Thyrfing
Urkraft (Hammerheart)
by Scott Hefflon
Listening to a band like Thyrfing, you realize why it’s called Viking metal. You can hear big, burly men beating the snot out of each other, drinking and wenching in a sticky-floored tavern, and mourning the loss of fallen brothers. There’s the feel of paddling quietly up beaches at dawn, the smell of blood-soaked Earth and clods of your homeland kicked up as men circle one another, searching for weakness, and all the hymns of victory and loss sung after the day’s battle has ended.
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