![]() The way “Ten Wild Dogs” seems to swell up and down in an arc, including some weird-ass chromatic guitar harmonies and a ‘scream your lungs dry’ kinda chorus, makes it my personal highlight. In the deep cuts can be found sounds that one can’t hear anywhere else. However separate it may feel from the rest of their albums, two fan favourites can be found in the form of “Ormurin Langi” – the first of the obligatory balladic folk numbers – and “Hail To The Hammer” – an obvious hit anthemic and catchy despite its sludgy pace. You’d be forgiven for your attention drifting throughout the longer numbers, but a little focus will heed great rewards. It still manages to display the band’s trademark contrapuntal songwriting, albiet in a much more sluggish fashion. The production quality here is very ‘debut album in the early 2000s’, but strong even by those standards despite the thin guitar tone. Pól’s pipes are pretty darn strong and, whatever the reason for his exit, I do hope there’s no animosity between him and Heri. Fear not, this isn’t a ‘Neil Turbin in Anthrax’ situation. It stands out for being by far the slowest paced album, and for bearing the voice of original vocalist Pól Arni Holm. #8: How Far To Asgaard (2002)īest categorized as ‘progressive folk-doom’, T ýr’s enigmatic debut How Far To Asgaard really is an anomaly. As always, I’m going to try to be as objective as possible – difficult for one of my top 10 favourite bands of all time – but you are more than welcome to yell at how wrong I am in the comment section below! Truth be told, there’s no such thing as a bad T ýr album, so I’m gonna have a go at ranking their catalogue from least amazing to most phenomenal. Those low parallel 3rd harmonies, Heri Joensen’s smooth vocals, the mysticism of the Faroese culture… Whatever it is, their music is timeless, shrouded in mystery, fiercely intellligent and never ever settles for ‘good enough’. But something about their musicality – difficult as it is to express verbally – is utterly unique. In terms of imagery and concepts, they cover the Norse mythology and viking history well-versed by thousands of acts, metal or otherwise. I defy any metalhead to show me a band who could ever be confused for these Faroese folk metallers…music-wise. This is always a bold statement to make, but with T ýr I feel confident in its veracity: No one sounds like these guys. Larry boards his longship for a voyage through the Faroese folk metallers’ discography. ![]()
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