Tag Viking
Some bands are just taken for granted these days. Some bands become so established, so familiar that they’re almost like part of the ‘listening furniture’ – an institution if you will – that, even if they’re universally acknowledged as providing… Continue Reading →
With an unusual sounding band name comes an unusual album. I’d seen this second album from the French band described as “melodic death metal” but this is much more than that. There’s a bit of everything here. The sound is… Continue Reading →
Viking themed metal. It’s an interesting one, isn’t it? On the one hand there are some serious personalities and musicians indulging in Norse-worship; on the other, an abundance of exhibitionists. Thankfully, King of Asgard falls into the former category, with… Continue Reading →
Just when you think you know a band, they go and change their spots. Some call this progress. Still others will no doubt nash their teeth, wail and go into over the top histrionics, bellowing at the skies, raging against… Continue Reading →
We do sometimes have a bit of a joke about this label (in a nice way) but they have got a bit of a reputation for releasing rather a lot of “airy fairy metal.” Of course the industrial side of… Continue Reading →
Blodhemn are named after an Enslaved album … I do admit this sends cold shivers complete and utter monotony down my spine. But as is so often the case, my spine knows naff all about black metal… (As it turns… Continue Reading →
Unleashed have been undergoing a strong resurgence since the release of 2006’s “Midvinterblot”, an album which saw them in particularly vital form. Each subsequent release has been an improvement on the former. Of course, there is a finite amount of… Continue Reading →
Album (re-release with bonus commentary cd) When I first heard the music of Isengard, the solo project of Darkthrone’s Fenriz, it was like enlightenment. I guess it was about 10 years ago. I was into Black Metal and had heard… Continue Reading →
Artist: Heidevolk Title: Batavi Type: Album Label: Napalm Records Heidevolk is one of the hoard of heathen acts comprising Napalm Records’ increasingly enormous Viking army. Compared to some they are pretty good, even though they are from The Netherlands. For… Continue Reading →
Artist: Black Messiah Title: The Final Journey Type: Album Label: AFM Germany’s Black Messiah have been going since the late nineties although the bulk of their five releases have been since 2005. They sing often but not exclusively in their… Continue Reading →
I was rather taken with the aggressive and confident return to the fray that the Viking Metal comrades Einherjer created recently with ‘Norron’ and so when I got the chance to ask them a little about the whys and the… Continue Reading →