Category Archives: folk metal
Winterfylleth – “The Hallowing Of Heirdom”
Winterfylleth are one of my favorite atmospheric black metal bands. Their approach to their music and their concepts are all quite progressive. Their new album “The Hallowing Of Heirdom” shows that the band are willing to explore the more mellow, … Continue reading →
PMP’s Cristina starts her own music site
It’s my pleasure to announce that my dear friend Cristina, who has been a contributor here on the Progressive Music Planet website, has started her own site: Musicality Unlimited! We’ve been friends for a while since we both started writing … Continue reading →
Wintersun – “The Forest Seasons”
Wintersun are a band that you could write a book about. They’ve had an interesting career to this point which includes a brilliant debut album, an 8 year span between albums, a second album “Time” that was split into two … Continue reading →
Vintersorg – “Till Fjälls del II”
For those who don’t know, Vintersorg is both a band and the alias of band leader Andreas Hedlund. Hedlund is also a member of Borknagar (one of my favorite bands) and Cronian (with Øystein Brun of Borknagar) among many other … Continue reading →
Live Review: Negură Bunget, Waldgeflüster & support @ Backstage Club Munich, Germany 15th October 2016
I have never witnessed the Backstage concert area as busy as yesterday afternoon. All three venues were housing shows: Tarja played in the biggest venue, the “Werk”, Equilibrium played a sold-out show in the “Halle” and Negură Bunget and Waldgeflüster … Continue reading →
Negură Bunget – “ZI”
What do you associate with Romania? If the answer is Dracula, then let me tell you that there is much more to this country. The Romanian culture is rich in ancient traditions differing from region to region, some of them … Continue reading →
Equilibrium – “Armageddon”
How can something so heavy and potentially evil be so damn nice?? Somehow, Equilibrium find a way to make Pagan Death Metal to be both incredibly epic and even fun. In some ways, their approach reminds me of Finntroll. Some … Continue reading →
