Eric The Red - Týr

Tyr- Eric the Red Heri Joensen - Vocals/Guitars Terji Skibenæs - Guitars Gunnar H. Thomsen - Bass Kári Streymoy - Drums This not-well-known sleepy island of Faroe; they shaped and nurtured 4 men with many Faroese teachings and taught them to be proud of their country and language; and surrounded them with folk music. The 4 men would grow up to create this short of a masterpiece album, and being in one of the most creative and fun bands in the metal world today, This band was formed by the 4 men who were living in Denmark at the time; they came to success when winning a competition of Prix Føroyar contes, they played Ormurin ...  Read the complete review

Tyr are a Faroese metal band whose name is taken from the Norse god Tyr. Eric the Red was the band's 2nd album released in 2003 on the Faroese label Tutl. The band are often labelled as Viking Metal but there's not a single hint of it on this album and the only connection can surely be geographical. Eric the Red would easily be described as folk metal and the riffs and guitar solos which are often excellent but are actually quite poppy when paired up with the clean vocals of Heri Joensen in that it sounds like The Proclaimers have been endulging in to much Wayne's World and decided to play heavy metal. The folk that is played by these islanders ...  Read the complete review