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Viking Skull - Heavy Metal Thunder

Label: Restricted Release
Format: CD download
Released: 2010
Reviewed By: Mark Gromen
Rating: 8/ 10


Stoner, doom, spacey...part Sabbath, Down and 70s classic rock tales of drink, drugs and babes, all to a simple, infectious groove! The voiceover on ‘Crazy Trucker’ even revives the CB craze of ‘Convoy’. Formed from the ashes of Raging Speedhorn, these twenty beer drinking and hell raising tunes are actually culled from the debut Ep (available Stateside for the first time), "Born In Hell" full-length and five bonus tracks, all remastered.

 

The lyrics for ‘Saddle Up’ are definitely from yesteryear, as they exhort, "I need a slut with a tight butt. Saddle up, let me put on your reins!" IN the best AC/DC tradition, most of the tracks are less than four minutes (a few under three!), with the 5:16 opener ‘Beer Drugs And Bitches’ the longest (and only one to eclipse five minutes). Speaking of the Aussies, ‘Baby Let Me Know’ and ‘Dirty Dirty Hole’ certainly borrow their barroom boogie formula. Despite titles like ‘You Can’t Kill Rock And Roll’ and the titular phrase, there are no covers in the collection. Fun stuff!

 
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