Thyrfing [IMPORT]

Thyrfing

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 12, 2005)
• Original Release Date: May 25, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Karmageddon
• ASIN: B0001XLW94
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #269,349 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

2004 reissue of the legendary 1998 debut album for Swedish metal band whose sound connects death/black metal with symphonic Viking & folk melodies. Ten tracks. Karmageddon Media.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hail the mighty north..., May 7, 2000

By	"armuinn" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thyrfing (Audio CD)

Thyrfing play an upbeat, synth-laden brand of viking oriented metal. Their lyrics are mostly to do with war, with song titles like ; 'Set Sail To Plunder' (which incorporates a cool sample of breaking waves), 'A Burning Arrow' & 'Celebration of Our Victory'. They aren't trying to say, "Hey look at how satanic we are", rather they are saying "Acknowledge our warrior power before we rip you a new orifice with our longswords". So how do they do this? Most of the songs are very uptempo, with reasonably fast drumming, but what I feel the musical highlight of the album is the synth. Sometimes its just a backing to the song, but occasionally it just takes the lead and turns the track into a synthy singalong. This is something not often done, and is certainly not heard often. This is heightened by the vocalist screaming along like he is either in battle or screaming in victory after disembowling an ememy. There are alot of groovy guitar riffs to keep everyone interested as well. This is a very interesting album, and the style of music is one which you don't get bored with quickly, if at all.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true classic, November 20, 2003

By	"tostadora" (Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thyrfing (Audio CD)

Thyrfing's one of the best, if not the best, viking metal bands. Their self-titled debut is a true classic of the genres. Ok, we must accept the fact that all their albums kicks serious ass, but this and Urkraft probably are the better.
They play a very keyboard-oriented version of Viking metal, the lyrics being about war, viking, norse mithology and the like, nice stuff. Catchy riffs, memorable melodies and very very heavy stuff without being inaudible as lots of black metal bands are.
Highly recommended if you can hear!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars simply black viking metal you'll want to discover, June 13, 2009

By	"Giles The Axeman" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

needless to say just buy it if your into moonsorrow or falkenbach you want be disappointed. thats all i need to say