Amon Amarth-Suture Riding (2011)

Amon Amarth are the kind of band, like Motorhead or AC/DC, that can take a formula and run with it for decades. The formula that these beardos excel in is melodic Viking death metal. No surprises, just pummeling riffs, heroic melodies, and death growls. Never seems to get old. Always dependable. They will never stop writing these gruff odes to Viking gods and heros. We need bands like this. They are of the earth, like coal, like iron. The songs are forged by the Hammer of Thor.

Rating: 7 out of 10