Fire + Ice – Midwinter FiresLabel: Fremdheit – FREMD CD 95Format: CD, ReissueCountry: GermanyReleased: 2007Style: Neofolk Midwinter Fires has plenty of the mysterious and powerful magick of Northern Europe we expect from Fire + Ice, which here concentrates somewhat more on the heroic struggle against impossible odds exemplified by the Siegfried made famous by Wagner. There are other influences going on here: the Island of the Mighty has had too colorful a past to allow for a narrow perspective on its traditions. On this record, Ian Read was joined by Julie Woods, Mathew Butler and Ian Pirrie. Whether called Apocalyptic Folk or by its newest name, Neofolk,Fire + Ice has…
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Burzum – Sôl Austan, Mâni Vestan (2 × Vinyl)
Burzum – Sôl Austan, Mâni Vestan (2 × Vinyl)Label: Back On Black – BOBV375LPFormat: 2 × Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: UKReleased: 2013Style: Ambient, Modern Classical, Neofolk FANTASTIC 180 GRAM VINYL «Sol austan, Mani vestan» is the 11th album from Burzum and a return to a purely electronic and instrumental expression. «Sol austan, Mani vestan» is different from all the older albums, and yet similar to all of them, and is in style more than anything similar to the oldest ambient music of Burzum, like the tracks «Tomhet», «Han som reiste» and «Channelling the power of Minds into a new God». «Sol austan, Mani vestan» is inspired by and made for the…
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Tribute to Camilo Sesto
Camilo Sesto fue un artista que se centró en la visceralidad del sentimiento humano al que no se le conoce acompañante alguno. Desde esa apariencia de rostro estéril y plástico nos desgranó los secretos de cómo sentir a los humanos, contra todo pronóstico, de forma espontánea y no premeditada un grupo de artistas definitivamente malditos decidieron rendir tributo a Camilo desde propuestas musicales distintas y distantes. Camilo Blanes Cortés (Alcoy, 16 de septiembre de 1946-Madrid, 8 de septiembre de 2019), más conocido por su nombre artístico Camilo Sesto, fue un cantante, compositor e intérprete español de balada romántica, pop y rock. El cantautor alicantino fue una de las voces insignia…
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Tenhi – Valkama (Vinyl 2-LP Gatefold, Clear)
Tenhi – Valkama (Vinyl 2-LP Gatefold, Clear)Label: Prophecy Productions – PRO 351 LPFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, ClearCountry: GermanyReleased: 2023Style: Folk Rock, Neofolk When night falls onto the sub-arctic landscapes of the Land of the Thousand Lakes, in the twilight of forest and swamps, the veils between our reality and the otherworld grow thin. It is at those times that stories such as ‘the fairy tale that never was’ leak into the lyrics and music of TENHI. On their sixth album, «Valkama», which translates as ‘harbour’ or ‘shelter’ among other meanings, the Finns originally began telling of a journey that was meant as a fairy tale…
