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Guest review by
Gordon Freeman
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Often considered the first true Viking metal album, to this day it continues to be the standard by which all other albums in this sub-genre are judged.
The music is grand, emotional, and epic while at the same time being very simple and straight-forward. It captures the essence of its subject material in a way that was unprecedented in heavy metal in the late 80's. And what I mean by that is even without the lyrics (dripping in Viking lore and Norse mythology as they are), you still get a huge sense of cold-shores, swift raids and smoke filled mead halls.
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| published 24.08.2008 | Comments (13)
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| Rating: 9 |
First true viking metal album or not, it doesn't mattter to me. The level of musicianship here is exquisite and unique. Quorthon was so far ahead of his time when writing this...
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Epic, majestic, powerful... This album leaves me speechless up to this day.
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Fucking Epic! This offering is arguably the most significant Bathory album of all time. Quorthon ahead of his time indeed.
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My favourite bathory album. So powerful music/lyrics/vocals.
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 skime - 10.07.2012 at 17:42
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I'm in love with this album.
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