King Of Asgard - :taudr: - review
King Of Asgard - :taudr: - review
Tracklist
01. The Curse And The Wanderer02. Death And A New Sun
03. :taudr:
04. ...For The Fury Of The Norse
05. Upon Raging Waves [Mithotyn cover]
A review by
Windrider March 16, 2017
:taudr: features five songs and contains no intros/outros/fillers, but only one single big load of epic Viking metal. No chance to prepare for battle as vocalist Karl Beckman's voice attacks you from the very first second on, drums hammer and guitars growl in "The Curse And The Wanderer". Have King Of Asgard ever been away since their last record Karg? That doesn't seem to be the case. Throughout the album heavy riffs are ready to crush you, paired with harsh and sometimes choral vocals telling stories of war, death and decay. The band has always been known for their simple but eerie melodic guitars and less for technical specialties, and they seem to have perfected this path in their own way.
The best thing to mention on this album is, simple as that, the drum sound. I'm not a drummer myself but I have some knowledge of the business and have listened to quite a lot of different sounds. Now I have finally found the perfect one. You know Hellhammer, George Kollias, Trym or Faust? Well, get ready for Mathias Westman, then! A bass drum so crushing it'll crash your nuts without making click-click-click, toms from hell and well-defined snare and cymbals that are not annoying or over-present. Overall the production is really perfect; after one week of listening I couldn't find a single moment where I'd like to alter an instrument by even 1dB.
Compared to its predecessor, Karg, the somewhat (intentionally) sloppy vocals are gone, aiming for a more consistent and aggressive approach. Yet later, acoustic guitars can also be found and the well-known piano must not be missed, too. I'm not actually sure how this came to my mind but the title track would make a terrific theme song for Witcher 3, right in between sorrowful and heroic fighting music. It's hard to pick a favourite song here but right now I'd go with "Upon Raging Waves", just because of its overload of epicness.
Two more questions are left. First of all, are King Of Asgard just lazy releasing a short album? Answer: No, Buckethead's albums are even shorter and that guy isn't lazy, too, is he? Second, should you consider buying :taudr:? The answer is definitely yes if you are into melodic, epic Viking metal and no if you have a small dick and need to compensate with long albums.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 10 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 10 |
Written by Windrider | March 16, 2017
Comments
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Posts: 847  The first sentence of your review did catch my attention, I wasn't expecting a penis-length metaphora. The album seems great, though!
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Great first paragraph and the review in general makes me eager to listen to it. Especially the "no intros/outros/fillers" bit since I'm also quite allergic to long, pretentious crap and tend to prefer short, concise albums. I've only heard "Death And A New Sun" and it sounds very good. edit: just checked out their cover of "Upon Raging Waves" and you're right, it's epic as fuck.
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Posts: 64460 Written by MétalNoir on 16.03.2017 at 13:52 IMO it was best tging what you can read in a review, next will be how deep is vagina something, then sex as act, sex length does matter something can be comparing whit album length
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I will definitely be listening to this after reading your review! 
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