Sunday 22 January 2012

FOLK METAL NEWS 22/01/12


Following on from last week's unveiling of new song, 'A Rose for Epona', Eluveitie have unleashed their new music video for the song. The video was produced by Polish company Grupa13, who have worked with many established metal acts, such as Behemoth, Sonata Arctica, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter and Amon Amarth and also previously worked with Eluveitie on their video for 'Thousandfold'. The video features clips of the band playing in woodland and amongst ancient ruins, interspersed with moody shots of a young woman who is presumably meant to represent the protagonist of the album.


Epic pagan metallers Moonsorrow have announced their plans to release a DVD at some point this year and other 'interesting projects'.

Meanwhile, plenty of other bands have begun previewing new material, as the 2012 release cycle begins to gear up. Fresh from their inclusion on our '5 Bands to Watch Out for in 2012' list, Shangren have released a second preview trailer for the upcoming debut album Rise of the Dynasty.

American symphonic folk metal band Northsong have released the first song from their new album The Final Journey, the album's title track.


Spanish metallers Eldelvar have gone further, releasing three songs from their forthcoming album, Once Upon a Beer, including the amphibian-inspired (!) 'Frogs', slow-paced ballad 'Through the Snow' and the catchy 'When the Moon Cries Blood'.


In other news, Russian thrashers Leshak are another band who have been busy this week. Having previously previewed their new album's artwork (right), they have this week announced the tracklist for their upcoming album Pustosvyat (which I believe can be translated roughly as 'Unholy Priest' in English), consisting of 11 tracks and including a folk metal cover of Motorhead's 'Ace of Spades'! The band's sophomore effort, Pustosvyat is a follow-up to 2009's Chertovorot and is due for release soon.



Отче наш (Lords Prayer)
Пустосвят (Unholy priest)
РостовЪ (RostovЪ)
Фёдор да Марья (Fedor and Marja)
Ойся, ты ойся (Ojsya)
Мельница (инстр.) (Windmill - instrumental)
Распутье (Carrefour)
Чёртов Рог (Devil's Horn)
Яблочко (Apple - Russian folk song)

Bonus-tracks:
Darjane-Marjane (trad. Karelian)
Ace of Spades (Motorhead cover)

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