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I love Stormwarrior. They do a great job of producing 80′s style speed metal in a way that’s delightfully cheesy without falling into the outright faggotry embraced by Hot Topic favorites such as Dragonforce. Heading Northe is another fine effort from the band. It’s hard to believe that this is just the third full-length studio effort from these guys; they’ve firmly established their sound. Things do get a little samey at points, but not as much as you’d think.

My favorite song on the album was “The Holy Cross,” a seven-minute epic telling about how the narrator will never give in to the foreign religion that is invading his land. (I would also like to state that my enjoyment of this song has nothing to do with the recent spate of church burnings in my area that started just after I first heard this album.) I also liked the fact that the band has gone out of their way not to include historically inaccurate horned helmets on any of its album covers.

I do have to address one thing. You probably noticed that extra E in the album title. Well, they randomly include them throughout the song titles and even in the lyrics booklet. It’s silly, but at least they didn’t have all the liner notes written in runes like Manowar did on their last album, and it doesn’t take away from the actual music one bit.

Saturday, November 1st, 2008 @ 5:48 am Heavy Metal
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