For those who’ve been following our site for a while, the name Vesper Kennings might ring a bell. This eccentric Finnish outfit released their first demo in 2019, and have since then released three albums (the so-called Terrestrial Vortices trilogy) … Continue reading Observations from in-between with Vesper Kennings
Year: 2025Label: self-released After their rather ambitious album cycle known as the Terrestrial Vortex Trilogy (Songs Of Verdant Bone, Wandering Suns And Harvest Moons and Eldritch Winter), Finnish Vesper Kennings grace us with what is quite easy to see as … Continue reading VESPER KENNINGS: Poacher Songs For The Bonewhite Bailiff
Year: 2024Label: Aorta Austrian Allerseelen are one of those enigmatic and perplexing artists, who are incredibly difficult to pin down into any one genre or form of expression. Even when their albums retain a certain stylistic approach, it is next … Continue reading ALLERSEELEN: Toteninsel
Year: 2025Label: self-released With a name like this, there’s really only one genre Austrian Aufbruch Europa could play. And yes indeed, it is neofolk. No prizes for anyone who bet their money on that. It’s not like there’s exactly an … Continue reading AUFBRUCH EUROPA: Shining Hearts On Fields Of Sorrow
Year: 2025Label: Steinklang Industries The drink-friendly Italians are back at it. The cover artwork and the name of the album prove that there’s no paradigm shift here. Two glasses of red wine and a beautiful woman, and We Don’t Drink … Continue reading DIVISION S: We Don’t Drink Alone
Year: 2025Label: Far From… Records Oh, great! Another one of those albums. Those albums, which are such a potpourri of styles and genres, that trying to describe it is an exercise in futility. In other words, a reviewer’s dream. I … Continue reading NAPSORVADÁS: Without Idols
Year: 2025Label: Heidenvolk Though they have slowed down their pace, German Darkwood remain a staple of contemporary neofolk. With their distinctive, and distinctively German sound, the group consisting of Henryk Vögel and supporting musicians, play no small part in keeping … Continue reading DARKWOOD: Verlorene Welt
Year: 2025Label: Steinklang Industries First impressions can be deceiving. Especially in music, especially if you are somewhat knowledgeable in a genre. Sometimes it leads you to pin into place an artist or album very quickly. “Oh, this instantly brings to … Continue reading ALYA SERPENTIS: The Sky Falls Down
Year: 2025Label: Steinklang Industries In their almost 20 year long recording career, Dark Awake have been nothing if not prolific. Discogs lists 16 full length albums and half a dozen of shorter releases, which translates into way more than one … Continue reading DARK AWAKE: Dämmerung
Year: 2024Label: self-released Arriving at Finnish Vesper Kenning’s third full-length album which, according to the band, concludes the “Terrestrial vortex trilogy”, a grander picture starts to emerge. The group remain as enigmatic as ever, perhaps even more so, but the … Continue reading VESPER KENNINGS: Eldritch Winter – A Novenary Of Hiemal Contemplations
Only Death Is Real 