Get Ready to ROCK! » folk metal https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:41:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : WINTERSTORM – Everfrost https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/07/album-review-winterstorm-everfrost/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/07/album-review-winterstorm-everfrost/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:00:32 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=89392 winterstorm everfrost 350AFM Records [Release date 14.07.23] It’s always the case with music like Winterstorm’s – a refreshing mix of Nordic Viking metal, folk, and fast-paced orchestral power metal – that you have to get with the programme to really appreciate it. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/07/album-review-winterstorm-everfrost/feed/ 0 Album review: ELVENKING – Reader Of The Runes (part 2), Rapture https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/album-review-elvenking-reader-of-the-runes-rapture/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/album-review-elvenking-reader-of-the-runes-rapture/#comments Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:47:54 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=87774 ELVENKING - Reader Of The Runes (part 2), RaptureAFM Records [Release date 28.04.23] Heavy metal pirates, Elvenking, set sail again, boldly going where few bands dare to go. It’s no exaggeration to claim that this album is a unique heavy metal experience. Operatic, symphonic, folky, very lyrical, not … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/album-review-elvenking-reader-of-the-runes-rapture/feed/ 0 Album review: LEAVES EYES – The Last Viking, Midsummer Version https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/album-review-leaves-eyes-the-last-viking-2/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/album-review-leaves-eyes-the-last-viking-2/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:14:14 +0000 brianmc http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=75264 leaves_eyes_the_last_viking_cover_1AFM Records [release date: 17.09.21] Leaves Eyes’ latest release, The Last Viking, Midsummer Version, is a multi media concept album, a high impact audiovisual story. The “Last Viking” was Harald III of Norway, known as Harald Hardrada (Harald the Hard … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/album-review-leaves-eyes-the-last-viking-2/feed/ 0 Album review: ALESTORM – No Grave But The Sea https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/06/album-review-alestorm-no-grave-but-the-sea/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/06/album-review-alestorm-no-grave-but-the-sea/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2017 19:38:57 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=45993 ALESTORM - No Grave But The SeaNapalm Records [Release date 26.05.17] Pirate metal heroes Alestorm are back to wreck havoc! If you have not heard the folk metal shenanigans of Alestorm you really are missing out. They weave many a piratical and sea faring tale, taking … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/06/album-review-alestorm-no-grave-but-the-sea/feed/ 0 Gig review: HAMMERFEST VII – Pwllheli, Wales, 12 March 2015 (Day 1) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/03/gig-review-hammerfest-pwllheli-wales-12-march-2015-day-1/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/03/gig-review-hammerfest-pwllheli-wales-12-march-2015-day-1/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2015 23:08:09 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=28584 HAMMERFEST - Pwllheli, Wales, 12 March 2015 (Day 1)So once again it’s time for the Pirate hordes to invade and take over the Hafan-Y-Mor site and by the amount of water falling out of the sky arriving on the Black Pearl wouldn’t have been out of place. This … Continue reading →

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