"Haunting the Runes
Destroying the Myths
Raping the Ancient Ones"
Bloodaxe is a Canadian band that was formed at the start of the millenium by Nordavinden Lien. Raping The Ancient is the follow-up to the debut Bloodthrone. Stylistically it's somewhat of an oddity, it offers a unique approach to Viking Metal, a genre which I normally don't like, except for the occasional exception; such as Doomsword or Ereb Altor. What those bands share in common with Bloodaxe is while they are labeled Viking Metal or at least partially put under that category, they carry influences from a multitude of genres. In this case Bloodaxe is playing a raw form of Black Metal consisting of blast heavy drum patterns and melodious riffs, which, together with the distorted vocals create an environment that really makes you think of some distant Norse mythology. There lies the genuine strength of Bloodaxe. They succeeded in generating this, while others so often try to do the same, but completely fail and they did it in their own way crossing the borders of a tired and lets be honest otherwise dull genre.
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