Cold gripped our city Wednesday night, chilling Edmonton to the bone. This cold became something of a harbinger for what would coincidentally take place at the Starlite Room, the arrival of true Viking Heavy Metal.
Led by relatively unknown melodic Death Metal band The Absence, following subsequently by Death Metallers Belphegor, and self described Heroic Folk Metal from Finland, Enisferum.
Despite some initial sound problems that occurred mostly due to the setup in this relatively small venue, by the time the headliners Viking Metal band Amon Amarth (means Mt. Doom in one of the Lord of the Rings languages.) took the stage everything was in line as though the Norse Gods came down and fixed it themselves.
Amon Amarth’s flair for storytelling in the true ancient Nordic fashion is prevalent throughout their lengthy sixteen year career as musicians, and their new material showcased on this tour is no different. With a crack of thunderous drums and lightning quick guitar playing, old songs and new came together nicely, never dampening the momentum they had from one song to the next. One couldn’t help but be thoroughly enthralled while these gigantic Swedes took us on epic adventures with them through songs like “Guardians of Asgaard”, “Runes to my Memory”, and “Victory March”.
All in all, the night delivered a healthy dose of Heavy Metal that can be appreciated as what it truly is, a sophisticated, intellectually charged art form, which can not only inspire and entertain but bring about an understanding about another cultures ancient customs and mythology.
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