White Skull

Tales From the North (Nuclear Blast)
by Martin Popoff

Here’s a lame attempt at replicating the success of Hammerfall, White Skull (whah?) coming up short with their own laughing-out-loud Sacred Steel record. Figures these guys had to be from some weird place (Italy), De Boni’s ridiculous vocals and odd enunciation causing grave flaws in this rote exercise in Valhalla metal. I mean, this wrote the book on rote. Damn, get it off. Note: Two previous albums and one EP called, wait for it… Asgard. Somebody tell these nutcrackers there aren’t any Vikings in Venice.
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