While the octet masters the seemingly impossible task of combining Norwegian folk music with traditional Balkan sounds - even though the two greatly differ in melody and rhythm - they of course continue to rock the trollish backgardens with their atypical instruments. Armed with an accordion, Hardanger fiddle and even saxophone, TROLLFEST celebrate their way through eleven new tracks and to make it a bit more international, the album was mixed, mastered and engineered by Ryan Huthnance at the Emissary Studios in Newcastle, Australia, while the eye catching cover art once again stems from the pen of Swedish cartoonist Jonas Darnell.
Nevertheless, the true (and still intensely humoristic) Scandinavian troll spirit still proves to be the driving force behind “Norwegian Fairytales” and shows that this troupe never loses their twisted inspiration. With eight full-length releases since their inception in 2004, the trollish powerhouse has constantly kept their fans busy with new music and unrivalled live shows, but this time the lyrics on beer orgies performed in their unique “Trollspråk” have made room to the more ambitious topics and legends that the band wisely chose from their ancestral books and performs in Norwegian language. But fear not, little party goblins! With still tons of high quality entertainment, humour and unbound energy left, TROLLFEST keep their status as the craziest band in the folk metal forest!
