Year: 2025Label: Prophecy I’ll be honest: prior to this album, I’d heard maybe one song by Hexvessel, so this review isn’t exactly based on an in-depth knowledge of their past discography. But then again, up until recently, the band played … Continue reading HEXVESSEL: Nocturne
PYHÄ KUOLEMA: Saavun vaikken kulkisi Release year: 2011/2022Label: Anima Arctica Back in 2021, I gave a somewhat raving and ranting review to Finnish neofolk act Pyhä Kuolema’s third album Uusi panssaroitu Suomi (click here to read). And you know what? … Continue reading Arriving even without moving
TERVAHÄÄT: Virtus Release year: 2022Label: Anima Arctica Virtus is a Roman word signifying – and I quote Wikipedia here for the sake of simplicity – “valor, manliness, excellence, courage, character, and worth, perceived as masculine strengths”. In other words, a … Continue reading The virtus of Tervahäät
PYHÄ KUOLEMA: Uusi panssaroitu Suomi Release year: 2021Label: Anima Arctica Whilst there is neofolk from elsewhere too, in many ways the genre is a very European phenomenon. As a genre, it has always been tied to tradition, history and the … Continue reading A holy death and an armoured Finland
Only Death Is Real 