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(review) Verikalpa – Tunturihauta (Scarlet Records)

It has been couple of months since this opus came out, but like they say in these Northern parts of Croatia, it is never too late for great music eh? Verikalpa are hailing from Finland and this is their third full length opus. Members of Verikalpa are playing or have been playing in Catamenia, Obsessive Art, Against All and many other, so they know how to make quality metal and write great songs. This one contains 11 songs of ‘troll beer drenched metal’ like Verikalpa say for themselves. It is basically a mixture of melodic black metal and folk metal with some death metal influenced parts here and there, sounding a bit like early Finntroll in couple of songs, but not polka metal, rather more straightforward metal, we can safely say that Verikalpa lean more on metal side of things than on folk. There are some harmonica and keyboard parts that are folk metal passages, but guitars are more often and they create such beautiful melancholic yet aggressive atmosphere and melody, like only Finnish bands can. Songs are all in Finnish, so I don´t understand a word but the music speaks for itself. Riitti, Tunturihauta, Verikauhu are my personal favorites on this opus, but I am glad that I discovered this band because I love the music they create.

8/10

DYMBUR release official music video for socially charged single, ‘Rape Culture’!

Shillong, India based, Khasi Thraat Folk Metal band DYMBUR has released the official music video for “Rape Culture”. Recorded. Mixed & mastered by founder and guitarist CORNELIUS KHARSYNTIEWat Legato Recording Studio, the video for “Rape Culture” was produced by ANDREAS NATHANIAL WAR and edited by KHARSYNTIEW.

DYMBUR is a Folk Metal band, formed in Shillong, Meghalaya in February 2012.

“DYMBUR” is a word of KHASI origin that translates into English as “Fig Tree”.

The KHASI people are an indigenous tribe, who live in the State of Meghalaya which is in the north eastern part of India.
‘DYMBUR’ – The fig tree symbolizing rebirth, progression and evolution, of victory after struggle, Fresh leaves from old branches forming new shapes defining one of nature’s basic laws, the ability to regenerate and grow anew after a dry spell.
On November 2021, Dymbur announced the band’s shift towards folk metal, which we termed as ‘KHASI THRAAT FOLK METAL

(recka) Amorphis – Halo (Atomic Fire Records)

Tko bi rekao da je prošlo već više od trideset godina otkako su finski divovi Amorphis započeli svoj pohod na scenu. Ključni trenutak bili su drugi i treći album, poslije kojih su uspješno počeli inkorporirati nordijski folk i njegove melodije sa melodičnim i agresivnim death metalo, kasnije dodajući cijeloj slici i neke prog rock elemente u klavijaturama, dijelovima pjesama i čak ponekim izletom u laganu, tek laganu psihodeliju. Pjevač Tomi Joutsen je već dugo u bendu, no zasigurno mogu reči da mi je jedan od najdražih glasova u metalu, bilo da pjeva death metal growlom koji se uglavnom razumije što pjeva ili melodičnim, odličnim clean vokalom, koji može biti jako nježan na momente. Što imamo na novom albumu? Pa, Amorphis nastavljaju put kojim su uspješno išli zadnjih nekoliko albuma, a to je red agresije, red melodičnog death metala, red nježnijih clean folk pasaža sa odlično napisanim melodijama i čak zborskim dijelovima kao u odličnoj Northwards. On The Dark Waters je meni jedan od osobnih favorita, groove death metal kombiniran sa odličnim melodičnim refrenom, sigurno jedan od boljih Amorphis himni zadnjih par opusa. Mirni pasaži, skoro pitoreskni, sa frulom i folk instrumentima brzo se mijenjaju u agresiju, te natrag, ali tu je ona poznata melankolija, svojstvena u tolikoj mjeri samo finskim bendovima, koji to tako dobro odsviraju i napišu prije toga, da ti se koža naježi. A New Land je također stvar koju je potrebno spomenuti sa tom zaraznom glavnom gitarskom melodijom koja vodi u neku drugu dimenziju i ježi kožu. Meni sasvim odličan album.