Review: Skálmöld – Vögguvísur Yggdrasils

I have to confess that the arrival of this new Skálmöld album caught me unawares and was quite the pleasant surprise. I had been thinking recently that maybe it was about time for something new from Iceland's great export and then Vögguvísur Yggdrasils dropped through the electronic letterbox. Obviously, it went on the mp3 player right away. … Continue reading Review: Skálmöld – Vögguvísur Yggdrasils

Album News: Skálmöld, Somnium Nox, Sonata Arctica, S u r v i v e

Some big news from Iceland, and a ton of other rocking new releases to look forward to. Skálmöld 2014's Með vættum is a personal favourite of your editor's so we're very excited to hear that the follow-up Vögguvísur Yggdrasils is due out on September 30th. The Icelandic six-piece will explore the Nine Worlds, from the fiery Muspellsheim … Continue reading Album News: Skálmöld, Somnium Nox, Sonata Arctica, S u r v i v e

Classic Cover: Skálmöld – Hey Jude (kind of)

Something a little different for you today. Rather than the usual "tail end of an album" cover, or "seasonal release", or even "we play this one live sometimes" adaptation of a classic... here's Baldur of Iceland's Skálmöld singing The Beatles' "Hey Jude". At a karaoke bar. At 6am. In Latvia. With Eluveitie. And by "singing" we … Continue reading Classic Cover: Skálmöld – Hey Jude (kind of)

Skálmöld release “tolerance” t-shirt

Iceland's mighty SKALMÖLD have decided to create a very special T-shirt with the back-print saying "You can never go wrong in this world when it comes to sexuality, gender, belief, skin colour, nationality, taste in music or pretty much anything else, as long as you are being yourself. You are only wrong when you are … Continue reading Skálmöld release “tolerance” t-shirt

2014 Year In Review: Top albums – Mosh

[avatar user="Mosh" size="50" align="left" /]Just realised that I hadn't added my own thoughts to the top tunes of the year, so here we go... and it's not going to be easy. I'm tempted to include albums I encountered this year as well as those released since January 1st but that would be cheating! So albums … Continue reading 2014 Year In Review: Top albums – Mosh

2014 Year In Review: Top Gigs – Mosh

[avatar user="Mosh" size="50" align="left" /]James and Ross have already had their says on this matter, but it's time for me to have a quick dig through the memory banks (i.e. the reviews on here) and pick out the highlights of this year. And, frankly, it's been a hell of a year. Before I go through … Continue reading 2014 Year In Review: Top Gigs – Mosh