Vanaheim Roede Voor De Borer Review

VANAHEIM 


Roede Voor De Borer

Fireflash Records/Edel

2026

Vanaheim are returning with their highly anticipated follow up album, Roede Voor De Borer. Considered a storytelling caravan, with roots settled in the Netherlands, the band has been dominating since 2015.

This is my first go around with them. I’m so sad I’m not a polyglot because I can feel the story via inflection, musical cues, and general vibe; but I wish I could speak the language so I could understand the story told. Now, don’t take a language barrier as a reason to not listen to them.

Each song flows effortlessly into the next. It honestly played like a movie in my mind. Dancing, fighting, loving, and so many other emotions played as images as I sat here listening to the music. It almost feels like they could pop up one of those really old puppet show boxes and have puppets act out while they tell the story that’s going on. I know that’s likely a wild analogy, but that’s just how my mind works.

I also feel like the replay ability is so high with this album. It’s so easy to keep looping. I actually caught myself doing that as I was writing. It’s only 6 tracks, but it feels like an Epic that deserves to be told repeatedly.

High recommend

~Rook