irishclubswinger (September 5, 2008 at 8:51 pm)

There is direct link between the Norse Gods and Metal. Metal is done in the "F" cord, a heavy, dark sounding note, Norse music made heavy use of the "F" note as did Wagner. Viking raiders sounded the F cord before screaming in to pilliage and plunder. Our People where hedonistic,sexual, found of earthy pleasure, strong and intelligent. Odin, Thor and Frey on stage telling heroic stories through Heavy Metal music seems natural. Our Gods GROW with our people, not some relics of a bygone past.

irishclubswinger (September 5, 2008 at 8:39 pm)

I don't know how long the term Viking was thought of as a shameword. Most of Iceland was made up of whole clans and families that made their living as Vikings and they didn't feel it was a shameful profession. Its interesting to note that there was almost a seperate mythology for Viking clans that of course honored Odin but Njord and Agier and the more "civilized" Norweigan people who also honored Odin with Frigga but also Heimdal and Baldur, those being the more "compassionate, law giving" Gods

Thorolf9 (September 2, 2008 at 8:12 am)

Try Garmarna's Herr Mannelig, best Scandinavian folk song I've heard that didn't have electric guitars in it.

vampirebloodwrath (September 1, 2008 at 1:04 am)

My first comment was directed at trains2007; he thinks all of us asatruar are nazis. I have many friends of many races, and I'm not purely white; i've got cherokee and vietnamese in me too. Hail to the Gods

davidof619902 (August 28, 2008 at 7:11 pm)

Great vid.i admire the norse mythology very much.

SteelTTT (August 26, 2008 at 4:02 pm)

In those days there were Sjøkonger(Seakings), leaders of men, without land. They had to eat and I dont think they would be satisfied with fish. They where summoned when the kings of the Lands went to war, they where what we call Vikings. Viking was a shameword, a viking was a coward. He lay hidden in the coves and bays (vik in Norwegian) waiting for traders to sail by. They where like the pirates, bound together by greed. They went IN Viking, not AS Viking.

chica476 (August 23, 2008 at 6:01 am)

i believe they also conducted trade with as far as iraq... not that izverg would understand that or anything...

Zemox92 (August 23, 2008 at 12:31 am)

izverg there was kings going marauding as you call it and maby they plundered i wont say anything on that but they were searching for glory and gold your marauders have conquered almost all of western europe and im from norway and been reading upp at norwegian kings who died and conquered in the vikingtimes and according to snorre's books when the northern regions was atop of theyr might was in the vikingtimes in the middle ages theyr power went down in the middle ages 1100-1500.

furtivegain (August 18, 2008 at 11:25 am)

Not a fan of metal, whatsoever. I'm not going to lie..I'm 100% Scandinavian and the fact that this music circulates there boggles my mind. I love the old Norse Pagan Gods, but you can't tell me with an honest heart that they'd want their images associated with electric guitars that are distorted beyond the civilized touch of our ancestors. I need to find true, authentic, Norse folk music that isn't decapitated by this BS that is metal. WTB ancient Pagan Hymns.

vampirebloodwrath (August 17, 2008 at 11:56 pm)

You should be forbidden to live you stupid bastard!