Skálmöld have been Iceland’s kings of viking metal for about 15 years now. Their talent wasn’t immediately recognized at home, however – no local labels showed interest in putting out their debut album, Baldur. Instead they had to look to an even smaller market to find a label, signing on with Tutl in the Faroe […]
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Týr – “Battle Ballads” (2024)
This was another record I picked up on our recent trip to the Faroe Islands. While Týr haven’t released on the TUTL Records label since 2003, the retail shop still proudly carries albums by their metal countrymen. And there are a lot of Týr albums – Battle Ballads is their ninth full-length, plus they’ve got […]