Heavy Metal Thunder CD

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Beers Drugs and Bitches ~ Viking Skull

2. Wizard's Sleeve ~ Viking Skull

3. Frostbite ~ Viking Skull

4. Rape Pillage and Burn ~ Viking Skull

5. Crazy Trucker ~ Viking Skull

6. Skull Heaven ~ Viking Skull

7. Born In Hell ~ Viking Skull

8. Crank the Volume ~ Viking Skull

9. Red Hot Woman ~ Viking Skull

10. Seedealer ~ Viking Skull

11. Heavy Metal Thunder ~ Viking Skull

12. Saddle Up ~ Viking Skull

13. Double or Quits [Demo Version] ~ Viking Skull

14. Rock & Roll Suicide ~ Viking Skull

15. Conquer the World ~ Viking Skull

16. Baby Let Me Know ~ Viking Skull

17. Skulls & Whiskey ~ Viking Skull

18. Dirty Dirty Hole ~ Viking Skull

19. Inject My Woman (With Love) ~ Viking Skull

20. You Can't Kill Rock & Roll ~ Viking Skull

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Audio Mixer: Iain Wetherell.
	Recording information: Premier Studios, Corby, UK.
	Arranger: Viking Skull.
	When a bunch of metalheads have the word "Viking" in their name, it would be easy to assume that they are from Sweden or Norway and are offering some type of Viking-themed black metal, Viking-themed death metal, or Viking-themed folk-metal. But Viking Skull are not from Scandinavia, they don't get into Nordic mythology, and Heavy Metal Thunder has nothing to do with black metal, death metal, or folk-metal. Actually, Viking Skull are a British band with a rowdy, biker-friendly approach that draws on Mot?rhead, stoner rock, AC/DC, and the Southern-fried side of alternative metal. In alt-metal, there are certain bands that get a lot of inspiration from Southern rock; Alabama Thunder Pussy, Hammerlock, Brand New Sin, the Texas Hippie Coalition, and Maylene & the Sons of Disaster are among the bands that have combined their punky, grungy, alt-metal aesthetic with a strong appreciation of Lynyrd Skynyrd and other Southern rockers. And there is no reason why a Hammerlock fan or an Alabama Thunder Pussy fan would dislike Viking Skull. But instead of trying to sound exactly like their American counterparts, Viking Skull also have those Black Sabbath/stoner rock, Mot?rhead and AC/DC elements in their biker boogie. Heavy Metal Thunder is in no danger of being mistaken for quiet, gentle introspection; this reissue (which unites 2003's Chapter One, 2005's Born in Hell, and some bonus tracks on a 72-minute CD) goes out if its way to sound like a biker party from hell, and the fact that Viking Skull are so unapologetically cartoonish about it is a big part of their charm. When an album's song titles include "Beer, Drugs and Bitches," "Rape, Pillage and Burn," "Skulls and Whiskey," and "Born in Hell," you know that the band in question isn't afraid to engage in some goofiness that would make Spinal Tap proud. And Viking Skull have more going for them than just an ironically over-the-top image; they also deliver the hooks, making Heavy Metal Thunder a fun, if derivative, contribution to the zanier side of alternative metal. ~ Alex Henderson
Engineer: Iain Wetherell

Technical Info

	Release Date : 10/25/2010
	Original Release Date : 2001
	Catalog ID : RES 006
	Label : Restricted Release
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00852931002048

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Heavy Metal Thunder (2001)

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