Sunday 5 February 2012

FOLK METAL NEWS 05/02/12


Work on Korpiklaani's new album continues, with the band recently announcing that guitars are almost finished. Most significant, however, is the announcement of the new release's name – Kunnia. The word 'kunnia' is Finnish for 'honour'.

Leshak have previewed several tracks that are to appear on their new album Pustosvyat (Пустосвят ), which is due for release next week – February 11th to be exact. Two new songs from the album have been made available in full, including instrumental number 'Мельница (Windmill)' and their adaptation of traditional Russian folk song 'Яблочко (Apple)'. Furthermore, the band have released a sampler featuring snippets of each song that is to appear on the album.




Dråpsnatt have also been previewing their new album, Skelepht, which is due for release in the coming months. The preview contains samples of each song on the album, lasting just under a minute. Speaking back in October, the band said that the theme of the album is 'religiosity, lightheartedness and insipience as a decomposing drop cloth behind which all the futility and anguish of the human experience is poorly concealed'.



In other news, British medieval metallers Northern Oak have begun preparing material for the follow-up to 2010's Monuments. A statement on the band's website states that they have begun writing and intend to release the material – most likely as an EP – later this year. Dutch power metallers Conorach have announced that they are 'ready to record', while Serbians Eskhata have begun recording their forthcoming EP Tales of Old, which will consist of five tracks.

Finally, veterans Suidakra have released a video for the song 'Balor', taken from their latest release, Book of Dowth

 

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