Einherjer – Lifeblood By Norse Music | June 19th, 2026 Viking metal is a hard genre to pin down. Enslaved and Borknagar had more lyrical similarities to Bathory’s Hammerheart than musical ones. Einherjer have never been as musically ambitious as the aforementioned artists, but their place in metal history is important. Viking metal needed bands to codify it into something more than an aesthetic affiliation. Albums like Odin Owns Ye All found a sweet spot between epic march riffs and ’90s black metal. 20 years after their debut, Einherjer play the same type of Bathory-meets-second-wave on Lifeblood. The black metal … Continue reading Mini Reviews From Around The Bowl (8/20/26)