Guardian Music — If you thought that what black metal really needed was more violins, flutes and Celtic bagpipes, then this is your luck dayAs a sub-genre blessed with more than its fair share of axe-wielding Vikings and Celtic warlords, pagan metal has been slow in ... more info

Altsounds — FINNTROLL are back! In February 2010 the band will release its highly anticipated new slab of folk-rooted back metal hymns entitled **"Nifelvind"** , worldwide on Century Media Records. The albumwas recorded at Sonic Pump Studios (Apocalyptica, Am... more info

Altsounds — The last leaves have fallen in the old world of Europe, stripping down the trees to wooden skeletons, and a dark wind is blowing from the coldest north to freeze your souls. FINNTROLL will blow their new album "Nifelvind" across the withered earth on... more info

Altsounds — BATTLELORE will tour the UK with Finntroll in September, starting in Nottingham on the 25th. Prior to this the Finnish Epic Fantasy Metal veterans will appear at Bloodstock on August 14th. BATTLELORE have just renewed their contract with Napalm Rec... more info