Just ordered three albums and will be getting three demo's soon. I'll stick reviews up when they arrive.
Ordered Albums
Burzum - Filosofem
Sanctity - Road to Bloodshed
Paradise Lost - Beleive in Nothing
Demos
Apocryph - Drenched in Grace
Annwn - Broken Sword (+first demo)
Very immpressive epic style Folk Metal from Wales. Some songs are clearly taking a leaf from the Wintersun book, whereas other's are more Ensiferum style songs. On top of this, Aled's vocals are varied and immpressive. Only comment I can say is that the songs suffer from a lack of production, would be nice to see what they will be like re-mastered. Looking forward to more from this band.
Shieldwall - Blood and Iron
Rousing battle chants from Essex. Each song on the demo sounds like something the Saxons would have sung had they had guitars, keyboards and drums, with suitiably rousing riffs. The harsh vocals are very immpressive and sound like a true beserk warrior, but the clean vocals leave something to be desired, as they have a tendency to be drowned out by the sounds of the other instruments. Other than that minor problem, the demo is fantastic and I eagerly await the album set for release before Christmas.
Blacksmith - Sharpen the Steel