KING OF ASGARD – Fi’mbulvintr CD
Metal Blade Records
Hail Sweden! Hail Viking Metal! Hail KING OF ASGARD because here’s a release you can add to your Leif Erikson Day party playlist. You do celebrate Leif Erikson Day on October 9th right? Anyway this is their debut release and the band follows similar territory as label mates AMON AMARTH as far as the Viking/Norse Metal thing but with slight differences. KING OF ASGARD comes off sounding more epic and at times reminds me of ELUVEITE meets Reinkaos era DISSECTION. A perfect example can be heard on “The Last Journey” where the older Gothenburg melodic death metal sound is weaved with folk song structures without using folk instruments. It’s one of my favorite songs on here. In fact there’s alot more Jon Nodtveidt influence on here then AMON AMARTH coattail riding especially on songs like “Never Will You Know of Flesh” or “Wrath of the Gods”. Powerful riffs cross paths with blastbeats which melt into almost blackened melodies. They also add a little variety with “Brethren of the North” that’s close to sounding thrash and “Heroes’ Brigade” which is ladened with riffs of doom. Viking Thrash? Viking Doom? Since this band is made up of former MITHOTYN, FALCONER and THY PRIMORDIAL members it’s easy to understand how they could come up with such a mature sound on a debut release.
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