FOLKODIA - Battle of the Milvian Bridge
Stygian Crypt
Productions
The man who
inspired this band also known as FOLKEARTH exists no more as Ruslanas Danisevskis
from Lithuania died on June 30th 2013 and I really hope he left this
world for a better one.
“Battle of
the Milvian Bridge” is an emotional album, since Ruslanas’ vocals are here
too. Have in mind that it is a release
that comes 4 years after the previous album of the band which was in 2013.
Anyway there
might be a considerable time gap between the previous release and this one of
FOLKODIA, but their music hasn’t changed a bit. They are still playing metal
that mixes elements of heavy/power metal with some extreme metal touches too
and of course the folk melodies are dominating on the whole album. Personally
speaking I can say that the band musically is close to groups like TURISAS,
SKYCLAD and when it comes to traditional metal there are times they reminded me
of RUNNING WILD like on the song “Sigillum Militum Xpisti” which is my favorite
one.
On the
lyrical aspect once again the band has done a great job since they are inspired
by great moments of the ancient and medieval history and the way that they are
written motivates you to search more about these aspects.
As you know
the band is consisted of musicians from many different countries around the world
and still they sound very bonded and have managed to release a heavy and yet
melodic album that is rock solid from the first till the last second.
So if you are
a fan of the band or of the folk metal genre and you like to listen about
stories not so known about the ancient and medieval history, then FOLKODIA do a
great job here.
Nick
“Verkaim” Parastatidis
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