A Grove of Ashes and Aspens

  • 2025 in Music: The Year of Folk Metal

    Now Playing: Nu Delhi by Bloodywood So as folk metal fans, we got a little bit spoiled this year. A new Bloodywood album, a new Elvenking album and cover (not really a folk metal cover, since it’s a cover of Children of Bodom, but still), a new Tungsten single (they count as folk metal enough…

  • Just Local Band Things: Lycanthro’s New Album “Remnants of Rapture”

    Now Playing: Iris by Lycanthro As many metalheads tend to do, I enjoy supporting small and local bands. It keeps a place’s culture going and it gives a certain solidarity in the scene and between musicians. (This is something we could always have more of, all the petty in-fighting gets tiring sometimes.) Now, in my…

  • Track of the Year: What New Songs Caught My Ear?

    Now Playing: Throes of Atonement by Elvenking It’s no secret that we as metal fans were showered in gifts this year. Two Elvenking singles (one supporting an album announcement), a Tungsten album, an Orden Ogan album, a Powerwolf album, are just a few of the new releases we got in 2024. But which ones caught…

  • The Grand Inferno: My Thoughts on the New Tungsten Album

    Now Playing: Anger by Tungsten So, the much awaited fourth studio album from Swedish power metal band Tungsten is here. (I know, it was released on the 8th, but I’ve been busy with other posts that had to go out sooner.) Now, this album is interesting, with almost half of it being released as singles…

  • Wake Up The Wicked: My Thoughts on the New Powerwolf Album

    Now Playing: Kyrie Klitorem by Powerwolf This past Friday (July 26) marked the release of a new Powerwolf album, following the release of 1589 and Sinners of the Seven Seas as singles. The Spotify release of this album includes the release of a live set from New York City, as well as orchestral versions of…

  • Recent Music Notices: Brothers of Metal Announces a New Album

    Now Playing: Berserkir by Brothers of Metal An announcement that felt like it was coming since last summer has finally dropped. Brothers of Metal are releasing a new album on November 1st, 2024, titled Fimbulvinter. They have three singles released, one of which is confirmed to be on the new album. Heavy Metal Viking is…

  • Release Incoming: Autumn Leaves

    Now Playing: The wolf path by Sanctorum So, I’m a musician. “You must write music then,” one might say. First of all, how dare you assume things of me. Second of all, how dare you assume things of me and have the audacity to be correct. /lh Yes, I do write music, and it can…