FEJD

What can be said for such an amazing band?
These guys are from Sweden only. They create an atmosphere of beautiful and passionate near perfect folk metal, though not much folk influenced metal, but rather metal influenced folk....get it? I thought you would. I have loved this band since I first got Eld, but the other two- Huldran, and I En Tin Som Var, their earlier releases still blow most of the bands caught in the current folk metal fad out of the water. These guys are in no way folk black metal, in fact they play more of a rock sound. This is reminiscent a little of Manegarm's folk album Urminnes Hävd which I should post at some point if you havent heard it its awesome.
Here I have posted the link for all 3 of their demos enjoy
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VNUGCRJ6

LATVIA!!

Skyforger - Zobena Dziesma (Sword Song)

Zobena Dziesma is a Skyforger album which was comissioned by the Latvian Government. It is an album composed of Latvian folk songs. Very interesting and a great listen. The whole album is acoustic, and they seem to use traditional instruments, as well as very catchy vocal arrangements. Highly reccomended!

Here

From CoC:

"The recording sessions involved pretty much everyone important on today's neofolk scene, from In Gowan Ring's B'eirth to Of the Wand and the Moon's Kim Larsen and Waldteufel's Markus Wolff. It still is a solid release: despite numerous guest appearances, _Jordansfrost_ does sound like one coherent piece of work that deserves quite a few consecutive listens. The album is heavy on acoustic guitars, words are sung and gently hummed in German and English, violin and piano resound, all of those in the best tradition of good old Death in June, Forseti and Darkwood. Sonne Hagal even rearrange a famous German folk tune -- and sure, we have listened to "Totentanzlied" in many different versions, but this is a notable one indeed, beautifully sung in Markus Wolff's distinctive voice, backed by militaristic percussion and accordion.

As the trademark of Sonne Hagal is a peculiar type of calmly dirgeful atmosphere, it is with great pleasure that we note its presence -- _Jordansfrost_ is a most graceful Apocalypse and easily one of the most impressive neofolk albums you're likely to come across this year."

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Empyrium - Songs of Moors and Misty Fields
Empyrium will bring you to a bog enshrouded in fog while the darkness is falling on the swamp oak trees, their blackness a stark contrast to the backdrop of white. Rich green moss mounds emerge from the depths every so often like so many islands in a sea of primordial waste. An amazing listen and definitely one of this bands best. The music is melancholic and slow black metal while the vocals alternate from grim screeching to reflective and somber. Highly reccomended!

Here

Acid King - ZoroasterAwesome early recording from this crucial stoner doom band!!

Here

1/21/09

Here are my Demos from my solo project Free! Enjoy

1. Freya
2. When Horizons Meet
3. Emerald Steppe
4. People of the Mani Stone
5. Harkener
6. Rusland
7. Sky Burial
8. Etched Blade of Samsara (Bonus)
9. Rake (Townes Van Zandt) (Bonus)

1. Auspicious Verses
2. The Seer Traditions
3. Denying the Archon
4. Bringer of Daylight
5. The First One on Earth (A//M)
6. In the Glow of a Dying Flame
7. The Last Throe of Winter
8. Accolades
9. Atman (Bonus)
10. Within the Cave (Bonus)

BOTH DEMOS HERE

David Darling and Wulu Bunun Tribe

Review: "The Wulu Bunun people of Taiwan specialize in a gloriously subdued style of harmony singing. In fact, their song "Pasibutbut" changed the way Western ethnomusicologists thought about the evolution of harmony. It's included here, a mystical, magical vocal prayer with a coda from David Darling's expressive cello. The vast majority of the pieces here intertwine voice and cello more closely, although there are solo cello pieces ("Wulu Dream" and "Wulu Mist") and pieces just for the singers. Recorded in a valley near the village of Bunun, it's cloaked in ambient natural sounds which blend perfectly alongside Darling's individual playing style and the voices of adults and children. The marriage is close to perfect as the styles complement each other, as on "Bunun Tuza," where Darling simply lets bowed notes hang under the voices. The harmonies themselves are exquisite and without thought, and obviously fire Darling's plentiful imagination. He never adds too much, just what's needed to color and enhance the singing, whether something simple like arpeggios, or even a single note, or decorating with harmonics. The parts themselves are impressive; together they make something wonderful, more than their sum. It may never receive the exposure it deserve, but it's a gem."
(Chris Nickson, AMG)

http://www.mediafire.com/?nmpdtv9v2gb

Raksha Mancham
Ghazels
The titles "Ghazels" (also "Ghazal" or "Ghzali") refers to beautiful girls" ("beauties") as well as lyrical poems, love poems or love chants and comes from the great Persian lyrical poet Shemseddin Hafiz who described his "ghazels" in such a way : "At the hour of parting, by going away from you, my eyes came emplty of light by dint of weeping".
http://www.mediafire.com/?uygugmsvwmb

Raksha Mancham
Chös Khor
""Chös Khor" refers to a Tibetan concept, that can be translated as "the holy circle", "the holy enclosure" or "the holy enclave". "Chös Khor" represents the universe in which the human beings live, the world they inhabit. The musical themes developed in these recordings refer to human populations and their natural environment. "Chös Khor" offers visions of different parts of the World. So by creating that music, the aim of Raksha Mancham is to produce that vision of the World by suggesting images in the mind of the listener."
http://www.mediafire.com/?ht2j8gpjvot