Three Therion guys, plus acrobatic Soilwork drummer Rickard Evensand doing a sort of disciplined, sawed-off version of Swedish thrash or death metal revival.
Enigmatic lead singer Pasi Koskinen’s swansong is an interesting, not altogether successful, return to heaviness, although it’s more la trip to a new heaviness.
Bloodied but unbowed Viking metal. Man, album after album, these guys crack me up. The Viking lessons never grow tired, and live, Amon Amarth kill with power.
Finally, a Blind Guardian DVD has arrived, and the band has pulled out all the stops, if not for loading up a DVD, at least for presentation of a live show.
I interview rock guys two, three times a week. I use voice recognition software to transcribe these interviews. It doesn’t always come out as planned though.
I interview rock guys two, three times a week. I use voice recognition software to transcribe these interviews. It doesn’t always come out as planned though.
I interview rock guys two, three times a week. I use voice recognition software to transcribe these interviews. It doesn’t always come out as planned though.
Vintersorg incorporates back-to-nature lyrics through the use of medieval, folky passages over Peccatum-styled terror prog, and occasional blasting blackness.
Blunt, boorish words you can understand, riffs you’ll remember after the smoke’s cleared, production loud and proud, rhythms touched by the hand of chaos.