Press release 2025-03-21 Precipice of Stone The time has come to offer a glimpse of “spelewithiipi”, Nechochwen’s upcoming album, set for release on May 9, 2025. The first single, “Precipice of Stone”, is now available for streaming.   Nechochwen commented:   “Precipice of Stone” is a tribute to medicine songs that have helped me through difficult […]

If you follow this site and my writings (you’re not the only one as I’m kind of a big deal), you might be asking yourself why a folk metal album is getting the review treatment from me. Instead, you should immediately be thinking the subject of this review is entirely worth your attention. It’s been […]

Metal is full of bands that cull from culture, history and heritage. From the obvious pagan Viking bands of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe to the Saxon throes of Wodensthrone and Forefather, the Middle Eastern themes of Nile and Orphaned Land, Greek metallers Rotting Christ and even Aztec based metal like Mictlantecuhtli. But if ever there […]