Sunday 25 December 2011

FOLK METAL NEWS 25/12/11

Trollfest have been getting into the Christmas spirit, releasing a Christmas album of sorts.

The 'album' consists of 8 Christmas classics,including 'White Christmas', 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' and 'Last Christmas'. It was recorded back in 2005 as a gift to friends and family, but has now been given an online release for the holiday period only as a Christmas present to their fans.




Meanwhile, back in the real world, Eluveitie have released a teaser for their upcoming album Helvetios in the form of new track 'Meet the Enemy'. In keeping with the theme of the album (announced last week to be based around the Gallic War between the Helvetii and the Romans) this ferocious number tells of the first encounter between the two armies. 
 



They're not the only band that has been teasing their fans this week. Chinese-inspired band Shangren this week released a teaser of their debut album Rise of the Dynasty on Facebook. German epic folk metallers Equilibrium have also been at it, hinting on Twitter that album number four is currently 'in the making'.
 
Russian band Kalevala are planning for a busy 2012, announcing their intention to release two albums, one of which will be a live acoustic album, recorded earlier this year.
 
New releases this week include Forefather's Last of the Line, Swordbearer's Honor, and Celtibeerian's Tirikantam. Look out for reviews of these three releases in coming weeks on the Folk Metaller blog and have a Merry Christmas!

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