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Vanir – Epitome (Mighty Music)

Vanir have been about for a lot longer than you might think. The Danish Viking metal merchants actually produced their first album back in 1991, though I got into them back in around 2016 with the “Aldar Ruk” record. It’s… Continue Reading →

Heidra – To Hell Or Kingdom Come (Mighty Music)

On the weekly list of reviews that comes out I put my hand in to cover this album by Danish act Heidra because I read the band had some Amorphis traits in their music. They weren’t wrong it has to… Continue Reading →

Vanir – Sagas (Mighty Music)

Obviously, The Danes know a fair bit about Vikings, so it stands to reason that Denmark’s very own Vanir would know their way around a Viking Metal album. And so they should, this is after all their sixth studio album,… Continue Reading →

Helheim – Woduridar (Dark Essence)

Of all the wonderful music that 2021 has delivered to our ears when everything else has been far from getting back to normal, to say that Helheim’s eleventh (yes really) album comes with a great deal of anticipation would not… Continue Reading →

Hulkoff – Ragnarok (Faravid Recordings)

Hulkoff (Guitarist/Vocalist Par Hulkoff being the main member, hence the name) is already a well known charting force in his native Sweden, achieving Number One status with his second album “Pansarfolk” last year. Obviously, he’s wasted no time in following… Continue Reading →

Thyrfing – Vanagandr (Despotz Records)

Anyone that dismisses Viking metal as risible has obviously never heard Thyrfing. Heavy as granite and as animated as an English monastery the day the dragon ships arrive on the nearby shore, these Swedes combine some very recognisable pagan metal… Continue Reading →

Ereb Altor – Eldens Boning (Hammerheart)

You never knew quite what you were going to get with an Ereb Altor release a few years ago, as they strived to find their own course and identity, pushing away from the main member’s other band Isole. But as… Continue Reading →

Hjelvik – Welcome To Hel (Nuclear Blast)

Bands pass us all by, but some continue to do so, one such band for me would be Kvelertak. Never have I thought that the band were bad, I even saw them live supporting Slayer but still I never really… Continue Reading →

Thrudvangar – Vegvisir (Trollzorn)

Anyone else remember the White Dwarf comic strip Thrud The Barbarian? Only me then. Probably just as well…. Anyway, if like me you’ve never come across them in their 14 odd years of releases, German band Thrudvangar (it’s from the… Continue Reading →

Leaves’ Eyes – The Last Viking (AFM)

If you bought Leaves’ Eyes last EP ‘The Black Butterfly’ in December of last year then you will already have a good idea as to what this full length sounds like. Indeed Leaves’ Eyes affection for Nordic sagas continues with… Continue Reading →

Cult Of Frey – By The Blood Of Odin Part 1 – Midgard (UKEM)

Go on, then, guess what sub-genre of metal this might belong to….? Got it in one. Viking metal from Bedfordshire, which is fine by me. Sadly his album has not exactly had an easy genesis. Cult Of Frey changed their… Continue Reading →

Ereb Altor – Järtecken (Hammerheart)

Over their last few releases, Sweden’s Ereb Altor have been pushing the boundaries of their Bathory-esque Viking Metal sound, sometimes darker, sometimes folkier – always epic. “Järtecken” sees an amalgamation of previous guises, delivered by a band suddenly brimming with… Continue Reading →

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