White Skull--Tales From the North

White Skull--Tales From the North (1999/Nuclear Blast) Rating--7.8

A very heavy Grave Digger and Blind Guardian influence, as there's plenty of rapid double-bass and other standard Euro-speed trademarks. Gruff vocals---along the same lines as the aforementioned groups. This band also weaves its songs into one basic theme or story--again a similarity.
A good pickup in "Viking's Tomb" accelerates the pace following a slow beginning, and "Gods of the Sea" is good. A sharp riff backbone is the focus in "The Killing Queen," and "Kriemhild Story" is nice and chunky.
All of "Asgard," "Sighting and Feasting," and "Here We Are" are solid, with a large portion of the tracks being of the fast-and-intricate nature.
TRACK LIST: The Quest (Intro)/Tales From the North/Asgard/Gods of the Sea/Viking's Tomb/Kriemhold Story/The Killing Queen/The Terrible Slaughter/Horant/Sighting and Feasting/Here We Are/Still Alive (Outro)

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