Valkyrie has turned the corner and gone from very good band to great band.Valkyrie plays music stationed
right on the border between heavy metal and hard rock, with my best description
being a merging of Horisont and Pagan Altar, likely appealing to fans of Pentagram, Witchcraft, Black
Pyramid and Thin Lizzy as well.Peter
Adams, the lead guitar player and singer, is better known for his work with the
prog-metal band Baroness, but Pete has been in Valkyrie longer.Pete’s brother Jake also sings and plays guitar in
Valkyrie.Valkyrie sits high on a list of
great Stoner Rock bands from the Atlanta area, including Scott Weinrich and
Spirit Caravan, Mastodon, Kylesa, Red Fang, Earthride, Nitroseed, and of course
Baroness.Anyhow, being a big Meteor
City Records fan, I purchased Valkyrie’s last album “Man of Two Visions.”I liked it, but never developed a love for
it.“Shadows”, on the other hand (on
Relapse Records), I can’t stop listening to.I like it more each time I hear it, and it’s been in my playlist
rotation for close to a month now.I can’t
pick a bad tune to post here, but let’s go with "Wintry Plains", the fifth track on
Shadows: Check out how Pete and Jake weave a story with guitar, and check out the tastefulness of every guitar solo in the song.
nice find man
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