Tyr in Bloomington, MN

Gothic in approach, but crushing guitar riffs galore,
Tyr
followed
Black Sabbath
's previous return to the spotlight by less than a year. Again leaning heavily on the darker side of life, or perhaps, death,
is a set of tunes loosely based around the Norse tales of Odin and the gods of war.
"Valhalla"
is unlike anything the old
Sabbath
tried, yet still sounds familiar.
"The Sabbath Stones"
mix myth with
metal
in a crushing display of musical synthesis. With
,
sound as serious as can be. ~ James Chrispell