#Viking conquest blood eagle full#

The problem is: the monster looks increasingly less menacing with every song. Conan makes no secret on their musical intentions: they want to conjure a monster, and that scary creature wields a sword and it's aiming right at you. No prisoners taken when it comes to melody, of course. The drums basically keep the beat and not much else, and the blurry voice seems to come from somewhere very distant, all focus directed to the thick guitar-bass wall of sound. The riffing is slow and crushing, with precious few moments of variation: things hardly speed up a little, though they sure get even slower every now and then. It's quite amazing how they managed to tune their instruments so low, and I'm pretty sure I'm not even listening to the bass sometimes, as its frequency is probably below human hearing - though your rib cage will surely feel it, so be warned. Let's make it clear: these lads sound HEAVY. Where other doom bands seek to dishearten, Conan wants to intimidate - and it's fair to say that's exactly what they achieve with their music most of the time.

#Viking conquest blood eagle full#

In fact, the atmosphere they conjure with their music is not exactly bleak or despondent: it's something way more muscular, full of destructive energy, like a force of nature that moves slowly but inexorably to wipe all of us out.

But this considerably bizarre image came several times into my mind while listening to Conan's 'Blood Eagle', the fifth individual release from these English doom metallers.

Personally speaking, I never experienced being run over in slow motion by a herd of mammoths or anything like that.