Mongol - The Altan Urug (2012) - Mongolian history and German samples from Canada - 74% (10/10/12)

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The young Canadian band Mongol delivers us a quite mixed bag on their debut release “The Altan Urug”. First of all, we have many amazing folk elements in the songs. The banjo play for example is very well employed in a couple of songs and not an instrument...

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Elvenking - Era (2012) - Masters in their own universe - 87% (16/09/12)

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Despite several line-up changes, Elvenking pick us up with "Era" where they have left us with with their last record "Red Silent Tides". The Italian band delivers a catchy mixture of power metal and their typical folk passages with a couple of contemporary...

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Ensiferum - Unsung Heroes (2012) - Tales of versatile energy and one epic fail - 75% (05/09/12)

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Ensiferum's new output received rather mixed and mostly even negative critics but in my humble opinion this album is clearly better than the previous faceless release "From Afar" and the overall quite boring "Victory Songs". Of course, this release doesn't...

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Eluveitie - Helvetios (2012) - Finally back in strength - 78% (16/02/12)

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Eluveitie is band that has always been lights and shades to me. They had truly amazing outputs such as "Slania" as well as one of the worst records I have ever heard in my entire life with "Vên". After the rather disappointing melodic death metal record...

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In Extremo - Viva La Vida (2011) - For collectors only - 70% (16/10/11)

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"Viva La Vida" is the second single from In Extremo's pretty strong "Sterneneisen" record that was released earlier this year. This single was released to support the autumn and winter leg of the band's tour that leads them from Russia over Spain to Mexico....

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Moonsorrow - Tulimyrsky (2008) - It has its moments but it feels stretched - 78% (25/08/11)

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Moonsorrow is one of those bands that were introduced to me as a unique, epic and progressive band that did revolutionary works for the Pagan Metal genre. When I stumbled over their overlong Tulimyrsky EP with this beautiful epic cover artwork I decided...

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Alestorm - Back Through Time (2011) - Nothing new from the party pirates - 70% (09/07/11)

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If you liked the band's first two records, you will also happen to like this record as the Scottish pirate metal musicians didn't change their formula at all or tried out some experiments. I must admit that this is a rather negative point because the...

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Alestorm - Back Through Time (2011) - Nothing new from the party pirates - 70% (09/07/11)

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If you liked the band's first two records, you will also happen to like this record as the Scottish pirate metal musicians didn't change their formula at all or tried out some experiments. I must admit that this is a rather negative point because the...

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Alestorm - Back Through Time (2011) - Nothing new from the party pirates - 70% (09/07/11)

Par kluseba

If you liked the band's first two records, you will also happen to like this record as the Scottish pirate metal musicians didn't change their formula at all or tried out some experiments. I must admit that this is a rather negative point because the...

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Alestorm - Back Through Time (2011) - Nothing new from the party pirates - 70% (09/07/11)

Par kluseba

If you liked the band's first two records, you will also happen to like this record as the Scottish pirate metal musicians didn't change their formula at all or tried out some experiments. I must admit that this is a rather negative point because the...

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