Viking Metal
Viking Metal · 05/04/2023
120 days till W:O:A 2023. After enjoying Ensiferum quite a bit, I decided to stay in the folk metal genre and moved on to Icelandic Viking Metal/Folk Metal band Skálmöld. Skálmöld was formed in 2009 by Snæbjörn Ragnarsson (bass, vocals) and Björgvin Sigurðsson (guitar, vocals). They were soon joined by the rest of line-up, all seasoned musician from the Icelandic music scene: Baldur Ragnarsson (guitar, vocals), Þráinn Árni Baldvinsson (guitar, vocals). Gunnar Ben (oboe, keyboard,...
Viking Metal · 26/06/2022
When reading up on Bathory the last couple of days I was really impressed that this band or better Quorthon himself is said to have fathered not only one new subgenre of heavy metal (black metal) but two (Viking metal). After listeneing to Bathory's black metal debut a couple of days and writing my last blog article, I was really curious to find out which direction Quorthon took with his fifth album Hammerheart in 1990. This is the album that is said to be his first true Viking metal album and...