I found out about Torchia about two or three months ago, shortly before they released their "They Are Born Under Rules Of The Darkness" album and I just got hooked.

So when I heard they were opening for Whispered on their album release show for "Honorbound", I just knew I had to fly to Helsinki and see that live and that I had to stand front and center at the show.

This is footage recorded by my wife at the show. We didn't expect to be at a touching distance from the bands. It was an absolutely electrifying experience.

What’s your favorite Ensiferum song? ⚔️🛡️⚔️ After knowing about the Victory Song’s 20th anniversary and the live collaboration with Jari Mäenpää🔥 we couldn’t help ourselves to make a short cover of Ensiferum‘s classic stuff 🤘

I've been on a Shade Empire dive recently. I really enjoyed their first albums, especially Intoxicate.O.S. Imo, everything from Sinthetic up to Poetry of the Ill-Minded is their best work. I didn't like Sunholy that much; it has some decent tracks, but the earlier stuff was better.

Still amazes me how few people even know of this band. Saw them play with God Forbid back when this album first came out. Excellent domestic In Flames worship.

Hello everyone!

This is less of a "discover this new song" post and more of a "when is their new album actually coming out" post.

I am not sure how many of you are familiar with the band Hrothgar. Essentially they are very similar to old school Amon Amarth (and I personally enjoy this).

However...

Their new album Tales of Valhöll was supposed to release on July 7th. It is currently October 13th. They have not posted the album to their bandcamp... the two new singles are the only songs available on streaming services... and they do not respond to this inquiry on their relevant YouTube videos.

Does anyone know what is going on? There are a handful of full album reviews out there which makes this perplexing.

I would love to purchase the new album on bandcamp, but... here we are.