ITT, we list Viking/Pagan/Heathen/Folk/Celtic metal must haves!

[Ellestin]

Rivendell is a poor man's Summoning. Don't unload your visa before thorough download.

 

[Henrik Main]

Isn't that the band that renamed into Hades Almighty? (...) Maybe the regressive quality theorem applies to them too.

Genau richtig!

 

[Reign in Acai]

Rivendell is a poor man's Summoning. Don't unload your visa before thorough download.

Thank you sir!

 

[Thanatopsis123]

If I'm feeling nice, maybe I'll upload that entire Samain album for you jews. It's from 1995, so I don't see why people don't know about it yet.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I got some (hopefully) quality viking/pagan metal today, look in the Vintage Vinyl thread

 

[Ellestin]

@Thanatopsis: Is that Indomitus whatever?
Very nice album. Weak sound but heh, Aussie black thrash from 1995...

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Yeah, that's the album. Weak sound? Wtf are you talking about?

 

[Ellestin]

Well, from what I remember the guitars were pretty thin, but maybe my version was poorly ripped

 

[Thanatopsis123]

I never found anything wrong with them. It has enough folk and crap on it that I'll upload it and post it in this thread later.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Hammers: 10/10 (easy)
Empyrium: 0/10
Skyclad: 10/10
Primordial: 9.5/10
Solstice: 10/10
Slough Feg: 8/10
White Skull: - 11/10

thumbs up

 

[JayKeeley]

Empyrium 0/10? You mong.

Well at least we agree on Hammers, Primordial, and Slough Feg.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Growls that would scare Glen Benton

 

[JayKeeley]

IoftheStorm likes growls because he likes Novembers Doom, wtf.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Actually November's Doom is one of the few bands that you can understand what the grow-ler says.

 

[Chromatose]

 

[Chromatose]

sorry i know nothing of your "viking metal" but from the bands I know it rules

edit: ok fine fine i understand, I wouldn't say "must have" either, I thought this was the "Bands to check out" thread since i've been seeing a lot of shit/"non must-haves" posted

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Lemuria - mournful beauty
http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=10D2S2PZZ2E3Y072A9KM2RYJY6

 

[J.]

just checking up:

1. Skyclad rules, especially Irrational ANthems, Prince of the Poverty Line, and Jonah's Ark

2. I've the Gjallarhorn album, which is a side project of the Doomsword fellows. Pure Hammerheart worship. Wasn't bad, but there are better out there.

3. The Dawn of the Dying Sun is an unheralded classic. Man, so epic. Barbie my ass, this album fucks Barbie in every hole. Hades>>>Hades Almighty

4. Figures Erik would think Turisas is stupid, though he's probably heard half a song from a demo or something. But yes, Turisas is stupid. They are stupid fun. Nothing more, nothing less.

5. I piss in GLen Benton's hair. What a fag.

 

[J.]

Can anybody tell me if any of the albums by Rivendell are worth purchasing?

Depends. A "poor man's Summoning" is semi-true. Both bands' material is exclusively about LOTR. Actually, Rivendell is a one-man band, and sound more akin to a folkier, less-viking Falkenbach. Lots of clean vocals (eerily similar to Falkenbach) and of course black metal vocals. Every song is pretty much mid paced.

I have both albums, and Elven Tears is easily better than Ancient Glory. Howevr, Ancient GLory has the song "Aragorn Son of Arathorn", which is simply majestic. But Elven Tears has some greats like Misty Mountains, The Song of Eldamar and The King's Triumph.

The new one, Farewell - The Last Dawn, will be out later this month. I like the band, but the albums are hardly essential and pretty much for folk/viking diehards like myself.

 

[JayKeeley]

The new Falkenbach (based on first track) sounds like "Magni Blandin" which is a good thing.