Tag Archive: Moonsorrow

Xanthochroid – Blessed He With Boils

Filed Under: Reviews

Jan.11, 2013

Xanthochroid

Blessed He With Boils

01. Aquatic Deathgate Existence
02. Blessed He With Boils
03. Winter’s End
04. Long Live Our Lifeless King
05. Deus Absconditus: Part I
06. Deus Absconditus: Part II
07. The Leper’s Prospect
08. In Putris Stagnum
09. “Here I’ll Stay”
10. Rebirth Of An Old Nation

[12/21/12]
[Self-Released]

Black Metal is really awesome, but add some symphonic elements to it and it gets even better. Black metal, in essence, is known for its ability to go over the top musically and visually, and to be, in a sense, very epic. Enter Xanthochroid, a symphonic black metal band hailing from California, not the place you would expect USBM to come from. They claim to take influence from the likes of Wintersun, Emperor, Moonsorrow and Opeth and identify their sound as one that “combines many styles into a blackened cloud of legendary metal madness.” And while they may not be legendary, they are starting to show the world they are on the right path.

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Tags: Emperor, Moonsorrow, Opeth, Wintersun, Xanthochroid

Get Another Day’s Worth of New Folk Metal With A Moonsorrow Album Stream!

Filed Under: New music, Upcoming releases

Feb.25, 2011

Yesterday we pointed you in the direction of Turisas‘ new album Stand Up And Fight streaming over at MySpace (of all places). If you like your folk metal with more progressive influences, then Moonsorrow‘s epic new album Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa is streaming at Record Shop X for a week only, so hop on that. It’s powerful stuff!

Technically the album is already out in Finland, but it doesn’t see an official UK release until March 21st on Spinefarm Records; totally another reason to celebrate Prog-Metal March! The US release is still pending, however. International releases are fucking dumb. At least you don’t have to resort to pirating it to hear it for free, right?

Right?

- JR

Tags: Moonsorrow, Turisas

Turisas – Stand Up And Fight

Filed Under: Reviews

Feb.08, 2011

Turisas

Stand Up And Fight

01. The March Of the Varangian Guard
02. Take The Day!
03. Hunting Pirates
04. Venetoi! – Prasinoi!
05. Stand Up And Fight
06. The Great Escape
07. Fear The Fear
08. End Of An Empire
09. The Bosphorus Freezes Over

[03/08/11]
[Century Media]

It’s a quiet morning, the air is still with just the slightest of breeze. Off in the distance a storm approaches, covering the sky in veil of black and grays. A cold chill runs down your back, but you don’t turn away, you stand and face your fears. With sword in hand you await your enemy, as they slowly begin to appear along the horizon, there numbers growing as they become more visible. But there is nothing to fear, as you’re troops stand alongside you, prepared to fight and die, obeying any order you give them. As the enemy draws ever closer, you let out a mighty battle cry and begin to charge in to what will likely be, the battle of your lives. Now just imagine the kind of music that might be playing throughout this battle…

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Tags: Manowar, Moonsorrow, Rhapsody of Fire, Sabaton, Stand Up And Fight, Turisas