by Elise Yablon | Feb 7, 2019 | New Music, News, Releases, Video
Faroese folk metal band Tyr have released a video for their new single “Sunset Shore,” which marks the band’s first video in nearly five years. Vocalist Heri Joensen commented: “In early January, immediately after spending our holidays in the Faroes, Gunnar and I...
by Zenae Zukowski | Aug 3, 2018 | News, Splits
After seventeen years, longtime Týr guitarist Terji Skibenæs has decided to quit the band. Based on his statement, it was an amicable split as he revealed he lost the desire to play in the group. Additionally, it looks like we will see more of him as he promises to...
by Zach Fehl | Oct 5, 2015 | News
Be prepared to check your privilege, folk metal fans, we’ve got some bad news. A new study out of UK’s Leeds Beckett University published in the journal Metal Music Studies has determined that at it’s core, European folk metal is full of racist and...
by Metal Insider | Oct 13, 2014 | CMJ Music Marathon
Next week, New York will be overtaken by hundreds of bands from around the world, even more college students from the United States and Canada and countless music industry executives for the annual CMJ Music Marathon. If you’ve looked at Metal Insider in the...
by Metal Insider | Jun 27, 2014 | Today In Metal
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4LlIx63fNM[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 11 years ago today, progressive folk metal innovators Týr released their...