Thyrfing - Valdr Galga
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Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
I guess there are people who like St Vitus, The Obsessed, and Solitute Aeternus but completely dismiss Black Sabbath. Can that be true?
General Zod
Ruler of Australia
I love that first Kingdom Come CD, dig Whitesnake and love Bandlands yet don't care for Led Zepplin.JayKeeley said:
Zod
Krigloch the Furious
Pants full of poo
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MadeInNewJersey
nursing my wounds
General Zod
Ruler of Australia
Exactly. I prefer Oreos to Hydrox, Firebirds to Camaros, and Amber Lynn to Ginger Lynn.markgugs said:So you're saying you LOVE knock-offs, eh?
Zod
My girlfriend was playing this in the car today. Pretty good stuff, reminds me of the Monkey Island soundtrack, no joke. In fact it lead into a conversation about how Steel Drums rule.
MadeInNewJersey
nursing my wounds
I've been going through all my Thyrfing albums today...lord, this fucking band rules.
Hednaland (although it came out in 1999, it's really just their 1995 & 1996 demos re-packaged for 'official' release) - a couple of throwaways, but it's great raw viking metal and has a couple of tracks w/ their original singer (nowhere near as good as Thomas IMO) - 8/10
s/t - good gawd, how did I not remember how fucken good this album is? There isn't a single weak track, for serious. And several MUST HEAR classics. 9.5/10
On Valdr Galga now...
Hednaland (although it came out in 1999, it's really just their 1995 & 1996 demos re-packaged for 'official' release) - a couple of throwaways, but it's great raw viking metal and has a couple of tracks w/ their original singer (nowhere near as good as Thomas IMO) - 8/10
s/t - good gawd, how did I not remember how fucken good this album is? There isn't a single weak track, for serious. And several MUST HEAR classics. 9.5/10
On Valdr Galga now...
MadeInNewJersey
nursing my wounds
I think you mean the "even" ones JayK...at least based on the songs you noted above. The intro track isn't it's own number, it's just a few seconds on the beginning of "Storms of Asgard."
MadeInNewJersey
nursing my wounds
I.E. "Heading For the Golden Hall" isn't a track; the album begins right with "Storms of Asgard" as track 1.
"From Wilderness Came Death" is track 2, "Valdr Galga" is track 4, etc.
"From Wilderness Came Death" is track 2, "Valdr Galga" is track 4, etc.
MadeInNewJersey
nursing my wounds
Threw me off, too...I was like, hmmm, this is an AWFULLY long intro track! 
Thank goodness most of the lyrics are in English, made figuring it out quite a bit easier.
Thank goodness most of the lyrics are in English, made figuring it out quite a bit easier.
Then have I got the wrong songs listed then I wonder....? I'll have to revisit tonight and see if the songs I picked as my faves were labelled correctly. (I was listening in the car so no lyrics were at hand).
Album listing:
Heading for the Golden Hall
Storms of Asgard
From Wilderness Came Death
etc
where Storms... is #1 has thrown me off.
Album listing:
Heading for the Golden Hall
Storms of Asgard
From Wilderness Came Death
etc
where Storms... is #1 has thrown me off.
MadeInNewJersey
nursing my wounds
FWIW, my favorite tracks are:
#2 (#3 on the back of the album) - From Wilderness Came Death
#4 (#5 on the back) - Valdr Galga
#5 (#6 on the back) - The Deceitful
#6 (#7 on the back) - Arising
#8 (#9 on the back) - A Moment In Valhalla
#9 (#10 on the back) - Mimer's Well
Also, there is NO song I'd say is worse than 8/10, it's just another great album!
#2 (#3 on the back of the album) - From Wilderness Came Death
#4 (#5 on the back) - Valdr Galga
#5 (#6 on the back) - The Deceitful
#6 (#7 on the back) - Arising
#8 (#9 on the back) - A Moment In Valhalla
#9 (#10 on the back) - Mimer's Well
Also, there is NO song I'd say is worse than 8/10, it's just another great album!
markgugs said:Also, there is NO song I'd say is worse than 8/10, it's just another great album!
Yeah, song names aside, the entire album is masterful.
By the way, if the s/t is a 9.5/10, how would you score Valdr Galga? (The reason I ask is that I haven't heard any Thyrfing pre-Valdr Galga).
MadeInNewJersey
nursing my wounds
I actually just finished it up as a refresher, and I'd rate Valdr Galga just slightly below the s/t, which I was surprised myself to see.
The s/t debut is ROCKING and more headbanging, and doesn't have the overabundance (IMO) of the keys. Still a great album, don't get me wrong, but they did go a tad too key-heavy for me. They right everything by Urkraft though, so it's all good.
The s/t debut is ROCKING and more headbanging, and doesn't have the overabundance (IMO) of the keys. Still a great album, don't get me wrong, but they did go a tad too key-heavy for me. They right everything by Urkraft though, so it's all good.
Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
It's funny, I LOVE the keys on Valdr Galga and think that it may very well be the element that sets is apart from their other releases for me.
That said, I do love the rocking nature of the s/t album as well.
That said, I do love the rocking nature of the s/t album as well.
