From Canada comes a folk metal band who is highly influenced by medieval music. Or should I put it, how people think medieval music was. I'm not familiar with any musical recordings from the 5th to the 15th century... Think about someone who listens to music for many hours a day and their medieval equivalent: They probably needed to get to a tavern to hear some, and drink that tasty mead!!! Oh those where the days... Hey, can happen nowadays, but tell me where's good metal music playing non-stop?!

The band in question is Trobar. This sixsome have been around for about 5 years now and before this, their debut full-length album, released an EP in 2011. The album's beautiful, extremely inviting, and mounting non-metal intro assured me, that this would be something totally epic, but... 'V

Rating: 6 (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Lane
12/03/2014 19:10