Rating: 2.5/5
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“Heavy Metal Thunder” is great if you’re looking for background noise for a night of drunken partying and unprotected sex. You won’t remember much of it the morning after, but it will compliment the sound of vomit splattering the inside of your toilet.

Viking Skull – “Doom, Gloom, Heartache & Whiskey” [Candlelight] … everything about this band smacks of self-parody, starting with their name and the title of this, their 3rd album, and wrapping up with a 6:41 drinking song (9)… they’re down with the three solid S’s of Metal: Southern, Sludge, and Sabbath, with vox that sound like what happens when you down razorblades with Black Tooth Grins … features new guitarists after their former founding members decided to focus on Raging Speedhorn … guaranteed grooves, hooks, and fun, but lacking innovation … FCC: 9 … Try 2, 3, 4, 6, [...read more]