Vredens Tid - Manegarm

Since Bathory's Quorthon first introduced folk instruments to black metal and started to sing about longboats in the late 1980s, the Viking metal genre has expanded and developed to become one of my firm favourite strange sub-genres of heavy metal music. While there are many cheap imitation acts of the genre leaders, my favourites are the ones that manage to remain distinctive and unique, and Sweden's Månegarm, in particular their excellent album 'Vredens Tid,' are at the top of my list. 'Vredens Tid' perfects the previous album 'Dödsfärd' by focusing on slightly longer, more intricate songs, mostly rooted in folk-tinged black metal but increasingly ...  Read the complete review