, the pretty epic Canadian Aeternam and Latvian vikings of Varang Nord!

Swedish industrial metal legends Pain are on tour throughout Europe right now, and we caught them at their stop at the Backstage venue in Munich, Germany. Bringing with them Finnish pagan metal giants Ensiferum, Swedish dark symphonic metallers Eleine and Japanese Ryujin, it was quite the night for heavy metal!

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Celebrating GRIMM’s 9th birtyday, and Lika Bosch’s birthday on Walpurgis night, in Asgaard, Gentbrugge, with a pagan/folk metal party!

A great night of Scandinavian metal with Shade Empire, Ereb Altor and Soulfallen!

Skálmöld + Alestorm = Skálstorm. Throw on top of that the cowboys of Bootyard Bandits and it results in one hell of a party night!

Steelfest 2018 was again a weekend filled with underground music celebrating black mass and pagan rituals. Check out the pictures we took at the event!

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Photo coverage of DWEF, Moonsorrow and Primorial from the Heathen Crusade show in Bruges (BE) on 15 April 2018

We went to check out the sold out Korpiklaani show in Antwerp a couple of weeks ago, check out the photos here!

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!

Gig Reports

Last month, we got to go to the very last stop of the Polish black metal collective Batushka “Black Pilgrimage tour 2023” at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, with the good company of Arkona, Aeternam and Varang Nord!

On the 22nd of February I really had to pull myself together to leave to the venue of the Circus in Helsinki. This because it was a very, very windy, rainy and stormy Saturday evening in Finland. Reason to get some courage was the “Verisäkeet Alive”-show of Finnish band Moonsorrow, and one of the possible […]

Cowboys, vikings and pirates: a night any geek/kid would drool over came to live! Alestorm, Skálmöld and Bootyard Bandits blew the roof off Nosturi!

Warmth was brought to Nosturi by the Fins of Wolfheart and Brymir! Check out this review about their show from 30th of november in Helsinki, Finland

On 15/02/2018, together with around 1000 other metalheads, we headed towards a sold out Trix in Antwerp for an evening filled with folk- and paganmetal. Trollfest, arkona and heidevolk were opening for headliner korpiklaani.

Celebrating the release off their latest album, Will to Power (released with Century Media Records),  Arch Enemy went out on tour selling out venues by the hand full. This can be expected when a band like Arch Enemy takes the stage with Jinjer, Tribulation and Wintersun.

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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!

The heralds of the gods strike down in Helsinki!

The heralds of the gods strike down in Helsinki!

Lists

The music industry is at it again at full force after the festival season with a massive amount of really cool releases coming out, just look at the number of our most anticipated releases for September have grown into and then we probably could have included more still. With new albums from Blind Guardian, Yungblud, Wolfheart, Slipknot, Starcrawler, Lost Society, The Hu, Vermin Womb, Vermilia, Bloodbath, Slugcrust, Electric Callboy, Innumerable Forms, Tribal Gaze, Gaerea and Graceless, it’ll be quite the month again!

February 2022 is yet again brimming with great releases, here’s a small selection of our most anticipated ones!